WRENNEIRE Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Love to see the H&S lads get their paws on these 2 guys! Pic was taken a few weeks before Broadstone shed closed down in April '61 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 That's a great pic, Dave... love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted August 4, 2013 Author Share Posted August 4, 2013 Would this have been Broadstone as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Love to see the H&S lads get their paws on these 2 guys!Pic was taken a few weeks before Broadstone shed closed down in April '61 Brilliant photo. No42 was the last surviving Ivatt 2-4-2T lasted until 1963. Ancient looking but fairly modern by GSWR standards one of a class of 6 normally used on Cork-Cobh & West Cork passenger services. There may have been some kind of swap between sheds as an ex-MGWR 0-6-0T 552 was transferred for use on the West Cork in the same era. The 2-4-2T may have been hand for getting into nooks corners around Inchacore and Broadstone a larger loco could not reach. 42 seems to be getting a boiler wash out and having her tubes cleaned a job that would be done in much the same way in 2013 as 1893 when 42 was built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 love it dave...any more jems like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 Not exactly Broadstone Shem but a classis I think Machine wagon with 2 covered Generators and front wagon with 2 searchlights? Answers on a postcard........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 jesus...the mind boggles at this! if the wagon had a flying snail logo i'd say it could be a military train during the emergency! - fantastic pic dave=D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 It does look like it's intended to project some symbol onto the clouds, perhaps to summon a "capped" crusader..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Movie shoot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnyus Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 That is an incredible photo! Those search lights are definitely military in origin. An example of these was (for YEARS) in the museum at Fort Davis (Fort Carlisle) on the eastern side of the mouth of Cork Harbour. Only last year it was moved to the new museum on Spike Island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 if you look close enough the letters are ?IE part of an annaversery display for inchicore works? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 if you look close enough the letters are ?IE part of an annaversery display for inchicore works?[ATTACH=CONFIG]8441[/ATTACH] Shem, more than likely. Also the car in the picture looks like the @rse end of a small early 60's type Austin. Any car alpha-geeks in the house who can ID it any better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 (edited) westy- she looks like a ford popular Edited August 6, 2013 by heirflick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 if you look close enough the letters are ?IE part of an annaversery display for inchicore works?[ATTACH=CONFIG]8441[/ATTACH] The letters are CIE reversed so that they would be broadcast into a pilot's eyes or onto a cloud, batman style. As for the location, it looks suspiciously like the MGWR station in Athlone, with the engine shed behind the photographer. The cut stone on the far building is too good to be a goods shed, and the chimneys match. Possibly the ornate water tower on the extreme right of the photo? Or a cement silo? Would love to know the story behind this. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogle Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 (edited) Shem, more than likely. Also the car in the picture looks like the @rse end of a small early 60's type Austin. Any car alpha-geeks in the house who can ID it any better? Looks more like a Ford Anglia 100E to me. http://www.flickr.com/photos/34107011@N08/4588718824/sizes/o/in/set-72157624015981232/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/34107011@N08/4588097337/sizes/o/in/set-72157624015981232/ Edited August 7, 2013 by moogle putting in the correct quote! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 It's probably an Austin A35, possibly a hillman Imp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 (edited) By the hokey lads, but yer observation skills are pure class. Store Street detectives have nothing on yez! And the light cluster and rear window curvature on the car would clearly indicate that it is indeed an Anglia. As for location I won't argue with our architect in residence. Well up Richie. Edited August 7, 2013 by Weshty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Cheers Des, but I'm not that confident just yet. It's either a George Wilkinson or a JS Mulvany (nearly sure it's his). Trying to find the location that matches the track layout, telegraph poles, the building, and the roadway for the Anglia. I also thought it may have been foynes at one point, but it's unlikely that wide bodied coach would be in a siding. The mystery deepens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogle Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 It's probably an Austin A35, possibly a hillman Imp. Not an A35, boot on them is more rounded and different rear lights. Imp? No. Rear window on them slopes more and is square! Lights different again. I'm no expert I just like classic cars... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 moogle...i think you take first prize - looks indeed like the anglia. your prize is to invite us all for a drink in your local Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Great pic of Broadstone and armoured Lancia on this thread http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/2264-Bullet-Proof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 That looks more like Inchicore to me, Fran! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 That looks more like Inchicore to me, Fran! Blame Bracken, he told me Broadstone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Blame Bracken Is there a smiley for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Is there a smiley for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 We might need this one - ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Is there a smiley for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Excellent! Is he holding his burning ears..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Blame Bracken, he told me Broadstone! Are you sure you're not confusing that pic with the photo he posted of the tank loco getting its tubes washed out in Broadstone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 Blame Bracken, he told me Broadstone! Read the mail again dipstick! I asked you to move it to Broadstone DOH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieB Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Just to return to the car for a moment, my first motor was the Ford Angela, and it most definitely isn't that. No, it is the Ford Popular 100E. Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Read the mail again dipstick!I asked you to move it to Broadstone DOH! How can I? It was scrapped years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 How can I? It was scrapped years ago! Nick Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barl Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Apologies for being slightly off topic but its a coincidence that the Ford Anglia 100E was brought up here. I saw one of these the other day when I was travelling down a country lane in Monaghan but I couldn't figure out what it was and the 'Anglia' badge on the front threw me in particular! I was trying to describe it to my Dad and he said it sounded like a Popular so he was nearly right, just a 2 door version Thanks for solving the mystery for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Just to return to the car for a moment, my first motor was the Ford Angela, and it most definitely isn't that. No, it is the Ford Popular 100E.Stephen so i was right....that makes a change! anyway to get back to Wrenneire- any more of these pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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