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Original edition of a now rare collectors item book. Published in 1970 by the IRRS, written by Neil Sprinks. Probably worth about €35 or more - I'll take €20. Pristine condition.

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Pristine condition and including three colour postcards (shown separately). Shows some details of the internal railway working. :cheers::cheers: This is a small book published by the brewery. I think it dates from the 1940s. It is a very interesting history and description of the whole place. Great advice.....

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I'll take €15 for the lot. Plus an assortment of BR Edmondson tickets, 1970s.

I listed a lengthy lot of these by mistake on another board. I asked the mods to move them here, which they doubtless will; here are further images of some of these, which are mostly 1950s UTA to late 60s NIR, but include a few gens from the Bessbrook, Clogher Valley, BCDR and Donegal lines. Best to read this in conjunction with my earlier (and longer!) post. €50 / £40. Two large shoe-boxes-worth.

Obtained at German railway station in 1956. Unused. Very nice - €10 plus postage for the lot.

Here are a few more. I never knew that Walker Bros., of Wigan, who made the last Donegal railcars, the Sligo Leitrim "B" and the West Clare stuff, also supplied some parts for these things.....

€20 for an exceptionally detailed account of these railcars. Pity they never made it to Downpatrick or Newcastle.... well, maybe it's a mercy on the inhabitants of those towns - they weren't the most comfortable! This is a rare item. More illustrations to follow in a second post.

Wall poster gone; other stuff available.

Does anyone still write cheques? If so, do you want an NIR cheque book cover? Free.... Ignore the NIR rule book - that's for sale on another forum for €5...... Unless you want it too?

Interesting research resource for anyone interested in the development of public transport within the period since partition of Ireland. Free to a good home.

First, a 1944 GNR wall poster timetable. Not in best order, so just €10 plus postage. Many long closed lines.... NIR 1984 rule book €5 GSR original envelope and reply slip - rare! Free with either or both of the above, otherwise €10.

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Finally..... [ATTACH=CONFIG]18226[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]18227[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]18228[/ATTACH]

And the rest of them: [ATTACH=CONFIG]18220[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]18221[/ATTACH] Bet you didn't know that IE used Edmondson tickets! [ATTACH=CONFIG]18222[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]18223[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]18224[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]18225[/ATTACH]

Mostly NIR, but many very rare like Clogher Valley (1), Bessbrook & Newry, Co. Donegal, GNR, BCDR, CIE and UTA. Some from Dublin United Tramways Co and a few other odd ones like UTA bus, and even the London General Omnibus Company! Many of the rare ones would be €10 each or more; I'll take €50 / £40 the lot. I'll post some sample images in three posts as I've done quite a few to show you! There are two boxes of them about the size of a shoe box each.

Anyone got their hands dirty building their layout? Well, you can wash your hands in what today, has got to be an extremely unique way. With an ORIGINAL bar of Great Southern Railways soap in pristine condition! Someone might like to take a pressing of it for the RPSI or DCDR? For company, it's with three little ones labelled "BSSCo" = Belfast Steam Ship Company, and another one - all some eighty years old. A unique little plastic bag of goodies. Hopefully the mods won't ban me and inform the gards about me offering goodies online in little plastic bags. Despite the extreme rarity nowadays, I'd be looking for €20 the lot. Reverse of GSR one....

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All gone now.... trying to work out how to delete this entire post! Jb

At one time, the former New Ross / Macmine platforms held surplus carriages.

Railings / handles - yes, that's right. I was thinking of more fundamental alterations. Maedb had both double and single chimneys too.

Ah! So BR's getting ICRs......

My profuse apologies, Weshty; I actually meant SSM!!!! (Though Worsley do some too!). The late Billy Lohan told me in an interview many years ago that in his time, Tuam's allocation was six J15's. This was several decades before the 1950s, though.

They tried double chimneys, but reverted to single. No major modifications were carried out, such as different boilers or alternative types of motion. Externally, the livery changed from the unique GSR "mid green with a bluish tint", lined yellow and black like the GSR carriages; to the standard CIE green which may be seen on 800 in Cultra today, lined black and white as per "CIE green loco" practice. The "G S" initials on 800 in Cultra are not accurate - in that livery she should have a "flying snail".