DERAILED

Hard to believe - well over 1,000 views and no enquiries. Do people not read anymore?

Normally, but at this time of year I don't want to tie myself down being available at times/dates. Sorry.

Detailed fleet listing with photos of Bord na Mona narrow gauge fleet as it was in 1996. 48 pages, soft cover. In excellent condition save for two dents to front cover see images. Scarce volume. €10 plus postage. I still have loads of IRRS Journals, RPSI 5ft 3" and Donegal "Phoenix" mags, and various other Irish titles - message me with your wants.

A4, soft cover, 116 pages plus cover - indispensable when searching for articles in your IRRS Journal collection. In good condition. Also included are two folded indexes for VOLUME 24 (2010-11) and VOLUME 25 (2012-13) I also have hundreds of IRRS Journals available - in excellent condition - feel free to message me with your wants. Scarce item: €10 plus postage.

We don't all march to the same tune.

It's mainly timetables with some pages on terms and conditions and fares.

A glimpse into the horrors of WW.II. rail travel with little more than a skeleton service available and horrendous journey times. 60 page booklet in generally very good, clean condition. The only damage is a small hole top left which runs through the whole booklet and was probably caused by it being hung on a hook in the ticket office. The barely noticeable hole does not detract from the timetable and, strangely, the staple has NOT rusted. €15.

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

PM sent.

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!!