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A couple of pictures of the fuel oil train from the Alexander Road depot at the oil siding at Inchicore 007 on 5th March 1990, note the health & safety conscious guard has lit the stove in his van next the engine! 181 on 1st July 1992 with the fuel tanks behind the loco, by this time the guards van ceased to be used, the guard travelled in the loco cab.

Tim Moriarty in the IRRS Journal Vol 23, no 162, February 2007 has a 19 page article "The Irish language on the Railway" or.. "An Ghaeilge 'sna Boithre Iarainn" which details the rationale for the adoption of the spelling of place-names. If you need a copy I can send it, Michael

I don't know the dimensions of the BR vans, the CIE Pal -Van interior dimensions were 16' 8" long by 7' 8"wide, the sliding door opening max dimensions were 8' 6" wide by 6' and half an inch high. The height from the top of the rail to the bottom of the wagon frame was 3' 9.5", the wheelbase was 10' and the tare weight was 7.45 tons, with a carrying capacity of 12 tons. In comparison to the earlier series of covered goods wagon, its interior dimensions were the same at 16'8" long by 7' 5.5" wide, internal height was 7' 3.5", the doors when both open were 4' 8" Height from the top of the rail to the bottom of the wagon frame was 3' 11.25"The tare weight was 6.50 tons, carrying capacity the same at 12 tons ( 15 of the older vans had sliding doors similar to those on the later Pal-Van series)

A couple of scans from the Railway Clearing House Junction Diagrams book, David & Charles published a facsimile copy in the 1980's, its worth looking for on second hand bookshop sites. There are 21 Irish maps in the book... Antrim, Cookstown, Navan, Ennis, Wexford & Rosslare, Athlone, Cavan, Clara, Strabane, Dublin, Belfast, Londonderry, Castlewellan, The DNGR, Cork, Waterford, Athenry, Claremorris, Collooney, Palace East Tralee. Indeed junctions where different companies met, minute distances are quoted to enable "foreign" companies to work out what to charge per vehicle per mile travelled on their system. Another excellent official map source is the Railway clearing House system map, the Irish map was issued in 1897, 1902, 1906, 1912, 1918, 1920, 1927, the RPSI issued a reproduction poster of the 1927 (?) map showing the network at it's peak. Copies occasionally turn up on e bay or second hand book sites.

Crosshill Quarry, Crumlin, Co. Antrim... A few pictures from May 1980..... A mix of MED's But's CIE laminates and Park Royal coaches. Not quite what the official Hansard record claims regarding wrapping to prevent the exposure to blue asbestos!

Jim, surely you mean minus any interference from the staff in Queens Quay!, Beyer proposed two 2-6-4T's but QQ wanted a 4-6-4T, Michael

Published by PB Whitehouse in 1954-55 a mere 75 pages booklet measures 7 x 5"

IRRS Journal Volume 11, number 61, June 1973 pages 82 to 95 "GSR coaching stock, 1924-1944"

A couple of drawings of the Barytes wagons from the CIE wagon book barytes wagon A.pdf Barytes wagonn B.pdf

GS&WR/ GSR Class 37/ C7 4-4-2T no 318 Albert Quay, 19th August 1949

I attach a very grainy B&W photo of the saloon interior of dining car 547, taken at GVS in January 1976

And here are a few images from that day.. no 4 worked LE from Whitehead to Magheramorne, shunted a bit and brought wagons to York Road and then brought genny van from body work repairs at York Road round to Central Service Depot Via Antrim (run round). Finally returned light engine later that evening to Whitehead. Pictures taken at Magheramorne, Ballyclare no 3 crossing, Kilmakee (loco inspector Frank Dunlop) and Crumlin station.

some more CIE Mk2 pics... And for reasons of balance..... a few Executive NIR Mk2's...

Some pictures taken in Inchicore on the same date as those on page 84 of the Railway Rambler book

More from the archive...

From the Archives!!

Drawings for "Locomotives of the Great Southern & Western Railway".... This statement is to clear up misunderstandings that have arisen about drawings published in the book "Locomotives of the GS&WR" by Clements, McMahon & O'Rourke. Research for the "Locomotives of the GSR" by Clements & McMahon (Colourpoint Books 2008) uncovered locomotive and tender drawings for almost all the 5'3" gauge types operated by the Great Southern Railways, a number of which had not been previously published. Size limitations prevented their inclusion in that work but a separate volume was planned to include all those drawings. Work on that project was abandoned following failure to elect publisher support. The main intention behind the recent and the 2008 publication had been to place historic information in the public domain and it was frustrating that many informative drawings seemed destined to remain hidden. Then the up-graded twice-yearly periodical New Irish Lines offered an ideal means of distribution. Data sheets for every locomotive type had already been prepared and Alan O'Rourke as Editor readily agreed to their circulation free of charge with issues of NIL. The main constraint was weight related mailing costs which meant release of the drawings in stages. The collection covers the following railways: GS&WR, MGWR, CB&SCR, WL&WR, GSR (i.e. 1924-1944), CIE. There are also some narrow gauge locomotives but for copyright reasons, a separate data sheet records those publications in which appropriate line drawings may be found. All drawings are from secondary sources. They provide varying levels of detail and the accuracy of some should be treated with caution - particularly GSR diagrams. Nevertheless, those that are little more than outline sketches at least provide a general indication of proportions. Locomotives of the GS&WR has been criticised for the absence of end drawings and plans. Readers are assured that if information had been found during the preceding 16 years of research, it would have certainly been included. Some general arrangement drawings were found but size, age and condition made them unsuitable. One exception was a full set of plans for the GS&WR type A tender but requests of the drawings custodians for permission to reproduce went unanswered. Signed by the authors, Jeremy Clements, Michael McMahon & Alan O'Rourke.

Des Coakham had a nice 12 page article in Backtrack May 2004, I attach a couple of pages...

And here is a picture of number 30 at York Road with fillers before the paint job!, picture dated 27th June 1961

I know it is not in colour, but still has nice detail. From the Dublin Penny Journal.

Kilkenny

CIE converted around 93 steam engines to burn oil, Athlone driver Val Horan wrote a good article in the IRRS Journal, Vol 15, no 96, February 1995, pages 337 to 351 and 383 to 385

Book Depository will not be stocking it, it is only available direct from the publisher