Price: £68.95 (per twin pack) Cat No: IRM1025BL-A-H Site: www.irishrailwaymodels.com Era: 6-11
Above: New from Irish Railway Models is a collection of five Tara Mines ore wagon twin packs in original blue livery.
Irish Railway Models has taken delivery of a perfect partner to its recently released Metro-Vick A Class diesels –a new batch of Tara Mines bogie ore wagons for ‘OO’. MIKE WILD checks them out.
Irish Railway Models (IRM) has taken delivery of a new batch of its soughtafter Tara Mines bogie ore wagons which were used to transport zinc and lead ore from their introduction in 1977. They had a long association with the Metropolitan-Vickers A Class Co-Co diesels and make a perfect partner to the recently released ‘OO’ gauge locomotive (HM172) from IRM.
These wagons operated between the Tara Mines site near Navan in County Meath to Dublin Port for export of zinc and lead ore, and the fleet remains in service today. The original colour scheme was a bright blue livery while in later life they gained a red oxide colour scheme. All ride on Y33 bogies and the entire fleet remains in daily service.
New for IRM’s Tara Mines wagons this time round is the original blue livery with five twin packs being offered to allow a 10-wagon form…
