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With the Queen to Killarney by Randal McDonnell. Pub.Sealy, Bryers & Walker, Middle Abbey Street, Dublin (1900). Hardback, 98 pages by the author including 'With the Queen to Killarney', 'A tale of a Southern Express' and 'Round the Inchicore Works'. Also 32 pages of advertising for other books from the publishers. A really unusual work and the only copy that I have ever come across in more than 40 years of collecting. Generally very good condition with light foxing to rear end papers. - €30. - NOW SOLD

I have a second copy if you're interested. PM sent.

Great Southern Railways: Appendix to the Working Timetable 1st March 1935 until further notice. Two hundred and fifty pages of fascinating information for the the serious enthusiast, All sorts of operating instructions, dimensions of turntables, location and capacity of water towers, accommodation crossings, lengths of platforms etc. All bound in a canvas cover. This particular copy, while being in very good overall condition, has seen the addition of pages from the weekly circular stapled in at various times and these staples have started to rust. They can easily be removed but that is for the new owner to undertake. Once to be found in every signal cabin in the country they have become almost impossible to find as the former were replaced by CTC. - €20 plus postage.

Somebody must have tipped them off as the description was updated and they managed to get €38 for the 'signal arms '.

If you're getting tired of all the signs here's some vintage farm machinery coming up for sale on Sunday next.

TWO Bound Volumes of Irish Railway Record Society Journals covering the Years 2001 to 2006. A rare opportunity to buy a professionally bound pair of volumes that will last a lifetime. In pristine condition.€25 each or €40 for the two. The Volume covering 2007/09 has been sold. Will post or can be collected in Enniscorthy.

Another 'new' one for me and this thread has been mentioned in the argument on Adverts. https://www.adverts.ie/other-antiques-collectables/vintage-old-railway-cast-iron-small-trespass-sign/31527122

Will do when it finally arrives - coming by GLS from Cavan.

Cast iron 'engine' plate according to the catalogue! I went a bit mad and bought the Attymon Junction/Loughrea staff - a nice souvenir for me never having managed a trip on the branch. Who knows, I might even hold on to it but probably not.

Another old friend resurfaced at Victor Mee's Belturbet saleroom this evening and was knocked down for €110 plus commission to the unwary buyer. About €110 more than it's worth. https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/153186f6687a445cee0fab5fb251f2fc/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/august-decorative-advertising-pub-memorabilia-and-collecti/

All it needs is a lick of paint.

Got to love the accuracy - less than three minutes in and DART is mentioned as Dublin Area Rapid Transport and then the reporter buys a ticket to Pearse Street. Gotta love the standard of journalism on RTE - nearly as good as the company that they are reporting on.

Aren't Irish Rail great after all - next week reinventing the wheel.

In fairness the trolley was and probably still will be a joke. I rarely if ever bought anything from it as it is only for the little people - I yearn for proper snack/dining facilities but I won't hold my breath. In recent times I always stocked up at the shop in the subway beneath the suburban platforms at Connolly when I had the kids with me in preference to the trolley. God help us, even in the pre-Mk.II. days one could get a proper drink on the Rosslare. Even the grotty bar in a corner of a Park Royal offered a bit of crack to us regulars on the evening run home to Bray. There was an old accommodation crossing just north of Shankill that used to be a source of entertainment - a bad joint or whatever there used to give the train a right jolt and the regulars used to brace themselves for impact whereas an unfortunate newcomer would often have their drink all over themselves.

Silver LOL....you must have been travelling in Great Southern & Western days....CIE never aspired to anything more than stainless steel - I still have a teaspoon!

Another piece of nonsense on Adverts.ie today - yours for just €200. https://www.adverts.ie/signs/sign/29164047

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1st Edtion (1979) 2nd Edition (1981) 3rd edition (1987) Pocket size publication, covering all Irish Locomotives and rolling stock - including freight wagons. All are 96pp, illustrated with photos, laminated card covers and with bright, unmarked, interiors. €10. 2nd and 3rd edition now sold!!

Falling Gradient: Limerick's Railway Connections - the People & the Times by Joe Coleman. Self-published (2016) Covers the building of the lines radiating out of the city, the places they served, the people that built them and the people that worked them. The social history spans more than 170 years, taking in the Great Famine of the 1840s, the Great War, The 1916 Rising, The War of Independence, The General Strike, the Civil War, The Emergency, and the bitter Railway Strike of 1950/51. Large format softcover (12" x 8.5"), 464 pages, ill.with colour and b/w photographs. Like new. Signed. €60. Out of print and the author has assured me that there will not be a reprint.

In 2005 An Post commissioned Irish artist, Vincent Killowry, to produce a series of illustrations to mark the 150th Anniversary of the Completion of the Dublin Belfast Railway. A series of stamps were produced from the illustrations as well as a limited edition (750 sets) of 5 high quality prints using some of the images. Each print has been signed and numbered by the artist. In addition, an original postage stamp is affixed underneath each print and cancelled with the official 1st day of Issue postmark. When sold in 2005 this set cost €100 (original An Post invoice comes with the prints). Ideal for framing (each print measures 8.5 inches x 12 inches) and it is unusual to find an unframed set. In mint condition the set comes with a certificate of authenticity from An Post. Card outer folder shows some slight wear. €100 includes registered/insured mail in a strong card envelope.

Another classic 'not' piece of railwayana for sale on Adverts.ie https://www.adverts.ie/memorabilia/memorabilia-train-warning-sign/28224615 Can be yours for just €95 .....might have some slight novelty value if the lettering hasn't worn off - in a hundred years time.

Clogher Valley Rly Report of the Committee of Investigation - 1927. Official report into the future of the Clogher Valley Railway with masses of facts and figures. 48pp plus light paper cover. Rusty staples removed and pages are in good condition. RARE - €35 ono.

"16mm Today" High quality magazine of The 16mm Association 15 copies + Modelling in 16mm (members guide) + 3 members bulletins. All full colour in pristine condition. Issues are as follows: (2006) Nos.118. (2007) Nos.119/120/121/122. (2008) Nos.123/124/125/126. (2009) Nos.127/128/129/130. (2012) Nos.131/132. €12 plus p+p or can be collected from Enniscorthy.

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You're discounting the Jim Deegan factor.