IRM To Produce CIE A/001 Class Locomotive October 26 Dublin – Irish Railway Models (IRM) today announces that it is to produce a highly detailed and premium quality model of the CIE Metropolitan-Vickers A/001 Class in 4mm scale. Sixty of these locomotives were ordered by CIE from Metropolitan-Vickers and were built at Dukinfield Works, Manchester between 1955 and 1956 as part of a plan to implement mass dieselisation of the Irish railway network. Initially the locomotives were fitted with a
A Class Pre Production First Look!
Well folks, today is a very special landmark for us here at IRM, as we received the first pre-production prototype of our highly antcipated A Class!
We've already given it a quick spin around our layout, and we are blown away by the crispness of the detail, the etched grills, the shape, and that performance! It's beautifully heavy and very very smooth!
There are some snags required such as lighti