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I also have no personal experience of these locomotives but Hirsch & Doyle's 1979 book quotes that tractive efforts of the A class as only 46,000 lb/f with the EMD 12-645 when downrated to 1325hp from 1650hp to improve reliability of the associated auxiliary components. This suggest they pulled well regardless of the installed engine (when operative). The C class of course were vey underpowered with the original engine but actually would have been very decent locos when re-engined and upgraded to Class B (800-1100 hp) locomotives

I'm not sure if I misunderstood you, Leslie. You're saying the Metrovick A class were poor pullers with a tractive effort of 55,000 lb/f? I believe that was with the original Crossley HSTV8 (reliability aside) but open to correction if that that was subsequently with the EMD re-engine.

Conclusion may be flawed: surely to stop the hand from slipping and spilling any adjacent pints of Guinness! (I can just imagine some of the replies now...... , like this poor guy whose hand has slipped)

Wouldn't be so bad if the CBSCR 'model' railway was still outside your window, but alas!

Turns out you don't have to been one of the larger companies to have used a double slip. I just spotted one in the middle of the CBSCR's terminus Albert Quay in a photo in Rails around Cork, sitting right in the middle of the three roads leading to the terminus! Amazing what you can see what you didn't before....

Very impressive

Some very interesting older stock, Bandon tanks locos, green AEC railcars on the CBSCR, a double slip (not as uncommon as one would have believed), I think it was at Albert Quay about 8:41, old motor vehicles, trucks and a GN closed wagon on the CBSCR! Nostalgic little collection of video and photographs Thanks for posting that.

Some nice, clever and wacky modules on there! Excellent stuff

Received. Many thanks!

Ah yes, the 1415 'Special'

And despite criticism of the lining (whether completely accurate or close enough to do in an otherwise very decent loco) it made STG420 which is 100 pounds over the original retail price !! Build them and the punters will come

Link deleted for clarity as it's not the correct Railcar Colin's looking for unless it's this which looks like a bus but actually they sort of all do on the CDRJC https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/6180277095/in/photolist-aqbeh5-aq8x4D-2fLCaGz-aqbbt9-aq8vtR-aq8ubH-aqbdi1-aq8vBZ-aq8vQB-aq8vSV-aq8uvx-aq8vmt-aq8x6a-aqbd8q-23Mzmxm-aq8uUx-aqbbJ1-aq8vJX-aq8wKk-aq8wg8

I suspect Richie & Jim are correct. The obvious issue is that the extra resistance created as each additional coach enters the curve especially with longer coaches versus 4w wagons. If extra weight fails to resolve for the 5 coaches you could flatten/eliminate the gradient within the curve, increase the gradient to more than 1:60 on the straight if you need the achieve a minimum rise over the total distance, increase the radius of the curve starting it earlier if necessary, consider a Cork tunnel style banking engine! as shorter rolling stock probably not an option in this scenario. I don't know if there is a rule of thumb for how much to add except that if you add enough balanced weight you should have greater traction. Adding more than necessary will add some strain to the gearing especially f the loco is running longer circuits. Let us know how much weight you had to add when you can. TIA

And to think this thread started off with 4X4s

Can someone enlighten me about the two channels in the containers for the tines of the forklift? As you can see from the photos above, they exist on some containers , not on others and a bit of both on the model. Were the containers modified at some point in time or were there batches of each from the outset? The ability to unload the flat wagon without an overhead crane was obviously necessary at some (more remote?) locations? TIA

But still waiting on these to be sent on for the last year now Please email or PM @David

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/33727296728/in/photolist-ie9CQg-auxoxs-9K8S3a-eXTCAU-9K8PeM-Tondh1-Vc4zVQ-UxJmW6-rkc2ka/ Hard to tell from the B&W photos but the color photo definitely shows the Irish weather at work (link is to the original photo above)

Most notable by the fact that the E&B R officially changed its name but never actually reached Sligo, the SLNCR prevailing with its route instead. I doubt any were produced in advance of an extension that was not built unless they were used on the original before the sligo portion was abandoned?

Any options on the loads?

Even at the back it would be a 'driving' wheel so 0-1-0, (although before they were motored maybe a 0-0-0?). Of course, there is no tender so would it be a 0-1-0T or a 0-1-0TDiesel although I don't think they top speed would have been very high. I suppose if they're diesels they could be a 'sea' class albeit confined to the Grand Canal and other inland waterways. Still no Land Rover and no sign of that book either ...

Old thread from the site

Seems like a wheel or two short on the mechanical horses there, Porky? Does this CIE random stuff need to have any wheels at all or would a single tiller do?

Oh, that's right, forgot. Thanks Fran!

Is de-engined 6111 still in Inchicore or what happened to it?