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Three ultra rare reports of the 1908 Vice Regal Commission into Irish Railways plus two superb coloured maps - see extract photo. Contains hundreds of pages of fascinating details from a myriad of Irish railways. In very good condition having been rebound for the Pennsylvania State Library. The text pages are in mint condition - almost unread. The maps are very bright and clean but would be best extracted and framed. Very heavy - can be collected from Enniscorthy or left in central Dublin (opp.Connolly Station). €120 if delivered to Dublin €100 if collected from Enniscorthy. Payment in advance if I deliver to Dublin.

The whole thing is so bloody typical of the way things are done down here and that's why we are left with nothing. The Fry Collection would be better sent north of the border where they know how to do things. Cultra, Downpatrick and soon Whitehead - all with museums - and we have a hay shed in Howth. I'm truly glad to be completely removed from the railway scene these days. Incidentally, anybody with half a brain would think that bringing the Fry Collection back to Inchicore Works would be worth considering, but don't hold your breath.

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Some more pics - wagons, buffers etc.

The damaged station. I never attempted anything but sticking it back together, and somebody good at weathering should have no problem with this. There is also an undamaged platform waiting room that comes with this. If I didn't mention it previously, there's very little, if any, play-wear on any of the items listed.

Goods Shed picture. Also boxed.

It's the end of the line for yet another failed project! Time to de-clutter. I would prefer to sell as one lot and collection from Enniscorthy preferred but delivery to Connolly Station area possible. OO Gauge Bachmann 30-015 Local Suburban Train Set containing 0-6-2 BR green Class 56XX Tank Loco No.6622, 2 x BR crimson and cream Collett Coaches (Composite and Brake Composite) along with controller with wall mounted transformer and oval of track with point and siding, contents appear unused and in Excellent condition in good but faded box. * NOT actual box - mine is better. Hornby Skaledale - R8534 – Signal Box – long discontinued and quite Irish in appearance. Boxed. Hornby – R8536 - Single Road Locomotive Shed. Boxed. Hornby Skaledale - R8639 – Stone Water Tower. Boxed. Hornby Skaledale - R8521 – Strawsons Warehouse. Boxed. Hornby Skaledale Wooden Bus Shelter R8680. Boxed. “Percy” Loco.6. from Thomas the Tank Engine series. “Bill” Loco from Thomas the Tank Engine series. Skaledale- R8646 - Low relief terrace shop 'Smeeton's. Boxed. Hornby Thomas the Tank Engine and carriages “Annie” and “Clarabel”. 11 misc. freight wagons 4 LIMA bogie wagons including 2 bogie coal wagons. 2 ‘foreign’ bogie carriages Quantity of track including long straights and additional points. Skaledale platform. Good condition. CIE Road Freight artic vehicle - mint. Skaledale Goods Shed R8582 - Irish in style BOXED. Damaged Skaledale Station - MORE PICTURES SHORTLY. €200 THE LOT IF DONE BY THIS WEEKEND - A BARGAIN!

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A 100% original Shipping Poster for the Dominion Line dating from 1900. I have sold a number of these down the years and they came from a dealer in the Georges Street Arcade in Dublin. He acquired them from somebody who found them in a skip on the North Wall when they were cleared out of an office there. The posters were intended for display on the station advertising boards of the Great Southern & Western Railway throughout Ireland, but due to the Boer War in South Africa the ship was requisitioned and the sailings cancelled. The poster is in excellent condition with very slight foxing. It has been mounted on card at some stage and comes in a frame. A rare opportunity to pick up an historic gem! Collection or courier are the only delivery options. Could also be left for collection (pre-paid) adjacent to Connolly Station. €200 ono.

Could things be any worse than they currently are? Despite all the shiny new railcars outside the Greater Dublin area railways are withering away under CIE control. Another few years will see at least the closure of Limerick/Ballybrophy plus Limerck Jn./Waterford and possibly more. The SLNCR and CDRJC ran far leaner, tighter ships than CIE has ever done and could be a model for how different routes could be farmed out. Of course it will not happen but something needs to be done before the railway becomes nothing more than a memory.

I'm very out of touch with the railway scene these days and didn't even know that Norman Johnston had passed away - a true gentleman. Mention of his name always brings back a now funny but at the time acutely embarrassing memory for me. Norman was paying his first visit to the new C&L Rly at Dromod and during conversation with yours truly made some reference to the 'Cantonese Sausage' . I duly nodded in agreement not understanding what on earth he meant and hoping he would move on to another subject but he was looking for a response! I mumbled something about the Cantonese Sausage.....which seemed to stun the poor man until somebody else translated for me - the Kent & East Sussex! You couldn't make it up and I wished the ground would open up and swallow me. That must be more than 20 years ago and I still remember the incident like it happened yesterday. He did have quite a strong accent.....

131 in steam - never thought that I'd see the day. Great pics by the way!

Well it didn't take long and for those of you who like bloodsports it's all happening here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/385672148111486/ and more here: http://irishrailways.blogspot.ie/ All so predictable.

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This book gives a good overview of some of the very many different narrow gauge railways that have served British industry over the last century or so. The narrow gauge railway was born within the mining and quarrying industry but despite the huge interest in such railways worldwide the number of books giving a detailed coverage of them is still relatively small so it is hoped that this new work will help meet a real need. Primarily pictorial in content it consists of around 125 black and white illustrations most previously unpublished, giving a good general coverage of industrial of all gauges less than standard in Great Britain and operated by all forms of motive power from the horse to the diesel locomotive. The contents have been grouped into ten areas, each section preceded with a brief introduction and location map with a detailed caption for every illustration. It is hoped that the appearance of this book will prove of value to modellers in all scales as well as those engaged in preservation or with a general interest in this fascinating subject who wish to learn more. AS NEW. €5 plus p+p or can be collected from Enniscorthy

30 b+w negatives taken by Joe St.Leger showing 5T after arrival in Dublin and then on arrival in Tralee. Good quality negs unlike my poor ipod pics. €40 including p+p or nearest offer.

June 11th 1994: Kerr Stuart steam locomotive "Dromad" arrives at the Cavan & Leitrim Railway. Photographs taken by the late Joe St.Leger. Copyright transfers with the 39 negatives. €40 ono.

MODEL RAILWAY CDs & DVDs (5) Five interesting discs – 3 from The Association of 16mm Narrow Gauge Modellers which include a good number of videos of members layouts; a DVD on British Railway Modelling and a disc from the defunct British Outline Buildings company – formerly manufacturers of high quality lineside buildings. €5 plus p+p or can be collected from Enniscorthy.

Three Garden Railway catalogues. Fully illustrated. Mint condition. €3 for the three plus p+p or can be collected from Enniscorthy.

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Eight more negs here from 1976 including Barnagh Station and Goods store; Castlegregory (T&D) engine shed. €15 including p+p for this set.

Last Days at Newcastle West Station Two strips of 35mm colour negatives – 8 images taken during track lifting in the late 1980s. €10 including p+p on the island of Ireland. More negs of North Kerry tomorrow.

Railway Lines sold to garfieldsghost.

Railway Lines of Coras Iompair Eireann by Oliver Doyle & Stephen Hirsch Signal Press, Malahide, 1985. An updated version of the 1967 book by Pender & Richards - 'Irish Railways Today' - line by line account of all Irish railways, with copious details of stations, level crossings, gradients, other structures, junctions, signalling etc. 123pages, illustrated with photos and maps. Used copy but nice clean interior. €15 includes p+p on island of Ireland. Irish Railways Traction & Travel 1st Edition published by Metro Enterprises (1987) by Peter Jones. The Complete Guide to all IR and NIR Locomotives & Coaching Stock together with Loco Diagrams and Distance Tables. Glossy card covered reference book illustrated with colour and black and white photographs. 96 pages unmarked condition NO underlining or notes so common in most spotters books. €10 including p+p on the island of Ireland.