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This one's for sale. €10 plus postage. Contains a fascinating and detailed article by G B Howden, the GNR's General Manager, on the rebuilding of the Boyne Viaduct. This was a very major undertaking and the article covers all aspects of it. Health & Safety had yet to be invented. This man survived, impossible as the H & S Taliban might have us believe.....

This is a highly detailed insight into the state of the railways in the late 1940s. Title self explanatory. Free to a good home, but postage costs requested in return.

This one's for sale, so I'll post it here and on a for sale post too. Early 1900s map of Central London with railways in amazing detail, predating stylised diagrammatic London maps. €15 plus postage.

Continued: this lot postage only too. This next one, a collection of luggage labels, I'm asking for €10 + postage.

SAR loco diagram book gone in record time but other SA stuff still here. More to go..... it's an international lot today. South African a minute ago, British (and also GNR(I)!) next: this first lot free but postage required.

More to come, in between posting stuff I'm giving away in another thread!

I actually think she looks quite well! Next: a "G" in "supertrain"! What about that?

More of that lot..... interior of booklet shown last.....

Any fans out there of the South African Railways? If there are, form an orderly Q; blankes to the right and nie-blankes to the left, and see if you want any of the following. Again I'm giving it away, though I would ask for postage to be reimbursed. This book is almost like a phone book! It has every loco drawing the SAR ever had!

The wagon in Cork - yes, a standard flat (known in those days as "Lancashire Flats"), with one of those open removable pallet things on it.

Railcar heaven in Donegal in the 1930s! None of yer Castle Class! This is a proper railcar! Meanwhile, on the Derry Central.... none o' yer CAFs or 80s! But, relief is at hand; we're not all petrol-heads - steam ruled the roost in Victoria Road till the last. Narrow gauge Donegal 2.6.4Ts.

Tullow about 1985. I understand that the whole lot's obliterated now: shame for such a survivor.

Do you know what that model looks like. CIE departmental grey, poorly applied and faded, resulting in older CIE post-1955 green and GSR maroon to show through!

I know others have altered standard Hornby or Ratio RTR and kits to resemble Irish wooden-era stock, with satisfying results. There was a post here some time back about doing this to Hornby bogies of, I think, GWR origin. With their bowed ends they could be made to look like WLWR stuff (the only Irish company to have bow-ended stock). The above is the little "Thomas" 4-wheelers - who would have thought! I have a body for one - if anyone wants it PM me. In fact, two of them would make a nice matching bogie coach for the above! If there was a brake van version, a brake third could result from this plus one of the above.....

Glenderg - yes, they're yours - ping me your address. The philately stuff is gone too, but the stuff in my previous post is still here. That is: LMS superannuation guide Booklet published in 1901 regarding the law (in Britain) in relation to labour unions UTA cash handling instructions NIR fares book London Transport transfer

I have to say that on the old (sadly long defunct) narrow gauge set up I had, I always found it easier for some reason to paint plastic rather than brass, but that was by brush rather than sprayer.

Indeed!

Sold within the hour! Thanks for the response, folks.

Can be collected in greater Dublin or Belfast areas. I'm selling this with proceeds donated towards one or another of the preservation societies. Ping me privately.... £15 / €20.

And finally, more free stuff again..... first, while not railway related, anyone into philately or general historical ephemera? Next: railway. Finally, a couple of quaint Victorian brochure booklets, non railway, but like the last two it's free and post-free. So: roll up, folks, or it's all for the shredder! :-)

That is absolutely top class. Looks very GSWR, possibly DSER. Not a million mikes off BCDR too - so a model which could be very versatile in its applications. Regarding shade of green - if ex-BCDR, were looking at UTA green; the RPSI Whitehead set is as close to that as any. If its intended environment is CIE, then pre-mid-50s you're looking at a "Brunswick Green", the original of which you'll see on 800 in Cultra, with the broad light green stripes above and below the windows. If post-'55, the lighter green seen on C231 and the top, and somewhat faded on G611 at Downpatrick, or the RPSI's Dublin-based heritage set, or the CIE dining car (2420 or 2421, can't remember) in Cultra. In all the above cases, the ends and chassis in black. In CIE versions, black roof; in UTA, mid grey. An absolutely lovely vehicle - I'd be interested to know if the 6 wheel chassis is articulated?

More..... Small items post free, larger items I would ask for postal cost to be covered. This is a London Transport transfer

Timetable's gone, folks - sorry I couldn't post earlier, as my email went down immediately after I put that post up!! I'll upload more stuff tomorrow ....

Folks, I've a whole pile of stuff here, free to anyone who wants it. I would just ask for postage to be refunded for the larger items; small stuff is post-free. First, a 1974 WTT; loads of long gone stuff like pilot engines, Loughrea, New Ross, Ballinacourty and Sligo - Limerick - Tralee - Fenit / Foynes.