Westcorkrailway

Some very cursed textured boxes in Tomodatchi life

They will be kept in Connolly shed and will be stripped of parts as necessary to keep 134, 141 and 175 going

https://youtu.be/kln4LLRLjcY?is=-ei1-kLhQ_puwPu_ footage I attempted to capture of the movement. Very strange to get up close and personal with locos in that condition in Connolly! Plus a small sample of photos I took

I couldn’t keep up with you JB, I had to go home at 12

Strange one on the enterprise today

329

The spare non push pull 201s are used like this due to long wait times for EMD parts 2609 was also used like this until it was recently taken away from Cork. My understanding is that in inchicore it was also stripped of anything that could be used and then given to the scrap man

https://flic.kr/p/2pwdkLN 90 in inchicore, must have been there since around the time the west cork closed https://flic.kr/p/2qUUb7w 90 on the way to Fermoy on st Patrick’s day 1962! 800 in Thurles June 1961 https://flic.kr/p/2pry8aH In Adelaide in September 1961 https://flic.kr/p/2qUTqag 801 in June 1961 https://flic.kr/p/2psSqf4 301 in September 1961 https://flic.kr/p/2qUML9k

90 was saved by a lobby of IRRS members at the time. It was small, very old, and wasn’t worth as much in terms of scrap value! The IRRS of course also managed to convince CIE to do a half baked overhaul of 90 which allowed to work for 6 months. if I was to guess this letter dated from mid 1961. As around that time the 1961 all Ireland tour had used a handful of these locos. And by November 1961 - 90 was refurbished at inchicore

An interesting one posted by Ed O’Neill on Facebook. Shows 90 and 800 as “sanctioned for scrap” !

By the time your modelling, most steam locos had been withdrawn and extensive deisalisation had taken place leading to the displacement of the likes of the F6. Virtually all verity in classes had been wiped out in the late 1950s, leaving All that was left of steam in Cork by the turn of the decade was the Bandon Tanks, J15s and J26s (with exceptions of course) Indeed it’s those classes that remained in Cork up to (and some claim beyond!) 1963. although it’s very hard to place a Bandon Tank in Mallow! They went to youghal and Cobh - but I’ve never seen them as a mallow pilot for instance. Although now I’m going to try and find evidence of it happening!

I thought 127s cab was supposed to be still among the land of the living! Very nice 6105s door

The way they don’t the decals is funny looking. It appears they painted around 131, and painted over a previous 131 decal

I would say Mullingar-Dromod would be a good option. A good shot of people get off at Mullingar. Dromods Cork Volunteer takes the train up and back as he does not have a car either I’ve often had to make the odd trip on the tractor, not to much shame in that!

Dromod, maam cross and Downpatrick all have regular volunteers from Cork, I know the lads going to maam are regularly making a 4-5 hour journey each way out of there own pocket! It’s mad - but ince you catch the bug it seems hard to let go. I will admit though - having access to trasnport is key. Without car pooling or access to a car, it’s very difficult.