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Posts posted by seagoebox
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In the table Des says... coaching stock as at April 1954... 56M ex MGWR, 4 wheeled parcels van; ex -mortuary van, built?, spare at Tramore.
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The book arrived from the printers just before Warley, I have yet to see a physical copy myself!
It is available from Transport Treasury ttpublishing.co.uk
Thanks,
Michael,
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77 "Achilles" at Antrim
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The tender pictured with 502? was one of a pair, numbered 407 and 408, built at Inchicore with locomotives 501 & 502 in February and March 1926.
They were ordered by the GS&WR but the order was completed by the GSR.
They were nicknamed "Biscuit tins" as the coal was contained within a steel plate hopper, set back from the tender outside plating ( to aid sighting lines by the footplate crew ) and the tender did not have coal rails like many other tenders.
Water capacity was the second largest on the GSR at 4670 gallons, coal carried was 7 tons 10 cwt, tare weight 49 tons. ( the three 800 class tenders had 5000 gallons and 8 tons of coal.)
The ladder with the curved handrail top on the tender rear remains from the time that the three 500's were converted to oil firing for a brief period 1947-48
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Jon,
Yep, Let me know, Michael.
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someone has made a mistake!
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Would you include Ballinamore?
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The thinking was that they were to be wipe clean, and were hard, therefore discouraging passengers from sitting in the diner as regular seats, but they had a glossy finish and were very uncomfortable to sit in. They got the "Ronald McDonald" nickname because of similar seating in the kids area of McDonalds! They were eventually with conventional Mk3 seats covered in fabric which became plastered with spilt food and were not at all pleasant to look at never mind risk your life by sitting on them !
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5 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said:
My definition of the West Cork Railway would be a mixture of the Cork, Bandon and south coast, Schull and skibbereen, and macroom lines. As much as the macroom had it’s own identity. (Bassically any line where you began your journey at albert quay to get to the destination) as after 1925 was when the term “west cork railway” was being used to describe the system not the company and by that stage trains for macroom were using Albert quay
And yes the west cork railway Co. Is confusing…I didn’t know about “the trameen”there was a name for the fermoy line but I can’t think of it
The "Dukes Railway"
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The elderly "gentleman" is indeed just that, John Harcourt, he is a resident in a home near Balmoral.
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Zoom talk to the RPSI on the photographs of Mac Arnold on Wednesday at 7.30 by Michael McMahon
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"V" was painted on a wagon when it was listed for scrapping, an upside down "V" was painted on below the first "V" to turn it into an "X" which meant that scrapping was then authorised.
The instruction was then given to the scrap man to scrap only vehicles marked with an "X"
I remember a story about a scrap merchant from Armagh engaged on cutting up A & C classes in Inchicore cutting locos with a "V" before parts had been recovered to keep others going !
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Full page feature in todays Irish Times.
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Jonathan,
Mostly BR material, when there is Irish stuff it is in there but it will take ages to sort, good reading material for the smallest room in the house, you should be through it by 2053!
Michael.
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Colin, unfortunately Brendan died some years ago, Herbert is still a regular attender at the IRRS archive on a Tuesday evening.
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GSR & CIE station nameboards
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This could also be of use in the station carpark !