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No, it won't. Not yet anyway. The Gallery is primarily for carriages and the selection is being 'guided' by the consultants. This doesn't mean it won't be at some point if the display is rotated, but at the moment it's too much of a wreck to even be safe to go on display. And No. 1 should be...

Hopefully around May-ish... It's still being fitted out with the exhibition display, and the PW gang are feverishly working on getting Road 3 connected so the final shunt can take place. What's more extraordinary about this is the PW head just celebrated his 80th birthday there in January...

That's it exactly. NIR needs the DRD's approval as they need to prove Translink is getting "value for money" for the disposal of assets. If one is to be preserved, it will be under an economic appraisal that shows that a preserved unit will earn more to the local NI economy via its contribution...

I wish that was the case, but in today's world with increasing regulation we have to act more and more in that manner. PFX put it very well! Secrecy? More "discretion" than anything else. While we at DCDR may have voted in favour some time ago, we knew MRSI hadn't. There was no way we would...

Don't you mean the MRSI made a statement saying that there was no road transport big enough to transport an 80 class vehicle in Northern Ireland in the preferred manner? i.e. someone like Alleleys where you get them to roll on and roll off? This is the method of tranport all three...

The difference being regular overhauls, which the 80s clearly didn't get. The engineers in York Road will tell you they were rough, and I have seen the condition of some of RPSI's ex NIR Mk2 were in. I still really don't get your bugbear over the steam crane, an artefact acquired right at the...

Och let me!! There's a guy I know of who I'm sure would think that wouldn't be a problem, and that work will start "imminently". You know who I mean... ;)

Quite a bit off topic!! Anyway, the suggestion is that the City Airport is nearly at capacity in regards carparking, to the point it could start to harm its business rather than add to it. At that point their position over a rail halt could change. Sydenham would apparently stay open, and...

Well, at present... we're talking before 2015 at least before there's any movement in that direction. All of NIR's resources are probably going towards the Derry line and securing its future. Crumlin comes a poor second, but it has not been forgotten about. The recent diversions along this...

I can see what you mean, but it's also important to recognise the different demographics of those people who tend to use the train over those who use the bus. Typically if a rail service is withdrawn those passengers tend to move to the car, and not the buses. It's a different market, and it's...

Interesting that you don't actually give a timeline for this... the steam crane was acquired as a museum exhibit back in the early 90s when there was about less than half the current stock in Downpatrick, long before the Class 80s were anywhere near being withdrawn. It's not as if Downpatrick...

Well, since he's GM of NIR I would assume he knows what he's talking about... off the top of my head you could deduce the following: (1) Serving the growing commuter town of Crumlin, as well as Glenavy and Ballinderry (2) A spur serving the International Airport (3) Splitting Derry services...

Interesting viewpoints... except that Lisburn-Antrim as a preserved line is NEVER going to happen, Mal McGreevy has made it clear that the line will reopen as part of the NIR network at some point. Strange that you would think that the one Irish Standard Guage success story in Ireland was...