Wexford70

So is the Irish Railway Models site going to be defunct soon? Does this also mean that our customer data is now going to be stored in the UK?

Some genesis coaches available in Irish liveries on the rails of Sheffield website

same here

Clearly states no offers in the text of the advert. Not accepting anything below the 195. Since the excellent Murphy and Iarzm models have arrived, these only have nostalgia value I think, or for collectors of LIMA. These are not that rare though seem to be in excellent condition.

Would ideally like to get a passenger set, maybe a freight set.

And to you and yours.

I assume there were used in mixed freight also?

Might need a few more numbered variants!!!!!!!

How many of these would have been in a typical rake? Has anyone any more photos of these in the modelled livery?

When did the executive coaches operate? I remember them being used on Wexford Opera Festival specials, travelers poured off at Wexford

Am interested in acquiring a jouef Irish trainset made in Shannon. I know the quality is awful but would like one for nostalgia if someone is interested in selling one. Thanks

Had seen that post when I commented. Am very very happy

Yipppeeeeeeee

I hope he can do the Grey 071 without the handles on the front of the cab this time!

happy to take one also!

Mine shipped yesterday!!!!!!!

Just make sure to name any valuable items on the home insurance policy. Worth getting advice from your broker. Might be sufficient to say model railway collection and have a total value.

What makes you think Indian?

I'd welcome a C Class but all some of the AEC railcars.

Hi all, I saw this post lamp for sale on eBay recently. I did not realise pot lamps had kerosene burners as the only ones I have seen I assumed were carbide lamps for some reason. Is the photo below likely to have been used in a railway carriage or a wagon such as a horse box? Any good source on lamps would be appreciated.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/qFyW2MmdTcgqiRoH/

The farm where this old coach is located seems to have just been sold if anyone fancies approaching the new owners. I doubt there is much worth saving. Apologies for the poor quality photo. The zoom on my phone is not great.

Des Kiely on Facebook has not seen a photo. Will keep looking. The photo below is of the works after closure in the 1920s.

None that I am aware of, would love to find one. I am sure it was an interesting device. Cooper was a trained engineer (TCD graduate) and the distance between Waterford South and Drinagh would be quite short, 3.5 km.

Update: according do Des Kiely a local author in Wexford, the siding was built one year after the cement works opened, circa 1884. The narrow guage works railway was horse drawn and had three spurs joined to a turn table. The company shipped line and cement made with limestone instead of chalk also using the mud from the local estuary. A major dispute between the Dublin, Wicklow & Wexford Railway and the Waterford & Wexford Railway erupted in May 1889. Services were threatened to be suspended if the W&WR did not guarantee to make immediate payments of monies owed to the DW&WR. At a meeting in the Town Hall in Wexford, the W&WR asked that the service be kept open at least during the bathing season but the line was duly closed. It remained so for the next five years. With the loss of the important train service into Wexford, Harry Cooper came up with a solution. He built his own steam engine to run on the railway line between Drinagh and Wexford, calling his invention the ‘Puffing Billy’. It had a boiler and a tall chimney, and ran on four wheels. It became known as the ‘Donkey Engine.’ (from ‘Fascinating Wexford History - Vol. 5)