Ballast wagon triple pack at Downpatrick!

[Mike Beckett]

What a lovely sight... three new (to us) ballast hoppers and a plough van in 304.8mm:1ft scale at Downpatrick and County Down Railway. 

Pat and the crew have done a lovely job on these models, very convincing and with a fully working mechanism, though we can't find where to put the giant three feet wide DCC chip in the plough van.

Thanks to Irish Railway Models and their customers this month for contributing towards the delivery costs, and thanks to the unnamed and clearly mad volunteer who paid for the wagons (though he didn't fancy paying postage & packing).

There's more photos on our Facebook post here.

Edited August 9, 2022 by Mike Beckett
Added a snap.

[Westcorkrailway]

4 minutes ago, Mike Beckett said:

What a lovely sight... three new (to us) ballast hoppers and a plough van in 304.8mm:1ft scale at Downpatrick and County Down Railway. 

Pat and the crew have done a lovely job on these models, very convincing and with a fully working mechanism, though we can't find where to put the giant three feet wide DCC chip in the plough van.

Thanks to Irish Railway Models and their customers this month for contributing towards the delivery costs, and thanks to the unnamed and clearly mad volunteer who paid for the wagons (though he didn't fancy paying postage & packing).

There's more photos on our Facebook post here.

I didn’t know IRM produced factory weathered 1:1 scale ballast wagons..or produce a Dcc sound chip that has a “shout get off yer arse” option 

[Galteemore]

Excellent stuff Mike - wish I’d timed our visit a week later!  Downpatrick is a must for any Irish enthusiast - most friendly and helpful.

[patrick]

Probably a marketing scam by IRM to sell a new three pack!

Edited August 9, 2022 by patrick

[jhb171achill]

The weathering is pretty good, but the models look too long, the wheels aren’t right, the buffers are the wrong shape, and they’ve got the wrong type of roofs.

Thus, they can’t be IRM products……

[Broithe]

At least the chassis aren't black.