Accurascale IRM October 2026 Update

[Warbonnet]

Hi folks,

A full update of our current projects (ICRs, NIR Mark 2 coaches and GSR 800 Class) is now available here: https://www.accurascale.com/blogs/irish-railway-news/irm-production-update-800s-nir-coaches-and-icrs

All will be on view at the Dublin Exhibition this weekend, with a small new announcement too!

Cheers!

Fran 

[85 Merlin]

I have to say, I'm very disappointed with today's update.

After waiting around three months for another update on the GSR 800 Class, I was really hoping we would finally see some new samples, get the long-awaited sound demonstration, and perhaps receive some clearer information on shipping.

Instead, we have no new samples, no sound files, and an estimated arrival of January 2027. Honestly, after all that waiting, I expected a lot more from this update.

I'm also struggling to understand the explanation regarding the decoders and the situation in Iran. ESU is a German manufacturer, so could someone please clarify exactly how the situation is affecting the decoder supply? If there is a wider supply-chain issue involved, it would be helpful to understand what that is.

I appreciate that manufacturing models of this complexity takes time, and I'm not suggesting that everything is within IRM's control. However, when we've waited three months for an update, I think it's reasonable to expect something more substantial, particularly when the sound demonstration was something many of us were looking forward to and was previously promiesed

I have three 800 Class locomotives on preorder, and I'm still very much looking forward to receiving them. But I can't pretend that today's news hasn't been a disappointment.

Three months of waiting for an update, and we're still left without new samples, without the sound demonstration, and with another wait ahead of us.

85 Merlin

@Warbonnet

 

Edited 1 hour ago by 85 Merlin

[DJ Dangerous]

Thank you so much for the update!

Don’t mind @85 Merlin, you will never please everybody.

Great to have a better idea of what’s likely, when, and people can now budget for Christmas expenses etc.

[Flying Snail]

23 minutes ago, 85 Merlin said:

I'm also struggling to understand the explanation regarding the decoders and the situation in Iran. ESU is a German manufacturer, so could someone please clarify exactly how the situation is affecting the decoder supply? If there is a wider supply-chain issue involved, it would be helpful to understand what that is.

 

Iran war disrupts the circuit board supply chain, raises costs for tech firms

[Patrick Davey]

Epic stuff folks - the efforts are appreciated.  We’re lucky!!

[irishthump]

58 minutes ago, 85 Merlin said:

I'm also struggling to understand the explanation regarding the decoders and the situation in Iran. ESU is a German manufacturer, so could someone please clarify exactly how the situation is affecting the decoder supply? If there is a wider supply-chain issue involved, it would be helpful to understand what that is.

 

It's the raw materials, epoxy resin (an oil product) used in the manufacture of the PCBs is significantly delayed because of the Iran conflict. The price of copper foil has also gone through the roof.

ESU are a German company but all their manufacturing takes place in China.

[Blaine]

1 hour ago, 85 Merlin said:

Three months of waiting for an update, and we're still left without new samples, without the sound demonstration, and with another wait ahead of us.

AH JAYSUS KIERAN ITS TERRIBLE SO IT IS

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