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On 19/8/2022 at 10:34 PM, flange lubricator said:

GSWR 813 was a Corridor Third class  it was extensively modified internally to convert it into a Holiday Camping Coach following its withdrawal it was purchased by a syndicate of Mullingar working members in the early 1970’s to  be used a dormitory/ canteen coach . 
Great to see it at Maam Cross . 

813 is shown in the Herbie Richards/Brendan Pender GSWR Carriage Diagrams book as a 3rd alright but centre corridor? 

Mark

3 hours ago, skinner75 said:

I'm amazed that is the going rate - I would have expected £1 to be worth less than a Euro at this stage. 

Exports reportedly down 70% on pre B-word levels

Indeed! Sterling's value is a complete mystery to me at this stage. For each backward step their economy takes, its value seems to increase rather than decrease.

Mark

Doesn't Portlaoise (ICR depot) have something similar? Or at least it did have when it first opened. Now that I think of it I haven't seen any images of it in a while.

Mark

50 minutes ago, K801 said:

Glenn Carr of Rosslare Port said the port was expanding rapidly since Brexit. Continental freight was up by 447 per cent, he said, while UK freight had fallen by about 49 per cent.

Could we see Waterford-Rosslare reopened?

Much as I hate to say it, increasing freight traffic at Rosslare will have no impact on the South Wexford. Rosslare is a RoRo port and there is no need for another LoLo port, given that Waterford is just around the corner. Mr Carr spent most of his time at that committee meeting agitating for a motorway connection to Rosslare. I'm well aware of the historical reasons for it, but I really do not understand why Rosslare is still in IE's hands. It has nothing to do with their core business at this stage.

Re puffers in Ireland, there was one rusting against Letterfrack pier for many a year. Found the following re that vessel on another site

Mark

Remembering The old Clyde Puffer Pibroch at Letterfrack, Connemara...

21 hours ago, Lowco said:

Hi Derailed,

would you or any fellow members  have any record of the final activity  (possibly weeding or inspection) on the Tralee to Fenit line.

Ye may be aware that work has commenced in converting it to a public Greenway.

Unfortunately there is a 'business' claiming adverse possession on the line at Bawnboy near Tralee and there is a plan to detour around it.

This will mean the loss of the first stretch of line where it parts company with the Listowel line and the consequent loss of the line integrity and all that goes with it.

Any info would be much appreciated.

Regards,

Friends of Tralee-Fenit Greenway.

 

https://www.facebook.com/TraleeFenitGreenway/

I was on the GSRPS inspection car trip on 28/1/1987.

BTW, I'm not happy that you've lifted a photo of mine, without permission, from somewhere showing that inspection car at Edward St http://www.traleefenitgreenway.com/history/attachment/1987/

Here's an image from that day at the divergence from the North Kerry line near Bawnboy. Not sure how this trip is relevant to the current issue though?

Fabulous! Clearly a master at work.

Tks Fran! The CAD graphics on the website were throwing me.

Mark 

Fabulous! Can't wait.

A question re the frame for the CAWS pickup coils. Will these be part of the diecast chassis or plastic pieces that could possibly be deleted? The version that A39 currently wears only came in some time around the mid 1990s. Previous to that it comprised of two separate frames (over each rail) which were of a thinner profile. And of course no loco had them before 1984 (i.e. A23R and A39R wouldn't have had them).

Mark

JHB you must be losing your marbles if you think they would do anything to saveguard the future of the WLWR. The drawings associated with the planning application show one face only on the down main.

Mark

How would the public know when the trains were running without the circular? 

It seems Met Eireann now believes that every approaching front in the period between November and February warrants an orange warning for snow regardless of the actual chances of it occurring. The current warning relates to an occluded front approaching from the south-west, a combination which must have similar odds of producing snow as one has of winning the lotto.

Mark

Tks for that. I'd always assumed that brown meant fitted here as well. I should have known they wouldn't have been that organised!

Re the colour change on vans from grey to red/brown, was this done purely for paint supply reasons or did the red/brown colour indicate a fitted vehicle or anything?

Mark

Second attempt:

Bit off a tardy response given the thread was opened 3 years ago but below is a photo of the prototype (i.e. the first) double-height beet wagon taken in Thurles exchange sidings on 5/3/85. As you can see, red oxide was the order of the day.

Mark

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On a more serious note, the railway did understand the importance of business passengers up until the late 1990s or so. I'm not just talking about fare revenue but the kudos and influence that such people bring and the way they can advocate for the railway. Then from around the turn of the century, the railway, by then under a new administration, seemed to make a conscious decision that it could do without their custom and essentially walked away from the business. The problem now is likely to be that the corporate knowledge in dealing with such passengers has most likely been lost and will need to be relearnt.

Yes, I'd be keen to try the etched sides as well.

Mark

Count me in for 1 x standard and 1 x brake standard.

Mark

As long as the livery is not silver or grey or a variation thereof I'll be happy. Given that Belmond is a company which understands aesthetics and the importance of image, I'm sure I have nothing to fear.

And what's with the inverted commas?

Not sure where the impression that it's running empty a couple of times from. It's a single ecs movement from Wexford to Waterford.

As regards opening this move to enthusiasts, 1) it's unlikely approval would be granted given that it's a move over an engineers siding and 2) if I were the operator I don't I'd be opening up carriages, that I'd invested considerable time and money in bringing to a higher standard than normal, to the general public.

Some fantastic stuff. Great set of shots of the interior of Albert Quay cabin.

Captions (by National Library staff) are more than a little off the wall in many cases though.

Mark

Thanks Weshty. Any photos I have were taken on the sound barrier line at Inchicore and the dirt is inches deep.

Mark

Thanks for the info re painting. I went with an acrylic matt black in the end.

Now a glazing question, the engine room windows in photos always looks completely black. Is this simply down to dirt, or lack of light behind, or were they blackened in some way? Was the glass opaque or clear? I can't find a decent close up photo showing these windows.

Any ideas?