Announcements

October 26, 2024

The Eagle Has Landed - NIR Hunslets Next For Accurascale IRM

My, what an absolute Hunny!!!! Check out our latest locomotive release, the amazingly quirky looking NIR Hunslet Diesel locomotives, famed for their exploits on the Belfast - Dublin "Enterprise" trains...

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October 2, 2018

Tara Mines Delivery Update
Hi everyone,As you may already know by now, our highly anticipated Tara Mines wagons were due to leave our factory in China a couple of weeks ago for their long journey to Dublin. In fact, they did leave the factory,...
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September 21, 2018

Tara Update and First Plough Sample From China!
Check out our first engineering sample of the highly anticipated and exclusive CIE Ballast Plough Van!
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August 1, 2018

IRM to Release Ballast Plough in Original CIE Condition as Bonus 2018 Range Surprise
We are delighted to announce that our forthcoming highly exclusive CIÉ/Irish Rail 24850-24854 series ballast plough van, is now available to pre-order in original CIE condition as an additional bonus model in the 2018 IRM range. Five of the CIÉ/Irish...
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July 24, 2018

CIE Ballast Plough. Can you help us do it?
We have love for the CIE roundel as much as anyone, but we need your help to make the CIE Plough Vans to become a reality!
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June 12, 2018

Decorated Tara Mines Samples
First decorated samples have arrived from China. Come see them at the South Dublin MRC!
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May 15, 2018

Welcome to the new IRM Website!
Reactivate your account with us to make online shopping on IRM even more convenient!
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April 13, 2018

Plough Pre-Ordering Now Open
Our next model, the highly exclusive CIÉ/Irish Rail 24850-24854 series ballast plough van, is now available to pre-order ahead of delivery in August 2018! Five of the CIÉ/Irish Rail 24850-24854 series vans were introduced in 1978 to supersede elderly pre-grouping vans for the Civil Engineering Department. They usually ran in pairs, top-and-tailing ballast hopper trains across […]
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March 20, 2018

First Look at the Tara!
We have received some sample images and video of our first Tara Mines sample from our factory in China. We think it looks pretty special so far but they will get a more forensic examination when they arrive in Dublin in the coming days. Check out below. WARNING! The underskirt pics are very x-rated! Please […]
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March 3, 2018

‘Project 42’ and Plough Lead Way in IRM’s 2018 New Programme
The wait is finally over. March 3rd has arrived, and we can now reveal the most ambitious range ever announced by Irish Railway Models. It’s disappointing we could not do this at our planned IRM Social event, but we’re sure that our 2018 range will warm you up with excitement during this cold snap! We […]
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February 28, 2018

Order book for the Tara Mines Ore Wagon opens this weekend

We’re delighted to announce that we will open the order book for the Tara Mines wagons this weekend at our range launch! The first run of models will see five packs of two wagons in the current red oxide scheme, giving you an authentic ten wagon train.

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February 12, 2018

Join Us for Our 2018 Range Announcement!
Well everyone, you told us that you would like to find out the 2018 IRM range in advance, so make sure you join us on Saturday, March 3rd, 2018 in Ryan’s Bar, Store Street where we will announce the models coming in 2018 as well answer your questions and host a social event for Irish […]
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January 18, 2018

Orange ‘bubbles’ are here!
Having been announced just over seven weeks previously, our production run of CIÉ/Irish Rail orange ‘bubble’ cement wagons arrived at our premises in Dublin from our factory in China on December 19th – just in time for delivery to customers before the Christmas break! Following on from the previously-released ivory bubbles, two packs of three […]
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