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2508 was an ex-DUTC single decker converted to a railbus for the Cashel branch. One of the GSR Brake-3rds was wired for Drumm trains, and I seem to recall a Drumm being wired for railcars but not successful. The "Named Trains" would probably have had the more recently shopped carriages. They also had carriage nameboards, which I suspect nobody would have been anxious to change around between carriages on a regular basis. I have the impression that utilisation of stock at this time seems to have been fairly low, with mainline train sets making just one round trip a day.

I thought so too, so I had a read last night. There were another ten, not too long later, but there's no list of them. Two of these were GNR vehicles, but it appears were withdrawn too quickly to receive their numbers. 2491 became 4054 later still, and that's the last 4xxx number I know about. I have seen some nicce colour photos in the IRRS photos of 4xxx series numbers in a siding in Cork for Cobh services, 4027, 4036, 4043.

4xxx from IRN 15.4 November 1969

If you haven't encountered this already, this thread may also be of interest: C.I.E. 32XX Conversions

The 4000's were "Secondary Stock" vehicles. These were older vehicles which were previously identified by CIE with an "S" suffix to the number, but which were renumbered in the 4xxx series later. A few GNRI carriages made the 4xxx series which was mainly GSWR and GSR stock.

Hear, hear! Amd many thanks to @flange lubricator and @seagoebox too. Thank you for all your work.

I seem to recall seeing something in passing, and with no details, about a proposed "cut-off" line from the MGWR to the GSWR line near Lucan, after 1945. I don't know if there was any truth to it, or just a mis-interpretation about something else, as I've never seen any further reference to it.

Downpatrick's 836 was a gangwayed Open 3rd, but the corridor connections weren't re-instated by DCDR. 836 was gas lit, 1124 seems to be electric.

As the railcars were vacuum braked they could be loco-hauled, and were at times. From memory, IRN has pieces referring to use of railcars as loco-hauled coaches for a relief train from Waterford to Dublin, and on the final day of the Thurles - Clonmel line.

Singling on the MGWR started on the Navan branch during WW1 (to get rails). On the main line it went west to east, then the Mayo and Sligo "branches". It carried on in the 1930's. There was also GSR singling Limerick - Limerick Junction, Waterford - Fiddown, Sallins - Naas, Newcastle - Wicklow and probably a couple of others I've forgotten, mostly before the MGWR was done, so that probably accounts for the GSR records you were looking at. The IRRS archive in Dublin holds GSR weekly circulars which include the dates of singling of individual sections.

I don't know what the doom and gloom is about. Re-opening closed railway lines at significant costs per kilometre, for the taxpayer, is currently very fashionable... ...as Greenways.

Double, Portadown Junction to Armagh, and later also Clones to Monaghan. Single elsewhere, and the double line appears to have been singled in the early 30's, except from Portadown to Richhill.

1915 is the date for carriages according to a Brendan Pender article in the IRRS journal (61), in that 1290 appears the earliest built in the new numbering, and was 1915. Don't forget the TPO from 2950, and the GSR brake compos 2490/1. The Park Royals went to 1948. And 1949 was the last (RPSI, GNR 9) in the 2000's.

Didn't work between closure of the W&T and conversion to an Ambulance carriage.

Yes, It is Gort. The shunter "missed" dropping the handbrake on it as it went into the siding, and it hit the stops with a bang, which left one axlebox bent out. Couldn't move then... The delights of unbraked stock.