Westcorkrailway

Oh no! anyway

I don’t know for sure but I would presume vinyl. A friend of mine has an “arrow” vinyl at home. So it would make sense for the logos too I guess

A few basic liveries - Arrow as delivered with points (may have worked a dozen times in service) - arrow with plug and socket logo - Commuter - executive commuter - modern IE (old destination scrolls) - modern IE - Modern IE without gangways -2601/02 Retro Livery

Blarney probobly can’t be located where it was originally, so like carrigtwohill station will be from thenopisite side of the bridge there is sufficient space, it’s just a matter of buying the land which would require knocking the bridge down. also for my “plan” to work there would have to be a crossover regardless of having 2 loops

I think there should at the very least be a platform 3 (possibly a loop) at blarney. A cobh to blarney service on the days the cruise ships come in would be an unbelievable asset to cork

Tbh, I’ve play tested on my iPhone 12 and while driving is impossible due to touch controls, walking around is grand

Roblox is PC, Xbox and PlayStation. Probobly will get onto switch 2

Another tease for those more into the older stuff, we of course have to cater to that too (we have darts running to Kildare why not add some heritage!)

A Guiness factory in west cork???? That has to be treason of the highest order!!! north cork Murphy’s, south cork beamish!

When it comes to Bantry, you could delve into alternate history. It never had a dedicated oil train as whiddy island was constructed after it was built. Cattle specials also spring to mind, and beet was loaded here too of course. there was a few mills in the area too, a lot of them powered by good oul waterwheel in the 1960s!

Fair play @leslie10646!

I hung this poster up for old times sake in 2602 (helped that it was double sided as one side was an original CIE poster). The other side advertised a tour from Ennis to Gort when Gort was a closed station. Some passengers came to me, enquiring when this tour was happening. I had to break it to them that it happened on the 6th of June 1987! On this point, there was a very soft announcement on the train, not heard by many but hopefully will come to something (2AM the previous night the motor burned out, fair to say it’s our first real hiccup!) more to follow, but those on board got an exclusive first look.

The tailte set was used the following day on Midleton to Cork trains due to the big match on today (Cork won and took home the silverware!) . Never have I seen so many people come off a 2 car 2600 then I did today on the Cobh trains. Literally thousands between a couple of trains.

You were also on the first passenger train passed platform 6! Random assortment of photos from the day. Cork Cork Mallow Limerick Ennis Galway Shining in Galway Quick one at mallow Back at cork @jhb171achill in his natural habitat. He’s small not far away Some of you may have noticed the Munster area headboard on the rear and this sign on the cab. Honouring Cork Railway legend Seamus Breathnach. He was due to board the tour but passed away on Sunday the 30th of March. He got a symbolic final journey

Indeed. An absolulte wealth of knowledge I could only wish to obtain. It got the seal of approval by those who saw them in silver in the flesh!

You can imagine…..

No problem, bring a tape recorder!!! One story I remember him telling myself and @GSWR 90 on the last tour to Killarney was a story of 90 bursting through the buffers at Clonakilty….kept off the books!

Again, ask Ray Good tommorow, im Sure he said to me one time he actually slept in one of these in Bantry

Looking forward to Tommorow and reminiscing on the last tailte 2600 tour which in my humble opinion was probably the best Railtour I’d ever boarded.

Infairness in the case of 234A and a lot of these. They were rebuild heavily by CIE with only the chassis staying original (in 234s case, WLWR coach 907 build in limerick) where as the rest was much changed 236A and I think 238A were also sleeping wagons

One of these, 234A has survived into preservation at a private location in West Cork.

A nice coat of GSR Grey if you went spotting on April 1st you were no fool! And yes. There is a few more floating around, however, moving them is slightly more uncertain

If you see a man with a tailte tours shirt and a pint of Guiness, that’s probobly @jhb171achill some might want to recreate this shot by Alex Duggan

One of the best chasing trips I’ve done in a long time if not ever, great day out.

My favourite are the wide shots, unlike most of the photos I’ve ever seen from that era! https://flic.kr/p/2qUMFEk https://flic.kr/p/2qUU6eq https://flic.kr/p/2qUMFEf https://flic.kr/p/2qUU6dU https://flic.kr/p/2qUTqfg https://flic.kr/p/2qUT9rD https://flic.kr/p/2qUMLAc and of course some west cork pictures, especially Of the bandon tanks of which I need references are much appericiated! https://flic.kr/p/2qUS3RE