DERAILED

Stephenson Locomotive Society magazine from October 1974 – including a 4 page article on the Isle of Man Railway; Manx Steam Railway News Spring 1999 – includes an item on the return of IMR carriage F21 from Ireland. Both in good condition – and scarce! €3 plus p+p or can be collected from Enniscorthy. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16mm Today – 9 copies + Modelling In 16mm (members guide). Issues are as follows: 2006 – No.118 – November 2007 – Nos.120/121/122 2008 – Nos.123/124 2009 – Nos.127/128/129 All in mint condition – €12 for the lot. Too heavy to post but can be collected from Enniscorthy or Dublin (adjacent to Connolly Station – payment in advance!)

The farcical new Down platform will at least be handy for the inevitable Greenway between Limerick Junction and Waterford.

(11) 5″ x 7″ black and white photographs taken along the Harcourt Street line circa 1979 – long before the Luas was even contemplated. Prints are good quality i.e. better than the scans here. €10 plus p+p or can be collected from Enniscorthy. Don't forget to check my other posts for books, timetables etc. still available unless otherwise stated.

It didn't have 10-15 passengers per day - where did you get that from? It was a poorly patronised line of late due to a useless timetable and deliberate neglect by CIE for decades. Your thinking is blinkered and typical of so many who talk about the route like it was a Loughrea type local branchline. I could go on but I'll only get banned. Have a nice day.

A 'working' copy of "Irish Railways Today" - in nice clean condition throughout but at some time in its life the bottom right hand corner has suffered water damage. This damage has resulted in slightly rippling of the very bottom corner of each page (the bit containing the page number) and does not look bad or take away from the otherwise good condition of the book. Cover is worn - see scan - but show me a copy of this laminated type cover that isn't. €20 includes p+p on island of Ireland. Also offered is a copy of the scarce "Hill of Howth Tramway" by Clifton Flewitt - in good condition and also €20 or €35 for the two (Irish Rlys Today + Hill of Howth tramway). Also still available are Irish Rail Working Timetables from 2011 and 2013 - in pristine condition. Very Heavy €20 each including p+p (€8) each or can be left for collection adjacent to Connolly station. SPECIAL OFFER - €25 for the two WTTs if collected from Dublin (nr.Connolly) payment in advance.

Locomotives and Rolling Stock of the Coras Iompair Eireann and Northern Ireland Railways By Oliver Doyle & Stephen Hirsch. Signal Press (1979). Stapled Paperback. Very good. 1st edition. 96pp, b/w photographs. JUST SOLD! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Some Industrial Railways of Ireland (and other minor lines) By Walter McGrath (Cork) 1959. Card Covers. Good condition: 96pp, photos, card covers tanned worn/faded. A nice clean copy of a rare publication. JUST SOLD! €20 including p+p on the island of Ireland. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Hill of Howth Tramway By Clifton Flewitt. Published by Transport Research Associates, Dublin (1968). Paperback. 64 pages. Illustrated, folding map. Laminated cover beloved of TRA publications showing minor wear otherwise very good. A nice clean copy of this elusive work. €20 including p+p on the island of Ireland. Don't forget my two - as good as new - Irish Rail Working Timetables advertised previously and still available!

What's happened to the Irish Railfans News online? Page is gone off RPSI site.

Just watched the film again tonight and my memory had been playing tricks as the saloon had no balconies. E424 was the Maybach involved. During the film the French resistance lads go "underground" in Lett's brewery Enniscorthy - encounter a train of Guinness narrow gauge wagons being shunted - before re-emerging under a lorry parked outside Lett's brewery in Enniscorthy. Some tunnel Enniscorthy/St.James Gate! The GSWR Carriage Diagrams book by Pender & Richards (1976) would have supplied all the answers - alas my copy long since sold.

The German one is also in Enniscorthy circa 1969 for the filming of "Underground" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_(1970_film) I have it on VHS but I'm too tired tonight to drag out the VCR from wherever I've put it but I'm almost positive that it was also a balcony end carriage. A Maybach also featured in the filming at Enniscorthy. I'll try and find it tomorrow.

Just to add some more confusion... Here is GSWR 353 as supplied and in Enniscorthy in 1966. The latter for sale today on eBay here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/35mm-Slide-IRELAND-CIE-Coras-Iompair-Eireann-Attymon-Carriage-Enniscorthy-1960/372208047315?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 But what is the last one?

Two nice WTTs in almost mint condition. No writing on or other damage. Sept.2011 - 242 pages. Jan.2013 - 236 pages. Very heavy - postage will be expensive. Can be left in Dublin - near Connolly Station - payment in advance. A bargain at just €12 each - no offers please! Can also be collected from Enniscorthy.

Iarnrod Eireann Working Timetable operative from 17th September 2000 to 9th June 2001.Internally nice clean condition but curly corners on laminated covers.298 pages of vital information for the railway enthusiast€12 including p+p or can be collected from Enniscorthy for €10.

Sold to Weshty - many thanks.

Back on Track: Ennis-Athenry Railway 1859-2009.Souvenir guidebook published by CIE to mark the reopening of the Western Rail Corridor Phase.1.Profusely illustrated large format guide, 72 pages (glossy) with card cover. Cover showing some slight wear but nice clean interior. The story of how CIE were forced to reopen a rail route that they thought they had finally got rid of in the late 1990s.No fan of West on Track or self-respecting gricer should be without a copy.€12 including p+p in a card envelope or (€10) collected from Enniscorthy.

Various Railtour brochures for sale (8) Silvermines Railtour (1974) 20 pages + cover, incl.track diagrams and photographs. Has been folded at some time, grubby cover but clean contents. Scarce in any condition. Burma Road Railtour (1975) – 20 pages + cover, incl.track diagrams and photographs. Has been folded at some time, grubby cover but clean contents. Scarce in any condition. The Top Link Railtour (2009) – 44 pages + cover. Glossy production in good condition with track diagrams and plenty of photographs. MkIII Excursion to the Western Rail Corridor (2010) – 12 page glossy itinerary with NO photographs. Good condition. South Kerry Railtour (1980) 20 pages + cover, incl.track diagrams and photographs. Slight wear to cover but nice clean interior. Scarce in any condition. Gall Tir Railtour (1998) 48 pages + cover, glossy pages with track diagrams, gradient profiles and photographs. Slight wear to cover but nice clean interior. Scarce in any condition. The Silver Cloud Railtour (1999) – 20 pages plus slightly grubby card cover and A Guide to Ireland’s Railway Heritage – A Bord Failte guide. €15 FOR ALL EIGHT INCLUDING P+P - No offers please!

The Station Masters and Inchicore books are now sold.

The Station Masters by Gregg Ryan & Bernard Share Paperback, 58 pages, Published by CIE (2000) Heritage Series No.2. €10 including p+p on the island of Ireland or can be collected from Enniscorthy. Coras Iompair Eireann Railway Engineering Works, Inchicore, Dublin Published by CIE – Date unknown. Pocket guide running to 22pp + card cover. Scarce, especially in good, unread condition Photographs of locos and freight stock . €10 including p+p on the island of Ireland or can be collected from Enniscorthy. A Guide to Ireland’s Railway Heritage by Gregg Ryan and Bernard Share Read but in very good condition. Published by Iarnrod Eireann (2002) Paperback, 104pp, illustrated, and translated into four languages. Without doubt the worst guide ever published on the topic. Yours for only €10 including p+p on the island of Ireland or can be collected from Enniscorthy.

The Garden Railway mags are still available and can be left in Dublin this week for collection.

Owens was certainly an institution - like the Tardis bigger on the inside than the outside! In the 1960s for Airfix soldiers and in the late 1970s I bought my first camera there (a Zenith E) the afternoon before I set-off to photograph the weedsprayer on the North Kerry. Happy days.

Here's some of the better staffs. Many of the small staffs sold for less than they would have 20 years ago - so too did many scarce large staffs. Full catalogue with prices is available here https://www.purcellauctioneers.ie/catalogue/EC143CDF71FE633714CD229813CDBD1C/81B29AB6FA187A02A829C1899B734425/irelands-largest-railwayana-auction/ but it won't stay online for long.

Prices were quite low - as expected when you dump such a vast amount of similar items on the market at the same time - and I'm surprised they held up as well as they did. Pic above and another tomorrow of the many, many staffs. Looks like the bulk of the collection must have been stored in a shed for years with no restoration attempted.

The cast iron plates that 90 carried when displayed at Mallow were removed for safekeeping by a Cork based GSRPS committee member. They haven't been since as far I know.

See Ireland by train is now sold.

Three items IE public timetable from 2007 - mint, unused condition - 180 pages. CIE Mainline Rail Timetable - mint and very rare - June 1974. Ulster from the Carriage Window - self published booklet by William Robb - 20 pages A5. Grubby cover but nice clean interior. The three - €20 including p+p on the island of Ireland - or can be collected from Enniscorthy or left for collection (pre-paid) adjacent to Connolly Station.

I was on an IRRS special that stopped at Avoca - late 1970s/early 80s - must have been one of the first trains to stop there in years. I seem to remember that the family in the station house were sitting watching TV and suddenly there were a couple of hundred enthusiasts peering in their window. The house itself has been bastardized but the water tank remains. Of course the station should have been reopened years ago but CIE have no vision. I was told perhaps 10/15 years ago that it would cost a minimum of €500k to reopen it - I suppose that would include extending platforms, cobblelock, palisade fencing, lifts, OTT signage....I could go on but I'll leave it to Boards.ie...