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1 hour ago, Horsetan said:

They look similar to some of the engines built for railways in South Wales. 

The other 290+ drawings in that archive are fascinating. 

I’d say they are, yes!

Never knew there were equivalents in Wales!! Where and when?

45 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

You know it’s bad where even I would be reluctant to buy a model of a Cork-Bandon loco

Yes, they were very far from picturesque! One of the most ungainly looking steam locomotives I’ve ever seen….

On 25/2/2024 at 12:54 PM, Galteemore said:

If you’re going for the authentic SLNC look you’re almost there  

"Lough Erne" is arriving, along with Railcar B, on low loaders at the weekend...........

1 hour ago, irishrailways52 said:

you should sell those

Given the space (which I don't have), i would very certainly buy one like that!

17 minutes ago, Rob R said:

If anyone fancies a little scratchbuilding project:-

Brandon Baldwin erecting drawing

Apologies if it has been posted on here before (I did look first - honest guv)

 

Rob

A very interesting prototype!

Going back to the very original post on this, about the Dapol Sentinel. I note the model is black.

Since it was ordered by the GSR, it will certainly have been grey if THEY painted it, unless it was delivered by Sentinel in black and left that way for a while. However, there is another possibility.

Often, on other railways, contraptions like this copuld end up with a carriage livery, or something similar. At least one old picture of one of these quite new - or clean - appears to chow a shiny black chassis, but a slightly greyer colour above, though no lining.

I just wonder if it could have been the dark purple lake colour above (as on Downpatrick's coach 836)? Certainly, the number was applied in carriage-like shaded style.

Just checked up on a few details; A Clayton was trialled for a short period on the Macroom branch, and (probably the same one) on the Clonakilty branch - so dey did go down to Wisht Caark, boy!

25 minutes ago, airfixfan said:

Trailed in Cork and Tralee ended up by 1928 on the Limerick Market Branch

When they say "Cork", that triggers something in the back of my mind to the effect that it was not IN Cork, as such, that one of these things was tried out, but on the Fermoy - Mitchelstown branch in COUNTY Cork. Must check that.

6 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said:

Oh that’s all…or even trialing it in Albert quay. Whatever the case, like the Clayton railcars on the west cork. A very short lived experiment! 

Never heard of a Clayton going onto the CBSCR - I wouln't have thought that it would be seen as remotely suitable.

3 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said:

They must have been south of the river lee at least once....

I think they did little in Cork, prob only shunting in Glanmire Road. But Albert Quay transfers are certainly a possibility, as might be shunting within the CBSCR terminus.

3 minutes ago, Horsetan said:

The batteries would have to be programmed to run out just short of the destination 

Then a team of Lycra cyclists would appear to push it……

10 hours ago, Mayner said:

IE replaced the 4w flat wagons used for carrying Hazardous Freight on the Asahi line with Bogie Wagons at some stage before the factory closed in 1997. The ending of Mail Trains and Sundries Traffic would have released bogie wagons for use on the Asah

Good point. I’d forgotten about that.

A fleet of twenty Maedbs, replacing the 29s on Drogheda - Dublin locals, and a wholesale return to steam across the system….

But we’d build one new Drumm train for Eamonn Ryan to travel about in.

8 hours ago, Mayner said:

The Asahi probably ran via Mullingar as a result of difficulty finding a path between Portarlington and Island Bridge Junction when the line was busy with up passenger trains arriving from the provinces. IE routed the Foynes-Ballina Oil/Coal Trains via Nenagh rather tan via Limerick Junction for similar reasons when the Limerick-Claremorris line was out of use during the mid 1990s.

 

Yes, I’d say so!

5 hours ago, Brack said:

Perhaps one might restore 800, then run her in Brazil or Australia where the loading gauge or track might be less of a concern?

Perhaps shipping the loco plus interested spectators over there might be cheaper than rebuilding the entire main line?

If the paulista lines could fit these

Or

Then a 4-6-0 ought not to be much trouble.

 

With literally "all the money in the world", that could work - but perhaps also building a brand new railway line Whitehead to Cork would be easier..........

8 hours ago, Bóithre Iarainn said:

Fantastic stuff Jonathan, thank you for going to the trouble of getting this for me! Do you know why the Asahi liner ran via Mullingar instead of Portarlington for a time? Was it simply a lack of capacity on the latter route?

Thanks again Mayner! Do you know if Moate station was open for passengers by that stage or did it shut in 1973? The closure date given in various places online is May 1987, but I can't imagine there were many passengers alighting from one train on Sundays or the late night mail trains.

It WAS technically open until the last regular passenger service stopped, but as you say there wouldn’t have been much business. The several times I travelled on night mail trains (once as the only passenger) I don’t remember much activity at Moate….

18 minutes ago, derek said:

Would that be the Dalys of Sligo? Formerly from "the junction"?

These fellas are waaaay down in “de Kingdom”, boy! Wisht Kerry!

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Meanwhile our friends discuss tomorrow’s cattle fair alongside the empty cattle wagons which came in today…..

”Has anyone heard from the Dalys, how many beasts they’ll have?”

”Depends how many they sell! That dealer fella from Athlone was in O’Donoghues last night. He bought about twenty milch cows the last time he was here!”

On a pleasant spring morning in 1965, the goods ambles into Dugort Harbour…

On 17/2/2024 at 9:51 PM, ttc0169 said:

Added the “No Smoking” window labels to the MM Mk2s earlier-next up will be the fitting of interior lights.

I wonder did anyone ever actually get put in prison for smoking on a train...................... or, indeed, fined £400? Let alone both.......

OK, here we go. This is 13.1.1986 until further notice; turns out I don't have 1987, but it's likely exactly the same. Trains in BOLD run every day; others are just paths and may or may not run.

Down trains:

00:25  Shelton - Abbey - Galway fertiliser PATH dep. Mullingar 05:50, arr. Athlone 06:46     Loco: 001

09:35  Shelton Abbey - Ballinasloe fertiliser PATH dep. Mullingar 15:30, arr. Athlone 16:41    (Stop scheduled moate 16:07-16:230; reason not apparent, probably to fit in with paths west of Athlone)  Loco: 001

18:50  North Wall - Ballina Asahi Liner  Pass Mullingar 20:43, arr. Athlone 21:36   Loco: 001

21:45  Connolly - Galway Mail  Dep. Athlone 23:07, Moate 23:36-23:51 (Crosses up train), Athlone 00:16.  Loco: 121    On Saturdays, this runs earlier, dep. Connolly 19:50, dep. Mullingar 21:14, arr. Athlone 22:15 

Up trains:

22:35  Ballina - Shelton Abbey Empty Fertiliser PATH  dep. Athlone 00:40, arr. Mullingar 01:30. leaves at 02:25.  Loco: 001

02:25  Ballina - North Wall Asahi Liner (Tues - Sat) dep. Athlone 05:27, pass Mullingar 06:19.   Loco: 001

22:00  Galway - Connolly Mail  dep. Athlone 23:20, Moate 23:45-23:48 (crosses down train), arr. Mullingar 00:18  Loco: 141

SUNDAYS

No regular trains, but three DOWN paths and two UP paths for Knock specials from PEARSE, motive power not specified for any of them.

Note: Two down paths for ferts, butn only one up; the other obviously going via Portarlington when it runs. Also, the WTT shows a 121 for the down mail and a 141 for the up working. Of course, these could be interchangeable.

These two mail trains, which crossed at Moate between 23:36 and 23:51, were the only trains on the line by then (and for quite a few years earlier), which carried passengers.

Hope this helps.

JB

7 hours ago, Haulier said:

2 page article on GSR SENTINEL 280 in FEB 24 edition of RAILWAY BYLINES [by BRUCE LAWS ]

A most interesting vehicle!

1 hour ago, Bóithre Iarainn said:

I'm not exactly sure of the year unfortunately. I'm most interested in finding out when the last regular scheduled freight and passenger trains ran, as well as the final train of any sort (other than the weedsprayer and inspection car, which I know about). I think passenger trains finally ceased in 1987, Mayner informs me that the 15:40 Sundays only Ballina-Connolly service was the last regular passenger train, so I assume this was it. But I've read about (unspecified) passenger trains being diverted onto the Mullingar-Athlone section after this and eiretrains.com has a photo of a panel train at Streamstown in April 2000. Sorry if that's too vague a request! It's always fascinated me that this line lingered on for quite some time after regular traffic ceased, unlike most of the 'closed' but extant lines. 

Correct, as Mayner points out the date of the last REGULAR services.

But also, there were indeed many one-offs, excursions, diversions and the like; RPSI, Knock & GAA specials. These would be in weekly circulars rather than timetables, and sometimes at a moments notice so not even in them!

I’ll post 1987 WTT details later.

I want 1880s six wheelers….. and 4.4.0s in front…..  guess I’m an oul relic!

3 hours ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said:

Is that a young Rod Stewart?

On the turf loco?

Tis Michael the driver (right) and me sister (left)!

I have to say I don't mind ICRs.... they're less noisy than 29s or 26s, though I agree with them being airless, which always leads to the toilets being less than pleasant. We can't blame the ICR itself for the lack of catering....

In terms of comfort, the AECs back in the day (before the survivors got plastic seats) were by FAR the most comfortable railcrs ever to run here - but they were noisy too - like a 29 full of marbles in an echo chamber, going down a tin staircase......

AEC railcar seats in the 1950s, with yours truly in it, on the Harkitstreet Line...........