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CIE Four-Wheeled Bulk Cement Wagons
Robert Drysdale The four-wheeled cement wagons, or “bubbles” as they are popularly known, are iconic of the modernisation of Irish Railways in the 1960s. They are continuously popular subjects for...
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Scratch Building a CIE Cement Bubble
Des Sullivan Prior to its gradual demise, the freight section of Irish Rail produced some very distinctive and unique rolling stock that just begs to be scratch built. We have also been blessed...
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Something New; Something Old
David Malone Several modellers have had a go at fitting sound chips into the Bachmann-Murphy 141 although some seem to be using slightly larger speakers than I did. To replace the unusable round one...
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Converting the Murphy-Bachmann 141 Class Diesel to 21mm Gauge
Denis Bates The General Motors 141 Class diesel of CIE was introduced in 1962, and for over 40 years has been among the most successful of the Irish diesels. So it was not by accident that Murphy...
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Christmas crackers from Studio Scale Models
Studio Scale Models have added two new kits to their range in time for the Christmas season. The first is a CIÉ/Iarnród Éireann Wickham inspection car kit in etched brass. Three of these units were...
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