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Digressing slightly onto the 6-compartment 3rds, John is correct that the vast majority were withdrawn or converted in the 1940s. According to the diagram 86 listing, 73 of these 6-compt thirds passed to the GSR in 1924. However, the listing shows that after the purge in the 1940s a handful survived into the 1950s. Late survivors were: Withdrawn in 1958: 649, 654, 660 Withdrawn in 1960: 558, 614, 624, 655 Photos of these in CIE days are very hard to find and I suspect that these seven carriages may have spent their final years before withdrawal forgotten in a siding. One photo showing a 6-compartment third in CIE livery is this one by Ernie at Harcourt St around 1951, and I do think it's a GSWR coach: Until yesterday, I thought I had another photo of one in Cork in 1955, also by Ernie: But then Ernie posted this photo, which shows a 6-compt 3rd of GSWR style with only 4 wheels rather than 6. Looking at the photo above, I think that is also a 4-wheeler, likely the same one. I haven't yet worked out whether this is a GSWR 6-wheel coach converted to a 4-wheeler, or whether it's a CBSCR / CMDR oddity. Anyway, I have other plans for my kit for a 6-compartment third, involving some replacement sides. It is likely to become a full brake. There are various options which may spawn a separate thread as they seem to have been modified significantly over their lives, but I'm thinking of something like the nearer one here: -
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Worth enquiring with the National Railway Museum York Sharp Stewart loco drawings (most likely GAs) are included in their North British Locomotive drawing collection https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co27933/north-british-locomotive-co-ltd-drawings. The 7mm Narrow Gauge Society published a book of 'Irish Narrow Gauge Scale Drawings" which includes CVBT No4 and CVR Railcar 1 https://7mmnga.org.uk/sales/publications/publication_details.php?ref=NLE06. The drawings are in simplified diagram form rather than general arrangement, as far as I recall the drawing of No4 includes CVR modifications. -
Splendid research again - don't think anybody will mind a bit of modeller's licence being applied, plus you could always back date the layout a little further! -
Enjoyable seeing the big stuff - everything has real presence, particularly in close up.
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