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  1. Here is a great challenge for the hard core modeller !!
  2. The same collection also shows 058 supporting the upturned headlight.
  3. For the hard core A class modellers, the below link shows a rare pic of an A class (002) supporting the upturned headlight. There is another pic of 002 out there in circulation with the headlight. Maybe a once off for the A class but puts to bed the view that no A classes carried the up turned headlight.
  4. Congrats to the team in Carrick on this historic achievement. Many working on 226 for well over a decade. I am sure the belief and determination will restore her to looking like the scene in Attymon. The debate of historic 'first' in mainline diesel preservation has got me thinking of preservation in the 1980s in places such as Attymon. G601 was infact the first CIE loco to be preserved having been purchased by WISRA in 1982 as their main loco. Following the withdrawal of the 421 class in 1983 G601 was swapped for the more stronger E class in the form of E430. Subsequently E428 was purchased by WISRA for spares. Eventually after assessment at Attymon E428 became the focus of attention being restored to operational status in Aug 1984 taking test runs and perway trains out the branch towards Dunsandle. Later at Tuam in 1986 and being joined by G613 & CSET Ruston, E428 became the first preserved loco on the mainline clocking 40mph on the mainline on occasions during her preservation career. Very much a mainline loco 1986 - 93. The second debate surrounding the first big mainline preserved locomotive would have to take into account the 1988 purchase by Westrail of B103 & B114. With 226 being purchased by ITG in 1992, the 1988 purchase of B103 & B114 would be deemed the first 'mainline' locos to be preserved in Ireland. Both Sulzers under WR ownership never left Inchicore Works due to the costs of transporting them to Tuam. Eventually in 1991 both Sulzers were swapped for the Limerick steam crane and supporting coach which eventually arrived in Tuam in 1993. This action allowed the ITG to purchase B103. A small bit of history from the early days of diesel preservation in Ireland.
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