Sean Posted May 7, 2022 Posted May 7, 2022 5 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said: The standout for me, 134 Ill tell you one thing, I had this livery written off as an ugly weird looking and bland shade that looked like it had been delivered to the wrong continent when combined with the yellow from any photos i had seen and because of that i never really had any ambitions to buy the model. after seeing this in the flesh today i am strongly considering the model as it has changed my opinion on it entirely. 2 Quote
Rob Posted May 7, 2022 Posted May 7, 2022 3 hours ago, Sleeper said: It was an amazing day- to get SO close to 201's & 071's (even closer than at Alexandra Road) was brilliant, aswell as 'behind the scenes' for what goes into keeping them onto the 'road' was excellent. Well done to everyone for organising it 2 2 Quote
Shinkansen Posted May 8, 2022 Posted May 8, 2022 Incredible day checking out the Inchicore works. This is something I wanted to do with years, and it did not disappoint I had some great chats with Irish Rail staff, and met the lads from IRM too. Delighted to get a proper look at the engineering workshops, equipment and of course rolling stock at Inchicore. A great privilege to see our industrial heritage up close. Big thanks to all involved in putting it together 7 1 Quote
Warbonnet Posted May 8, 2022 Author Posted May 8, 2022 The one drawback of attending shows in the name of IRM (or Accurascale across the water) is that you never get to see the other exhibits as you run your stand. Thankfully we had the opportunity on set up on Friday and early Saturday morning to get a quick look round. We didn’t get to see everything, just a couple of highlights close by, but looked a great event. No comment… 071 shunting B134 into position yesterday morning. Certainly had the wow factor when we saw it during set up on Friday. Absolutely spectacular job and credit to the RPSI and of course IE. Small, far away… IRM’s warranty man checks out a 47ft flat… Merlin magic… (I can’t get enough of Great Northern blue) Group shop with our friends from the MRSI who we shared a stand with, and a decent backdrop. We would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand yesterday and said hello, it was great to see so many enthusiasts have a great day out. We would also like to say a massive thank you to the MRSI for all their help, and of course IE for putting on an absolutely fantastic event. Well run, great exhibits and brilliant staff on hand to help out. One final observation from our stand yesterday was the sheer volume of children who were absolutely train mad, full of enthusiasm, knowledge and passion. It has been said in the past that there is no next generation coming after ours who are interested in railways. Yesterday dismissed that notion, they are absolutely out there, and events like yesterday, and our exhibitions run by the clubs will further involve them. It was brilliant to see. No new announcements from us, but as we confirmed yesterday we have s string of them lining up now Covid is being left behind, so get the overtime in, savings box full, cos there are some absolute belters coming your way from IRM over the next 12/18 months, and of course, beyond! Cheers! Fran 9 2 1 1 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted May 8, 2022 Posted May 8, 2022 IRM 071's in 2025!!! Who'd have thunk it? Great to hear that there are so many kids out there getting into the hobby. They'll be snapping up any 201's, Mk4's, 071's, 111's and 22000's that might hit the market! 1 Quote
Blaine Posted May 11, 2022 Posted May 11, 2022 On 8/5/2022 at 12:21 PM, Warbonnet said: The one drawback of attending shows in the name of IRM (or Accurascale across the water) is that you never get to see the other exhibits as you run your stand. Thankfully we had the opportunity on set up on Friday and early Saturday morning to get a quick look round. We didn’t get to see everything, just a couple of highlights close by, but looked a great event. Group shop with our friends from the MRSI who we shared a stand with, and a decent backdrop. We would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand yesterday and said hello, it was great to see so many enthusiasts have a great day out. We would also like to say a massive thank you to the MRSI for all their help, and of course IE for putting on an absolutely fantastic event. Well run, great exhibits and brilliant staff on hand to help out. One final observation from our stand yesterday was the sheer volume of children who were absolutely train mad, full of enthusiasm, knowledge and passion. It has been said in the past that there is no next generation coming after ours who are interested in railways. Yesterday dismissed that notion, they are absolutely out there, and events like yesterday, and our exhibitions run by the clubs will further involve them. It was brilliant to see. No new announcements from us, but as we confirmed yesterday we have s string of them lining up now Covid is being left behind, so get the overtime in, savings box full, cos there are some absolute belters coming your way from IRM over the next 12/18 months, and of course, beyond! Cheers! Fran Can only agree here Fran, great event and it was great having our jolly good chums from IRM beside us too, only a good omen for October given we ran out of flyers by lunchtime... The interest in Model Railways in Ireland has never been better which is very refreshing Also took a few photos that you wouldn't normally get the opportunity to... 8112 meets her 1/32 and 1/76.2 scale friends And some discreet advertising for October.... Alas will probably be another few years before we get to exhibit inside Irish Rails Nerve Centre, but who knows... Was a great event and worth all of the emails and phone calls, a massive credit to Peter Smyth, Rory West and everyone else who made it happen. Was the most comprehensive public works tour ever, very few places that you couldn't venture through compared to the 150th anniversary open weekend in 1996 Not forgetting this model we had on display - the CME department were most intrigued..... Cheers Ed (on behalf of the MRSI) 3 1 Quote
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