Westcorkrailway

This was 1930s trade war Ireland. No money and lots of cattle!

My 3 cap Badges. Really only short a points logo one. One of my favourite things to pick up. There is something nice about them although, looking below, there is quite an amount of them to collect if you wanted to be definitive about it…

Well the good thing about re-opening the railways on ground like that is that they can change the route slightly in places to suit modern standards where trackbed has been deleted there is a version of this happening on the Foynes line where the old trackbed was re-aligned for maximum efficiency

The formation between kilrush and kilkea is all there (in fact there is 2 former trackbeds running between the two towns, but that’s a whole other story) The most successful greenway in the country (Waterford) and a host of other less successful ones have been built on tracked. Waterford is great, Mullingar to athlone could arguably be re-opened, new Ross is stuck in funding issues, kings court seems to have done ok. Youghal is probobly the worst greenway in this country when you consider potential! however, insisting on using lines closed in the pre 1960s is where the issues lie. In 2012 a West Cork Greenway feasibility study was done by CCC for 100’000 (it would be millions now) and I remember they called to my dad and said “some places, the railway is perfectly preserved, in others it’s like it never existed” and that’s where you run into problems. Agriculture has come a long way since and farmers hate the prospect of there farms being split in two by a public highway essentially. what’s worse about the current plans for the greenway is they now want to use virgin land which goes through hilly terrain, which arguably defeats the purpose of a greenway (that by which using railway grades to make cycling long distances viable) you also have overextension on the greenway part. I understand there is a landowner in new Ross holding up that whole greenway. South Kerry and west cork is incredibly political. A few years ago, lines like the Tuam line, south Wexford ect. We’re all under pressure to become a greenway, the WRC north of Claremorris is still under pressure in this regard. Youghal still stands as a discrace. Even short term thinking was thrown out the window

This will turn into a nightmare as it has in West Cork. From personal experience, landowners on that line can be, funny.

Some interesting ones on the rail identification group page Does anyone know what vehicle that is behind the two tenders

Why would they be cancelled?

Good to know! Was considering offering to get that one, as it’s a nice little niche thing, though there must be more around then I previously guessed!

Appears to have been made up by an Early IRRS member, I’m sure I’ve seen photos of it somewhere, but it’s like the Mandela effect, can’t find em anywhere now! some more pictures below

I recall for my GSR and C&BR signs I just printed them out

Couple of new 1960s CIE cap badges for sale…might be a good one for a layout peaked cap! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bdcein3fW/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Yes, it’s a CB&SCR sign. I know of 3 of these that still exist; one in Bandon, this one here and my one, which was sold to me very graciously by the owner of the pictured one here is an example of this type of sign in out at Albert Quay https://flic.kr/p/2pwCjDB My own example

Spitting rain with plenty of conventional showers on the 06:45 to Tralee this morning. Red sky at morning shepards warning?

Going to keep posting some of the shtuff I’ve accumulated over the last while rule books from the 80s there appears to be a CIE logo on the Irish rail one! various ties (try to ignore the sacreligous one to the far right) Various styles of T keys from (I’m fairly sure) GSWR days to present day a ticket dater Machine, supposedly electric. Stamp shows last used 13/03/2011!

Don’t think I’ve seen a photo as good as that detailing the Intirior of the station I also note one of photo shows a railcar that seems to have had wasp striping on the roof, but painted over since?

Another Container, Near the entrance of Inchicore Works of I remember correctly

I’m thinking of doing an F6 myself, but that’s years down the road, and it likely won’t be a brass kit!

At a recent steam rally. Most picutes here are from a display from a local enthusiast

I’d love to model one eventually. There a nice well traveled machine

Some items from the family of the last haltkeeper of Creagh station west cork. The carriage keys were stamped GSR

Just a few bits from an Event a few years ago, quite a definitive display

2 images on EBay at the moment. Taken in the late 1950s

Various cap badges and buttons In West Cork

Got these as part of a Lot, I could have had a good bit of fun with these in the 1980s

There was an excursion to Castleisland in 1967 that made use of coaches. There was a special coach for the loughrea branch which meant it didn’t need a heating van. I’ve seen a photo on the IRRS page as early as 1964 with a G on a mixed train with the loughrea coach (still in green)