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11 hours ago, Barl said:

It looks like there's a small few of the A Class locos back in stock on the IRM site if anyone's interested.

Thanks. Wow only 105 locos left out of the entire production run is an incredible sales success. Thanks for the heads up Barl, managed to order one of the liveries I’d omitted to order two years ago.

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this restocking event has me filled with indecisiveness, everythings gonna be gone by the time my mind is made up!

 

a few things that i had relinquished as "its gone never to be bought again" are now all in my face at once  the the wallet is currently holding moths......

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yep sat here and watched them all sell out....... decided on ballast ploughs though, since not having them was putting me off starting a rake. was either that or cement bubbles and i dont really want to add a cement plant to my layout. the lights will be fun to play with :)

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First time I've bought directly from IRM and the 048 x2 which I purchased yesterday afternoon [02032022] arrived at my apartment first thing this morning - much quicker than the original would have. Consider myself really lucky to have gotten them as it took me ages to process the payment (credit card had expired). Life would not have been worth living if I had missed out on these.

The one good thing about using PayPal is that it allowed me to register my new credit card during the transaction.

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Bought the A55 x2 from Mark's earlier. Was sitting on the fence for ages regarding the Crossley As (the fence wasn't very comfortable) so had to get off and went on a bit of a shopping spree. I feel that the Crossley engined As have a bit more character so decided on getting a few A30s also. The reality is IRM have done such a fantastic job on these locomotives that they look good in all their' guises.

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Just two sleeps 'til my silvers arrive. I'm quite surprised at how fond I am of the A55, the Crossley engined versions just have that bit more character. @murphaph - I hope to have bought all the models I need by the time the reruns of the A appear. I expect that there'll be lots of other great IRM locomotives by then. The one thing I desire most is suitable passenger carriages. My As are hauling Fleischmann stock.

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Got my A30s in the post this morning. The silver livery really highlights all of the details, seeing stuff that I didn't notice with the darker liveries. Everyone should have one of these, if only for display purposes, at least. Delighted that I didn't miss out on these - can't stop looking at them. Looking forward to the next motorised model from IRM.

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My Thanks to the poster on FB group, and Fran who tipped us off that some more A class locos had come into stock.

Managed to get A12 which I'd accidentally omitted from my original order two years ago. She's a beaut fits right into my CIE era. Happy Days. Look forward in the fullness of time to running her with IRM's Crossley DCC sound decoder. Here she is before being rebuilt with GM power. Hauling morning branch working from Limerick to Claremorris about to depart for Athenry. Back in 2014 when Fran first told me about possible plans for an A class I could not have envisaged such a superb precision model coming to fruition. Well done team IRM. One happy customer here. I remember these locos in Waterford in the 1960s.

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7 hours ago, connollystn said:

@Noel - I completely disagree with your sentiment. There would be a decent market for newly tooled models of the 141 & 181 locomotives because of the way they operated people will buy multiples of the units. The bar has been raised to such huge heights that there's no going back. Anyway, my priority is waiting for IRM to produce passenger stock to go with the A class.

Fair comment. Only time will tell. Agree 100% on desire for IRM to produce passenger stock to go with the A class. What pax stock would you like to see?

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I have two of these fine locomotives [A55], they're my favourite. Regretting now that I didn't buy the Crossley engine versions of these beauts earlier. If there are any of you sitting on the fence regarding them  I'd seriously advise you to get off it now and purchase these.

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10 hours ago, Georgeconna said:

4 now.

Amazing the Silver one is left, Possibly the best looking Loco of the Bunch where the details pop when compared to the black underframed ones.

I'd say it's more about budgeting. Anybody looking to buy the remaining three will buy the most scarse when they can afford it.

A30 is stunning, and A42 is a jaw dropper. You have to see them both in person! Even if all you had for them to hall was a few of John's open wagons (still available), or even some Hornby five-planks painted primer grey, it would be worth buying as those two A's look so good.

 

On 15/3/2022 at 4:37 PM, Warbonnet said:

A mere 15 of A55 in Black left in stock folks..... 

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We all love a bit of black beauty, right?

https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/a-class-locomotive/products/a55-a-class-locomotive

 

Why don't you guys have a drooling smiley, like the way you drool while eating sausages. That would be more appropriate here!

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14 hours ago, Georgeconna said:

4 now.

Amazing the Silver one is left, Possibly the best looking Loco of the Bunch where the details pop when compared to the black underframed ones.

Agree about the silver one, George. But even then, really not many left now (less than 60 last time I checked) so they're starting to dwindle. 

To be honest I reckon we will have the last of them for sale at Bangor next month, then that will be it more or less. 

Cheers!

Fran 

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