Westcorkrailway

And if it wasn’t already clear. AEC Built the 1953 stuff whereas the later wedge heads were Icore built

These photos hopefully provide a simple answer

On a Thursday, the railcar set was almost always strenghtened by 1 or 2 - 6 wheel coaches attached to the back of a 3 car railcar set. This was due to a promotion on the west cork lines where return tickets could be bought for the price of a single (original poster below, @jhb171achill might like to see this one! Poster https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxQF4Buudcm6Fpt_QuezPg38y0eB_trIBC?si=zd1tSo9ybV6je8Qy Footage of the Thursday railcar passing Bandon station with a single railcar in towe Usually a van being sent out on a railcar set was a horse in a cattle wagon. Often these would be left at the station for the goods train to shunt them later on! This actually happened on the 17th of march 1961 and the IRRS no.464 had to shunt it out of the way causing a delay, albeit some photographs to be taken I don’t have the high resolution versions, but some wrecks also served as intermediates in West Cork. a john Langford shot outside Drimoleague - that coach certainly isint new! there is a reason this was chosen as a book cover…2 green railcars and a dark green Park Royal crossing the viaduct

At the greatest gathering today.

I think that’s a windscreen wiper?

The last train on the harcourt street line was also a wedgehead I think. So those dates might be handy One is in this footage here https://youtu.be/JKLtyavDH98?si=mWEk92YeYLynAG7e

Some photos from the 31st of march 1961. 2660 worked the West Cork Mainline in the final day so some good photos exist at Clonakilty junction heading to Cork just East of Bandon Station Crossing innishannon viaduct At Albert Quay final train to Bantry (Note GSWR 90 in the left foreground whistling the final train goodbye!)

Some more West Cork 1950s stock IRRS excursion in crossbarry https://flic.kr/p/2pr95zUan interesting first class coach https://flic.kr/p/2jUqfLt Weathering inspiration anyone? https://flic.kr/p/24MCWeK

We will never have it as good as these wagons. An extremely beyond generous move

Ah those ones….they may have been tried on the West Cork line to be fair. Though I certainly don’t remember that being recorded by anyone

Chris Larkin Collection photo of Rocksavage works which more or less exclusively dealt in painting and light repairs post 1925. Interestingly as that Colm creedon points out in his book. The workshop was used post West Cork Closure for a while painting secondary stock into the new Black and Tan. And yes, it would have been more then just west cork stock using the paint shops though I imagine it was stuff that didn’t get much an excuse to go to Dublin! by driving trailers which do you mean? The bullied wedgehead ones?

So a few photos of unlined CIE green used on what I would describe as “surplus” stock in the cork area used for courtmacsherry excursions primarily 3rd coach back has no lining (what a beautiful train this was by the way) All 3 coaches here seem to have gotten the “quick” green paintjob first C class to Courtmacshwrry hauler some of these coaches an unusual coach in the formation (at least one or two like this) had numbers and snails but no lining! The following are screenshots from a video I have of a courtmacsherry steam special double header showing these unpainted and weathered coaches finally - a photo from the back of a recent IRRS journal. And while I know it’s a bit shameless to show photos from the journal here - it is the back cover so it’s not twinned with any reading material if I was to guess. These coaches probobly got painted in rocksavage paint shops in what would have been a “quick fix” that was never rectified for the sake of time and cost. These coaches were quite well clapped out!

Truly anything could manage to be in a West Cork service if it was useful enough

I wish some of the other existent timber/iron buildings out our direction had an excuse to get restored to a level to match kells!