Jawfin

My attempt at photographing the blue on 53M (seen here) and the underframe of 13M, the body of which was scrapped by the RPSI - both are at Downpatrick, but I'd certainly recommend seeing them in person. I haven't noticed any brown on them or 25M, now, I must look out for that

If they top and tail it, wouldn't that screw up the view from those nice observation coaches? Wonder if the observation cars are at both ends?

Belmond run their Royal Scotsman thing with only one observation coach, so you're stuck looking at the GM for half the journey probably. Wonder if we'll get verandah and all like the Scottish one...

This may be of some interest to modellers:

http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000305876

611 second from the right, 613 third from the left

Doubt they would have left Inchicore like that though - a waste of paint. I imagine February 1962 was before the first 141s were introduced?

I recommend flicking through the O'Dea collection, may I add, there are some very interesting photos

Was it only Ds (2 or 3 of them) that worked as station pilots around Heuston that got black and tan? Was it the same sort of idea with Es?

Here's DH1 more recently

http://www.irishtractiongroup.com/page25.html

And the ITG article on them

It'd be great to get DH1 back for static display - but of course, the ITG and Downpatrick have enough on their plates at the moment.

DH3 was the only one to carry white, if that helps. The three were moved to Carrick-on-Suir by the ITG, but 2 and 3 were sold to Holcim for use in Sri Lanka (5' 6") and DH1 was purchased by Beaver Power, Merther Tydfil, Wales, for spares for the other 2, and is still there

Interesting... Any particular advantage of them?

Are the Park Royal underframes meant to be of the same sort of, "triangular," idea as the 20t chassis?

Thanks all; I knew something with a clerestory would be too good to be true!

Good evening Gentlemen

Are any of you aware of a wooden bodied coach (apparently with a clerestory) stored in a barn or in an alleged museum near Sligo?

The brake is where the real interest is Looking for information on it in particular

At the high, high risk of looking like a moron, can I ask if anyone knows which coaches (as in, just the numbers) were involved in the, "Quiet Man," film at Ballyglunin?

Did the 2600s have the same interior?

Great film - funny it says that 99 locos are being produced in total, being 36 Cs and 63 As...

Absolutely wonderful, JB Particularly the one of 28 and the 70s

I have a feeling that the coach next to DH3 may be 728, currently at Downpatrick

Thank you very much all, invaluable information :D

Thanks very much JB, again, very useful

Was it built like it is now with the corridor leading to a saloon, or was it rebuilt like that when used as an ambulance coach? Speaking of which, when did it become an ambulance coach?

Thanks very much, all, very useful information

Weren't coaches of similar sizes as 1097 (at the time), such as 1142, built for the Rosslaire express? If so, would 1097 have carried what would be, "GSR," brown and cream? If so, would this have been similar to the livery 836 used to have - like vermillion and yellow lining? I have a feeling that the brown in GSR brown and cream was a good bit lighter, but would that have been a much later (1930s) feature?

Hello all - I apologise in advance about my quires on here, I'll try to ensure that this'll be the last for a while!

A querey that's been bothering me for a while is the build date of GSWR 1097, the composite on the running set at Downpatrick. Some sources say 1923, others say 1925 - which one is it? And if it were the latter, then would it not be a GSR vehicle to a GSWR design? If so, would it have still carried GSWR lettering?

I hope this doesn't ruin the chances of having a nice, protoypical, GSWR-liveried set at DP!

Hello all

Out of interest, is anyone aware of any information on the whereabouts of 84M? I had thought that it was at the Clifton Station House Hotel thing-place (http://www.clifdenstationhouse.com/?gclid=Cj0KEQiAgMKmBRDMjo_F9OfUubABEiQAp8Ky1wRcP75PJn0zh0JiQxd4YltVq6tZ9cWg1vHBPK5uo_oaAtlZ8P8HAQ) but you can't see it on google maps or anything

Speaking of which, anyone aware of any brief history about it? I imagine it's one of Atock's standard 77 thirds built in Broadstone, withdrawn in 1964, and purchased by the GSRPS after it finished departamental service?

Very good - thanks, JB

Hello all

Does anyone happen to know when/how 90 was moved from Fermoy to Mallow?

"No snail," you say?

http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20A/Attymon/slides/Attymon_20080419_0009.jpg

WestRail had a different idea with 428! Although, of course, it never carried anything of the sort in service

It would be highly novel to have it cosmetically restored at Downpatrick or somewhere in its NIR livery as 106

Thanks very much, JB, very helpful