Irish Royalty - Park Royal Coach Next For IRM

[DJ Dangerous]

2 hours ago, Mol_PMB said:

I did later have a better chat with AS and got a detailed verbal update on the IRM models, which sounded very promising. 
Probably best if I leave it to the IRM staff to post an official update here. For the Park Royals relevant to this thread I understand there have been considerable frustrations with the factories in China that have been totally outside IRM’s control and have caused delays, but things are now sorted for quality and delivery is expected around the end of this year. 
 

Thanks! 

Thanks, Mol_IRM…

[DJ Dangerous]

Accurascale / IRM Projects page was updated this week.

Park Royals now say "Update Coming, 2025".

[Mol_PMB]

6 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Accurascale / IRM Projects page was updated this week.

Park Royals now say "Update Coming, 2025".

Hence why I asked for a verbal update at Derby - see previous post. 
I was also told that they will have a lot more Irish samples/models to see at the Dublin show, but there might be a bit of a wait until the next IRM new tooling announcement.
I think the AS side of the business is very busy at present - must be all these people buying badgers

[DJ Dangerous]

1 hour ago, Mol_PMB said:

Hence why I asked for a verbal update at Derby - see previous post. 
I was also told that they will have a lot more Irish samples/models to see at the Dublin show, but there might be a bit of a wait until the next IRM new tooling announcement.
I think the AS side of the business is very busy at present - must be all these people buying badgers

Prior to the change this Tuesday, both 66’s and Park Royals just said “Q2 2025”, so there’s definitely some news in the pipeline.

Interesting that the 22000’s (Q3 2025), Hunslets (Q4 2025), and 800’s (Q3 2026)  haven’t changed status on the Projects page!

 

 

[exciecoachbuilder]

13 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Accurascale / IRM Projects page was updated this week.

Park Royals now say "Update Coming, 2025".

I hope so? It's been a long wait

[DJ Dangerous]

1 hour ago, exciecoachbuilder said:

I hope so? It's been a long wait

 

[Edo]

I maybe completely wrong ....................but going through the outstanding order on my IRM/Accurascale Account - I have noticed that the new payment date for my Park Royal Order is now Mid Jan 2026...........

by the same token - I am now being asked to pay my outstanding balance on the 22000s................

Could be just arbitary dates for payment generated when the orders were placed..............

[DJ Dangerous]

1 hour ago, Edo said:

I maybe completely wrong ....................but going through the outstanding order on my IRM/Accurascale Account - I have noticed that the new payment date for my Park Royal Order is now Mid Jan 2026...........

by the same token - I am now being asked to pay my outstanding balance on the 22000s................

Could be just arbitary dates for payment generated when the orders were placed..............

I’d say that the payment dates reflect the estimated arrival dates that were updated on the 12th.

22000’s may be soon, Hell yeah!!!

Park Royal estimated date was removed, so early next year sounds plausible.

[Mol_PMB]

I would very much like to see more decorated samples in the two green livery variants. 
We’ve only seen one of the green liveries so far, and I gather that the colour has been tweaked since then. 
 

[BosKonay]

19 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said:

I would very much like to see more decorated samples in the two green livery variants. 
We’ve only seen one of the green liveries so far, and I gather that the colour has been tweaked since then. 
 

Exactly that. The final samples are getting photographed now. 

[Mol_PMB]

30 minutes ago, BosKonay said:

Exactly that. The final samples are getting photographed now. 

Wonderful - thank you!

[Mol_PMB]

Just to keep the suspense going, here's another crop of a nice prototype pic showing two variants of green livery on Park Royals; the pic is dated 1961.

At the front of the train, a light green carriage - including green-painted sliding window ventilators, EdN waist line and post-1956 '2' class designations on the doors. Black ends with red dimension plates. Broadly this matches the decorated sample we've seen already - light green, black ends, painted window ventilators. The class designations should be easy enough to add with transfers.

Fourth in the train, a darker green Park Royal - with sliding window ventilators in unpainted aluminium, catching the sunlight here. EdN waist line; originally this livery did not have '2' class designations on the doors. Green ends are hard to make out in this photo but are well proven in other photos of the dark green livery (see below).

We had one of Ernie's photos upthread showing the original darker green livery when new in 1956. Below is another of Ernie's dated 1959 showing the dark green livery like the 4th vehicle in the train above. No '2' on the doors, unpainted window vents, green ends. By this time the silver underframe was looking very grimy!

The next instalment of my AEC Railcar Trailers thread will include the Park Royals so here's another of Ernie's pics showing the dark green livery, almost as original but with the '2' class designations added:

Waiting with baited breath to see the IRM painted samples, and wondering whether I need to order some more, or possibly change one of my existing orders...