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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.

Irish Railway News Vol.2.Issues (1-4). 1994 A5 magazine. Average No.of pages (48-50) per issue. Colour and b/w images. Cover wear, otherwise in good clean condition. €15 plus p+p. I have others available and if you're looking for specific issues let me know.

Long gone, as it says in the heading!

A bit off topic but spotted this on Adverts this evening - ideal for the enthusiast wanting to start their own railway but a tad pricey. https://www.adverts.ie/other-building-materials/railway-track/28841754

I saw that Wiki stuff but what is the nameplate off?

In the same sale but what is it? I decided to leave well alone. No doubt copies will be appearing everywhere in the not too distant future.

Spotted this gem on eBay today - fresh as a newly laid egg and yours for a mere £350.

That carriage (234a) was a former WL&WR vehicle which was recovered from Tipperary station to Mallow in 1983/4 and was never worthy of restoration for anything other than a mess hut.

Wrong line and its a gate sign anyway not LC. Somebody, who I will not mention, had quite a stack of them back in the late '80s which he had personally removed.

Another WD&LR sign sold for €70 in Keighery's, Waterford, this week - I was almost tempted but without being able to physically view the sign I didn't bid. As I think I mentioned previously in this thread there were still quite a lot of WD&LR signs still in place in the 1980s so this could be the genuine item.

I started this thread about the Castlegregory Junction water tower sign on Boards.ie four years ago: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/108624178/#Comment_108624178 The individual involved went ape shit and started posting all over the internet about me and even went as far as setting up a bogus website mirrored on my own one. Dangerous people in West Limerick.

The worst part about that BBC & PJR sign is that some fool paid €55 + commission for it.

I noticed this MGWR wagon plate in in the latest Great Central Railwayana Auction - the number seems very high and did the MGWR have (I) on their plates? https://auctions.gcrauctions.com/catalogue/lot/a11ef74441c61a25429f23c395a279f6/61ad83272971a65b1b45f1d4d620c5f8/general-railwayana-online-sale-of-600-lots-lot-548/

Any ID for the carriage and where did it appear out of?

A cache of Northern station signs, wagon plates etc. went for serious money at auction today - along with Michael Collins hair (£4,400) and his walking stick £16,000. Most of the signs looked like they had been stored since being taken down in the 1960s with the highest price being paid £480 for a Strabane sign. https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/bloomfield/catalogue-id-bloomf10113

I was last in Shillelagh in the mid/late 1970s and the only thing missing was the signal cabin. The stone built goods store was in good nick and the massive timber loco shed was intact but the doors were bolted so I didn't get to see inside. A wagon loading gauge survived sticking up in the meadow that then existed in the area behind the signal cabin.

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