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Waterford - Old six wheel passenger coaches. Curiosity got the better of me as far as this photograph is concerned. I wondered if I might be able to decipher the writing on each of these coaches? "Curiosity killed the Cat, Information made him Fat," that is, according to my Maternal Grandmother, born in 1887. For anyone interested! Coach to left of picture - No 32A - ACCIDENT VAN - GSWR - LOCO DEPT - CORK - 32A Coach to right of picture - Left side of photograph - WATERFORD I cannot decipher to writing to on the right hand side of the Coach, but, suspect it is WATERFORRD! Ernie, again, thank you for your photographs. Please take care of your health. Best wishes, Old Blarney.

It was intended these three tramcars be preserved. They were stored at Sutton for this purpose. Unfortunately, vandals destroyed them. The Pullman Car, Luxury Car, the most modern looking of the three was refurbished in the GNR sheds prior to it use as a static Information Office during the, 1953, An Tóstal festival in Dublin. It was positioned on the North side of Nelson Pillar. (See it at 2minutes 44 seconds.) I remember visiting it, and my astonishment that it was there as our Dublin Trams had been withdrawn in July 1949. It was devoid of its internal fixture and fitting, if my memory serves me correctly. The trams were not brought to this location for scrapping, they were there with the intention of saving them for preservation. The vandals destroyed them and they were eventually buried in an adjacent quarry, as far as I'm aware. I'm open to correction on this point.

The following information is taken from - "Locomotives and Rolling Stock of Coras Iompair Eireann and Northern Ireland Railways -O.Doyle and S Hirsch. March 1969." Numbered Series 32001 - 32020. Introduced 1978. Builder: Fauvet Girel, France. Length: 42' 6". Weight: 29 tons Capacity: 46 Tons Couplings: Screw Brakes: Hand /Vacuum. There were also Barrier Wagon, two per train, Numbered Series 30279 - 30284. Weight: 17 Tons and their container of Water 20 tons! must also be considered for these train formations. Built for the carriage of liquid anhydrous ammonia between Nitrigin Eireann Teo plant at marino Point, Cork and Shelton Abbey, Arklow, these wagons are leased from Storage and transport Systems Ltd, London and are painted white with an orange and green underframes. I believe additional Ammonia wagons were acquired, unfortunately, I have no information on these. I remember seeing a photograph of one or more and I noted they differed in their body design.

I note the Great Northern Railway has a mixture of inside and outside keys on their track. For those with an interest in such matters look at the sixth sleeper to the North of the Telegraph Pole. The keys toward the Station change to inside keys there. The point is a mixture of inside and outside keys. A pleasant reminder too of the articulated railcars. They look as if they are F and G? I note they both carry the white tail square, which I believe noted the rear of a train. I remenber, with fondness, my excursions to Howth or Sutton on the GNR railcars, and then, a trip on the Hill Trams. The sounds of the Trolley passing beneath the wire, the clank of the wheels passing over the DUT and GNR Crossing at Sutton Cross and the removal of the trolley from the overhead as one decended from the top of the Hill toward Howth Station.

Another feature in this photograph. The use of - Inside Keys. They are especially noticable on the track at the bottom of this photograph. Thank you for posting your photographs and my best wishes to you too.

I'm sorry to have to correct you. A) The tram in this photograph is a former GNR(I) Hill of Howth Car No 9. It resembles a single deck car because the upper-deck chastity board and the mesh wire surround has been removed. The one in the photo is a single decker. It is possibly one of the DUTC trams that ran from Dublin to Howth, but not to the 'Summit' of the Hill of Howth? B) No it is not. The DUTC Cars running on Route 31, from The Pillar to Howth Village were Double Deck Cars. DUTC, Single Deck Cars, (other than Maintenance vehicles) were only ever used on the route from The Pillar to Sandymount Tower. They ran via Bath Avenue, thus they travelled under a low Bridge which neccessitated that single Deck Cars be used. These cars were altered Double Deckers, with their upper deck removed. The Hill of Howth Car at Crich, No 10, is the Sister of the Car in the photograph.

MikeO and jhb171achill, Thank you for your time and information on this matter. I note your comments. Assuming I survive (I'm an aged fellow) I'll do my utmost to make my, supposed GNR version, as GNR as is possible. I have suitable transfers, just need, (A) remember where I have them stored?. (B) Hope they will be in a condition suitable for application? No alterations required for my Sligo Enniskillen Coolloney Railway other than a stencil stating it's legally the property of Córas Iompar Éireann. Sure the imagination is a wonderful thing! Some people count Sheep to aid sleep. My solution is to travel upon the Railways of Ireland, and to imagine:- A journey from X to Y. What if? In my world of slumber, no line closures have taken place. How many alternative routes are there from my starting point to my destination? Can I get there without a reversal? Which journey provided the least/greatest mileage? How many towns or Cities can be visited in a single journey, no reversals and no repitition of movement over any track? Which journey allows me to depart from a location containing an identical word or name as my destination? Needless to say these all work for me, as I have yet to complete any of these journeys! Think I'll start at Harcourt Street tonight. I wonder if I'll get as far as Renalegh? Distance - One mile. Time allowed in Working Timetable, start to start - 3 minutes. Good night to you all. White.

Thank you young Sir, "GNRI indeed had a 25 ton van not unlike. 23’ length if that helps. Don’t have a publicly licensed image to hand - sorry. Stick on a few big ‘G N ‘ letters and should look nice." I'll have a go for a couple of these - 931002 - SECR grey. Sligo Enniskillen Coolloney Railway. A wholley owned subsiduery of Córas Iompar Éireann. Operated trains over the former Sligo Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway. Services commenced on October 1st, 1957 and ran until 1st April 1963. 931008 - BR grey. Apply letters G N.

Somewhere, at the very back of my mind, I believe I saw a photograph of a GNR(I) six wheel Goods Van. Am I mistaken? If one did exist was it similsr to this? If the answer is yes, then I hope this post is of assistance to my fellow modellers of Irish Railways! Wishing you each, Good health and happy modelling, White. Images from - Hattons Models Ltd. Rapido Trains UK OO SECR 6-Wheel Brake Van Rapido Trains UK are producing a newly tooled range of SECR 6-wheel brake vans in OO gauge, covering both original and rebuilt body styles. Due Q1 2023 931001 - SECR grey with black underframe 931002 - SECR grey 931003 & 004 - SR brown with red ends and large lettering 931005 & 006 - SR brown with red ends and small lettering 931007 - SR brown with red ends and BR lettering 931008 & 009 - BR grey 931010 - Engineers black £33.96 each View all of these Rapido Trains OO Gauge SECR 6whl Brake Vans Features include: Highly detailed model with separately fitted parts Accurate tooling variations Split spoked wheels with metal bearings Detailed interior NEM couplings View Features of the Rapido Trains OO Gauge SECR 6whl Brake Van © Bradley Wurth Prototype Information: Based on a Midland Railway design, 10 Goods Brake vans were built for the South Eastern Railway in 1898, with a single veranda. 30 more were built during the next eleven years, followed by a further 50 in 1910. These differed from the originals in having a veranda for guard visibility at both ends, and the original vehicles were rebuilt to match.

Wonderful model. When I saw this post and it's Sister on Facebook, I ldecided to conduct my own research into this Locomotive Class. There is little information however, having in modern parlance, "Mined" the information available , I discovered the following: Five locomotived of this class were constructed for British Railways. They were a sub-order placed with Metropolitan-Vickers and were delivered to British Railways after completion of the sixty A Class Locomotives to Córas Iompair Éireann These were catagorised as -Experimental - a prefix of "A" was allocated. This stood for "Additional" No further comment is noted, my interpritation of "Additional" is that these were an additional build to the CIE order! Trials of these Locomotives took place in the Scottish Region of BR. The Locomotives being bases at - Aberdeen - Perth - Rosyth - Inverness - Laurenskirk. They were used primarily over the Edinburh to Inverness route on Duties to assertain their reliability over a line with a significant number of challanges. Gradients and weather conditions. One Locomotive, based at Rosyth, was used for hauling heavy trains of Coal throughout the County of Fife. It was also used on the Rosyth, Cowdenbeath, Kinross, Perth to Inverness Line to haul heavy Coal Trains and Oil Train too. BR measured the capabilities of this experimental Class of Locomotive over these undulating routes for information on future projects as well as possible further orders of this class. According to the Documentation I hold, the initial code BR allocated to these five Locomotives was identical to CIE's A. A1 - Aberdeen A2 - Perth A3 - Rosyth A4 - Inverness A5 - Laurenskirk These locomotives were in use prior to the delivery of the Metropolitan-Vickers Class2 (D5700- D5719) which were delivered to BR six months after the last C Class were delivered to CIE. Happy AFD to one-and-all.

Change of Locomotive's Direction. CV29 is the correct CV to call-up for altering the Direction of Travel. Be careful. There are a significant number of of options offered. You will need to select the correct one for your Locomotive. Georgeconna is correct - HOWEVER - CV29 = 001 is used for a Speed Table of (14) Analogue Mode (OFF) Reverse Direction of Travel (RDOT) CV29 = 002 is used for Speed Table of (28/128) Analogue Mode (OFF)Reverse Direction of Travel (RDOT) Two Digit Address - This is 0 to 127. Four Digit Addresses start at 128 and upwards. Example. Decimal Value (CV29) - HEX (x06) Speed Step (28/128) Analogue Mode (ON) Normal Direction of Travel (Forward) 2or 4 Digit Address (2) To reverse this Direction of Travel Change the Decimal Value of CV29 address to 07 or alternatively HEX (x07). The Woolwich Locomotives (Class K1) were allocated the numbers 372 to 391. The final six Locomotives (Class K1A) were numbered 392 to 396. (6ft Driving Wheels.) If you were numbering your locomotive using this series then- Use a Four Digit address. Four Digit Address CV29 = 34 for the above settings Reverse Direction CV29=35 I hope this information resolves your situation.

Unfortunately, your picture is not perfectly clear. However, having expanded it as best I can, it looks like an NEM pocket! Question. Are there two small pieces of plastic which extend a small way out of the rear? These should be extremely close to the rear of the pocket and be pointing toward an axle. Pulling the tension-lock coupling out from the pocket (Gentle but Firm) should disengage it. If it proves to be stubborn, use a tweezer to pinch the two small plastic bars together and then gently pull the Tension-lock coupling free from the Pocket.

Joe Keegan There are no pictures, just the data as shown in your reply to me.

Not my work- I'm unable to remember where I copies this information from. Suspect it is Noel's work. I hope it is of assistance to you!

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Good evening irishthump, To answer your question. The faulty Locomotive was not responding to any commands. We have identical units to control our Model Railways -Digitrax. We synchronised our handset settings, Reset the Decoder to Factory Default - 08=08 Entered the desired Locomotive address. The problem (The faulty Locomotive was not responding to any commands) may have been that the desired two digit address (121) had been set as a four digit address. I hope this is of help. If not, please contact me through this forum or, by a Private Message..

It was my pleasure. It is good to know a 121 will be running through Portadown again. Reality in miniature. White.

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Yes. I also saw it. The livery was, if I'm correct, the same as that applied to A 23R.

That's brooming terrible. Is it a Brush type 1? You don't want to beat about the bush with that.! You'll need to learn how to handle it, no strings attached!! A Classic case of no smoke without fire!

"Just seems to me that those who paid their money first should be served sooner rather than later." "Exactly. Keep it simple and ship the product. Adding in more variables would just slow down the process for all." Patience is a Virtue, Virtue is a grace, Grace was a little girl, Who never washed her face. A rhyme I learnt many years ago. And one that, in general, seems to be out-of-favour nowadays. It seems to me that too many individuals want everything yesterday and to pay for it next year! I'm no time-and motion expert but consider these processes: (1) Order Book - Check Order and Order No - xxxx ( Are there multiple orders from this customer?) In my case the answer is YES. Orders placed - 27th October 2018 - 30th April2021 - 14th Aug 2021 - 7th October 2021. (2) Pick Order/s (3) Check Order/orders against Order Book (4) Pack Order (5) Package Order (6) Label Box - (Prepare Customs documentation where necessary) (7) Place box/s in (appropriate) despatch area (8) Despatch Order/s as appropriate - (1) Courier -Postal Services - Collect (2) (8A) Transport Orders to an appropriate location for shipping. Assuming 2 minutes per task, it's fair to assume an order may take, on average, fifteen (15) minutes to prepare and have ready for despatch. That's four per hour. Assuming the four lads are doing all this work Therefor 4x4 = 16 Orders per hour x 7 Hours per day =112 Per day X 5 Days = 560 Orders per week. Somewhere, I read there were approximately 2,000 Orders to be despatched. I'm allowing anything up to 3.5 weeks for my deliver. Patience is a Virtue. Personally I just want to say, Thank you, to the Team at IRM. Old Blarney

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