Inchicore Works 175th Anniversary Open Day

[Sean]

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.

[Rob]

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

[Sean]

[murphaph]

Ok JP II, whatever you say man! 

[Shinkansen]

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

[Warbonnet]

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

[DJ Dangerous]

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!

[Blaine]

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)

[DJ Dangerous]

On 7/5/2022 at 5:39 PM, Westcorkrailway said:

071, or it’s new name Great Southern and Western with the broken wheel back!

 

Is 071 the only one of the class named?

[Westcorkrailway]

2 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Is 071 the only one of the class named?

Yes - Not counting the 110s which are all named 

[DJ Dangerous]

5 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

Yes - Not counting the 110s which are all named 

Plenty of scope to name 082 after Paddy Murphy so.

[ttc0169]

42 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Is 071 the only one of the class named?

082 is named the institute of mechanical engineers 

[DJ Dangerous]

6 minutes ago, ttc0169 said:

082 is named the institute of mechanical engineers 

Thanks, @ttc0169. I wasn’t fully sure on that, hence the question.

Maybe 082’s exhaust can be replicated on another before naming, so!

[Westcorkrailway]

26 minutes ago, ttc0169 said:

082 is named the institute of mechanical engineers 

I forgot about that one! 
 

doesn’t  141 which now might return to mainline operation next year have a Murphy Models plaque on the side 

[Mol_PMB]

21 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

I forgot about that one! 
 

doesn’t  141 which now might return to mainline operation next year have a Murphy Models plaque on the side 

That’s an appealing thought - a baby GM on a railtour. I’d definitely be up for that. 

[Branchline121]

Feels like a bit of a scam that there’s an 071 named after the GSWR, but none named after the MGWR, GNRI or DSER.

[Galteemore]

19 minutes ago, Branchline121 said:

Feels like a bit of a scam that there’s an 071 named after the GSWR, but none named after the MGWR, GNRI or DSER.

Or the SLNCR ;). An NIR 111 is called ‘Great Northern’ 

[Westcorkrailway]

20 minutes ago, Branchline121 said:

Feels like a bit of a scam that there’s an 071 named after the GSWR, but none named after the MGWR, GNRI or DSER.

There is a GNR 110 class! 
 

tbf, if you named every 071 class, Twould get fairly  mad fairly fast. Like you’d have 088 “ schull and skibbereen “ ! 

[flange lubricator]

1 hour ago, Branchline121 said:

Feels like a bit of a scam that there’s an 071 named after the GSWR, but none named after the MGWR, GNRI or DSER.

I always thought that the should have painted some of the 071 class in the colours and crest of the constituent companies that form the railway of today so DSER , GNR ,GS&WR , GSR and MGWR SLNCR etc similar to the fallen flag scheme the Union Pacific did a few years ago. 

[Mol_PMB]

29 minutes ago, flange lubricator said:

I always thought that the should have painted some of the 071 class in the colours and crest of the constituent companies that form the railway of today so DSER , GNR ,GS&WR , GSR and MGWR SLNCR etc similar to the fallen flag scheme the Union Pacific did a few years ago. 

Well the later GSWR and GSR loco liveries are already well represented on most of the 071 class! 
 

What about the CBSCR? 

[flange lubricator]

8 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said:

Well the later GSWR and GSR loco liveries are already well represented on most of the 071 class! 
 

What about the CBSCR? 

Well there is eighteen 071 class . 

[Mol_PMB]

I wonder how one would look in the BnT scheme the 141s were delivered in? 
Or in late 1950s green?

what are the rules on warning panels and visibility these days? 
 

[Westcorkrailway]

2 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said:

I wonder how one would look in the BnT scheme the 141s were delivered in? 
Or in late 1950s green?

what are the rules on warning panels and visibility these days? 
 

Funny enough, the rule is still that a warning panel isint necessary IF you have GM headlights 

 

that’s why 071 and 073 can work without a yellow warning panel, but 2601 had to have a yellow door kept 

[ttc0169]

1 hour ago, flange lubricator said:

I always thought that the should have painted some of the 071 class in the colours and crest of the constituent companies that form the railway of today so DSER , GNR ,GS&WR , GSR and MGWR SLNCR etc similar to the fallen flag scheme the Union Pacific did a few years ago. 

Lucky to have 071,073,220 and 2601+2602 in retro liveries thanks to the IE CME who allowed and was enthusiastic about the repaints-I can’t see any more locomotives or railcars being repainted into any retro liveries-the 071s in particular will be gone within five more years.