minister_for_hardship Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 The C class plate is a lot rarer than an A plate, in terms of the number produced and C's being scrapped at a time when it would have been quite likely to have been binned rather than kept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aclass007 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 The C class plate is a lot rarer than an A plate, in terms of the number produced and C's being scrapped at a time when it would have been quite likely to have been binned rather than kept. Yes, I'd agree. I've seen several photos of the A class plates, even on this site, and I'd say WRENNEIRE's might be the first pic of the C class plate I've seen. How many plates were fitted to each loco? I'm assuming two, one on each side? Anyway, I just need to track one down now..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Yes, two plates...one on each side that were bolted on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinner75 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Yery nice! I have one of the panels from a 121 class at home, wll, in my dad's shed! It was autioned off by the ITG some years back to raise money for their loco funds. As far as I can remember, it is from 126, and has 'Suitable for hauling air-braked trains' on it. I must ask him to pop it in the boot the next time he is dropping over to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Picked up a couple myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 jesus dave...is there anything you dont have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Picked up a couple myself Ere...to the right and up a bit, what's that? Is it English? Midland Rly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Thanks Richie Its like having your own little batman... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 One good turn deserves another dave... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Rofl. Classic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 "The Ironroad Eireann Co. Persons applying graffiti to any edifice, locomotive engine, passenger carriage or goods wagon belonging to the Company are hereby warned that the penalty for all such offences or outrages will be a minimum of ten years slow torture, followed by mandatory death penalty; this as a minimum. By order of the Management" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 "The Ironroad Eireann Co.Persons applying graffiti to any edifice, locomotive engine, passenger carriage or goods wagon belonging to the Company are hereby warned that the penalty for all such offences or outrages will be a minimum of ten years slow torture, followed by mandatory death penalty; this as a minimum. By order of the Management" I must object, those penalties must only be applied after the offending party has been forced to remove the graffiti. That stuff is a complete PIA to remove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 (edited) Not the real deal, I might add. Whereas this one is an original DN&GR sign. Wonder what actually constitutes a 'nuisance'? Does the top sign apply to the Ladies or the Gents I wonder???!! Edited August 16, 2013 by minister_for_hardship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 (edited) Very accurately styled spoof signs are appearing on the British system.. Edited August 20, 2013 by Broithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinner75 Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Yery nice! I have one of the panels from a 121 class at home, wll, in my dad's shed! It was autioned off by the ITG some years back to raise money for their loco funds. As far as I can remember, it is from 126, and has 'Suitable for hauling air-braked trains' on it. I must ask him to pop it in the boot the next time he is dropping over to me Just had a look in the shed the other day, and it is actually from 130! I've asked my dad to bring it down with him this weekend, as there's a spot for it in my garage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 I must object, those penalties must only be applied after the offending party has been forced to remove the graffiti. That stuff is a complete PIA to remove. Indeed, Snapper, and the enforcement must be supervised by extremely violent, deranged and hungry Rottweilers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Saw this piece earlier today in a cafe/restaurant in Newry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Whoever made that wanted to make sure there was no doubt it's a fake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Does it have its original 19th century Quartz movement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I'm sure it would be great to travel from Amiens street to Cork on the Great Western Railway..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Does it have its original 19th century Quartz movement? Probably the original AA battery too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Probably the original AA battery too! Should keep it going for a while.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I'm sure it would be great to travel from Amiens street to Cork on the Great Western Railway..... Aye, along Ye Olde Liffey Tunnel to Kingsbridge! Another shot on the way out captured this, kinda missing the decent sign on the lower left. The one below I believe to be legit. Located in (my home local) Bobby Byrne's, Limerick. Kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 The Stop/Look/Listen sign is Southern Railway (of England) the footbridge sign is a painted CIE one to replace the old enamel type with the Gaelic script. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 Should keep it going for a while.. [ATTACH=CONFIG]12245[/ATTACH] ....or blow it off the wall:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 The GSWR trespass looks authentic too, though numerous duds of this type are found round the place, often with letters of older and more obscure railway companies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Ahh, ye'd want to be up early in the morning to fool you boyos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 A LC gate target, but colours are the reverse of what you'd expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josefstadt Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 An Ulster Transport Authority ashtray dating from the early 1960s. Not sure where it came from, but probably it was from the bar/buffet in GVS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Quite possibly in dining cars too.... Or UTA owned hotels? I think they still had the Midland Hotel adjacent to York Road and the Slieve Donard at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josefstadt Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Quite possibly in dining cars too.... Or UTA owned hotels? I think they still had the Midland Hotel adjacent to York Road and the Slieve Donard at that time. Thanks John. Had forgotten about the hotels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josefstadt Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Here is another item. This one I do need some suggestions as to what it is. It's a small metal plate, about 6¼" x 2¼", painted black with the number 2622. On the rear are four folded over metal clips. I found it by the trackside on the DSE section around a mile south of Killiney in about 1967 / 68. From the number, 2622, I assume that it came from the AEC railcar of that number, but as to its purpose and to where it was attached I have no idea. One suggestion that has been made is that it was attached somewhere on one of the engines / transmissions. Has anyone any more ideas about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Absolutely no idea, josefstadt! I would think your theory is as good as any.... It's too short a number to be a wagon, too long to be a loco. Could it be something off maintenance equipment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 (edited) It's in the same style as the numbering on the AEC's in B n T days, were they numbered in any other place other than the front? The plate appears to be too small to have been cut from the aluminium at the front of the cab. I would have expected to see traces of the old green paint, unless they were re-sheeted at some stage? Looks like a bodge job done to repair something, a primitive means of renumbering or block a hole I imagine, and then fell off? A lot of re-use of old material went on before, a contact of mine found the GSR enamel nameboard of Athlone, but was gutted when it turned out to be just one half of it. It had been cut in two to block a hole up in something. Saw an old BOVRIL sign once that had been made into a backplate for a pot belly stove with a hole cut through it for the flue. Edited March 30, 2014 by minister_for_hardship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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