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I’ll have a look, Odhran - I’m not sure. If I find it I’ll ping you privately. I suspect it’s gone, though.

It's actually a loco that would have been absolutely ideal for Downpatrick.....

Looks the business!

Quite possible it was delivered like that, though I'd have to look it up. But throughout its GSR and CIE life it was never anything but grey.

A little more from Fry. These are his two Waterford & Tramore locomotives.

They certainly are! And he used coarse scale track!

Certainly no such thing as "wheelie" luggage at that time! It's a little trolley for lifting sacks or things like that. No smoke, so one must presume it's a diesel up front, which means a "C" probably - though they were well capable of producing MORE smoke than a steam loco whwn they were of a mind to........ Very interesting photo. As an aside, i remember all those types of cars very well, and the van and the lorry. That Morris car on the left with the ZF (Cork) registration - I learned to drive in one of those....

In response to a request, these are Fry’s Blessington tramway models.

Correct. No shunting engines after the station became nothing but a goods yard. I must dig out details of where I saw a pic of an E401 in there. For all I know, it could even have been a one-off.

Very short lived, though. I’ve seen pics of an E401 there in silver. I think that once the west cork system closed, it was shunted by the loco which brought the goods train in. I’ve never seen any evidence if an E421 going in there.

Now THAT would be telling! When the RPSI’s No. 4 was last being repainted, traces of the UTA lining could be seen when rubbed down, plus, if you look at the erstwhile Royal Saloon in Downpatrick, one end remains in original UTA green, with traces of the lining colours on it.same colours on coach lining, though different style.

Indeed. There was a cull of them in the early 70s - they were commonplace up to then, but a few did survive in use. I saw one in use in Kilkenny I think in 1976. Same with wooden opens and, indeed, other wooden vans - quite a few 1970/2, but no wooden opens at all after that, and few if any wooden vans like ex-GNR ones, for example.

I'd stake me IRM "A"s on it. Saw them daily, and I know where an actual example can STILL be seen.....

So have I, but it ain't right! Nothing a bit of weathering won't cure, anyway............!

Why, oh why does every model made in UTA livery have to have yellow lining? It's supposed be be red and "straw" - a light beige colour, not yellow................ Mind you, it IS a beauty.

There’s also Drumawhey near Bangor and somewhere else in the north. There used to be an amazing set-up at Cultra, but that had to close.

On a B101 model, yes, that's an issue in the green livery! On the later black, or black'n'tan liveries, it was (mercifully) lower down. Incidentally, the number is in light green, not white as it looks here - this is due to the age of the photo. The green looks pretty accurate though.

One for IRM, hopefully some day! I’d love to see a good quality RTR one of these. This was taken by Cyril Fry in Waterford. (From P Dillon Collection)

It is A46, you're quite right; and like many another example of the A, C & B101 classes, the green waist line seemed to vary. Obviously, it isn't on the loco there, but equally obviously it was at another stage, as photos exist (which is what IRM correctly relied on). In 1958, it's been repainted from the awful plain silver (i.e. plain muck!), but the lining hasn't been added yet. The application or the waistline in the 1958-62 period was a bit like the application of the "dayglo" patches on the front of locomotives of the A, B121 and B141/181 classes in the post-1987 era; some had them, others never did, and others again had them for a while only. I suspect the example above, as you suggest, was very short-lived indeed.

Another highly valuable addition to the growing range….

That horizontal-planked GSR van is crying out to have a model made…. a kit, even. A handful of them were in traffic JUST about long enough to get the brown livery after 1970/1…..

A quiet night? And now a moon-landing buggy thing appears?

Parking directly across the road, first two hours free, and free all day Sunday. Within the museum grounds, disabled parking only.

Actually, I should mention - if there’s anything in the Fry collection that anyone wants more pictures of at any time, ping me privately and I’ll take pics for you. Dunno the answer to that! The systems WERE similar, but not identical.

Some nice stuff up in Marlay Park…