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Hi folks, I'm engaging in a long overdue clear out of Irish and UK material. Below are the Irish items. I'll do a separate post for the UK material. All asking prices are in euro and exclude postage. I am based in Galway but I can arrange for items to be collected in Dublin between now and Christmas. Cash on collection or payment via Paypal if posting. Locomotives: MM7078 Class 071 IE Grey 7078 - 300 MM0078 Class 071 IE or/blk 078 - 280 MM0077 Class 071 IE or/blk 077 - 280 MM0082 Class 071 IE Blk/Sil 082 - 250 MM0085 Class 071 IE Orange 085 - 250 MM0080 Class 071 IR or/blk 080 - 250 MM0073 Class 071 IR or/blk 073 - 250 MM0088 Class 071 CIE Supertrain 088 - 200 All have been test run only and have not been run in. The first 7 are smooth and silent runners. MM0088 is one of two MM0088s I have - both were smooth but relatively noisy runners out of the box - relatively speaking as 071s are very quiet runners in general. I use the 2nd one with DCC Sound so it doesn't bother me and I'm hanging on to that one. Coaches: MM5202 CIE MkII Std - 55 MM5224 CIE MkII Std - 55 MM5102 CIE MkII 1st - 55 MM5152 CIE MkII Comp - 55 MM5223 CIE MkII Std - 55 MM5201 CIE MkII Std - 55 MM5151 CIE MkII Composite - 55 MM5101 CIE MkII 1st - 55 MM5604 CIE MKII EGV - 65 MM5403 CIE MkII Diner - 65 All of the above have been little used and half never run at all since they were purchased. A post on the UK material will follow on Wed. I'll be offline most of Tues so apologies if I don't get back on any PMs until Wed.

There was an awful lot of GNR scrap sent down to the secondary lines of Cork. I’ve seen numerous photos of GN brake brake vans and the line yes not a brakevan but the only findable image in my head that shows an example of GNR wagons down in Cork as was often the case. On unrelated business, found this photo of a GNR Van down in enniskeane, so there ya are! Bandon 1960

Can’t claim credit for either. A rare 36.75mm set on eBay! The loco required some cosmetic work including a cab interior, and a partial repaint. Beautifully engineered but with a maddening intermittent short

Very good models indeed, and a nice match to Roger’s photo!

Funny you post a pic of 181 with a van - here’s proof they eventually got to Mayo ;). Seriously, I don’t think GN stuff tended to travel too far off its old territory. But if you have one photo of a van in Cork then that’s all you need!

I actually have that pic of No.74 and didn't realise it, taken under the footbridge!

I always struggle to resist a 'bargain' even if it's not quite what I need. I've been offered an unbuilt SSM kit for a GNR brake van at a good price. I've built one already in NIR condition, but can I justify one in Cork or Kerry around 1960? Well there are plenty of photos of them in the 1960s in the Dublin area and on the former GNR lines, but very few elsewhere. I was sure I'd seen one photo in the south west. It had escaped being listed in my wagon image index. After about an hour of searching, I've found it again. So I thought I'd post it here as well as adding it to my index: This is from the Cork Digital Archive, the Dermot McCarthy collection. The location is Drimoleague and the date 30/11/1960. Ahead of a vintage CBSCR(?) van is a GNR van freshly repainted in CIE livery. https://corkdigitalarchive.ie/items/show/1918 Did these GNR brake vans get around on the GSWR routes post-1958 or is this a rarity? A couple of nice images of the GNR vans in the Dublin area for comparison, from Roger Joanes and Ernie on Flickr:

https://www.railwaygazette.com/traction-and-rolling-stock/electro-diesel-stadler-flirt-trains-selected-to-renew-dublin-belfast-enterprise-fleet/70100.article It seems like the contract's been signed now. (It'll be a right mess if CAF win their case after this point, as far as I know the stay on the contract signature was lifted, but the case wasn't thrown out.) It's a Flirt variant, running on the Dart's wires and on diesel the rest of the time. Some small batteries are included for short movements. There will be toilets and provision for catering is given. Delivery scheduled for 2028, in service from 2030.

It is similar in the basic design philosophy Roger uses, but as a tender loco there’s more work. Have a look for David’s build on the J18 - it needed a lot of work on boiler and cab IIRC. The G2 is lovely but a 2-4-0 tender loco can require a bit of fettling to run. A simple 0-6-0T or similar is the tried and tested route into loco kit building - wish I’d started that way !

Is this similar to the currently listed Alphagraphix MGWR G2 Class 2-4-0 or MGWR J81/!9 Class 0-6-0 kits?

0-4-2 tank, a rare type in Ireland, tender versions were common enough in the 19thC The WLWR did however have a very handsome example

Further delay, unfortunately. Publisher has been unwell.

Yes, it was, by CIE; only they got the shade of green entirely wrong…..! In its current form, 184 has only one authentic livery other than this short-lived one - plain grey.

I imagine the choosing of Sambo and Jumbo was from popular culture of the time; Jumbo the Elephant being world famous in the mid to late 1800s, he unfortunately (and ironically) met his end when a train collided with him and his remains were mounted and put on display by a certain PT Barnum. The Story of Little Black Sambo was a hugely popular childrens' book first published in 1899. Unusually for the time, the main character was one of the first black heroes in childrens' literature, a positive portrayal of black characters compared to contemporary books that regarded black people as uncultured and uncivilised, unfortunately the characters' names chosen were of course racial slurs.

Never realised Sambo was a derogatory term til now, I had always thought they named the loco after a sandwich! (That term actually dates from the 1970s)

I don’t think either Sambo or Negro would be acceptable these days. The GSWR did choose some strange names for their locos.

No worries. David’s two look better !

Wow, these look great! Thanks for sharing.

Anyone fancy a go at Sambo?

Hey Looking for a 7078 if anyone wants to make Christmas Great Again for a friend?

Was the first CIE/pre RPSI iteration of 184 in lined green with cast numberplate an early example of painting a loco in "heritage livery" before that phrase was coined? I note that 90 was similarly treated around the same time, prior to being sited at Fermoy, afterwards "stuffed and mounted" at Mallow.

Three and four were movie contracts. The last one was painted in the style Drew Donaldson adopted for all of his locos! The turntable pic is Bray in pre Dart days. I think that’s the remnants of the ‘First Great Train Robbery’ stock in the background. This lingered on a siding at Bray until swept away by DART works c1981.

Yep that's the one David. Built originally as a tender engine in 1887 but subsequently converted to a tank engine. Marked down for scrapping in 1929 but survived derelict until the UTA takeover. Lost its number to a new bogie tank in 1945. (Information from Desmond Coakham's book) I thought it might be interesting to try building a 0-4-2 chassis with drive on the front axle and the other two axles compensated. It ought to be possible to hide a motor/gearbox in the smokebox and boiler. Much the same as my chassis for BCDR No.6, just the other way round.

Speaking of books, is Loughrea available yet?

184 seems to have had numerous paint jobs in green, I think these are mostly in chronological order... (photos from IRRS, Roger Joanes, Ernie, Jonathan Allen and hgricer, all linked from Flickr) CJG_GSWR_184_Goresbridge_9_July_1960 | [Photographer: Chris … | Flickr JPS_GSWR_184_Broadstone_18_Sept_1960 (4) | [Photographer: Jo… | Flickr PoB_GSWR_184_Inchicore_l1960s | [Photographer: Paddy O’Brien… | Flickr