GSR 800

Took some more today. I'm not hallucinating. After a bit of a clean..

Now that IS incoherent! :-)

Jesus that was some rant, eh? I musnt have had tea in a good while..

But seriously..

Meabh: because she was the first in service, might have reached the ton, and of. Course was preserved

Macha: a lot of film of her,and(I think) she was the last one in service with the IRRS rail tour in 1964.

Tailte didn't last very long, and she was like the Britannia of the Olympic class..

Her sisters cast a long shadow over her...

You're hallucinating, Harry. It's actually 802's tender!!! ;-)

Watch it Beumont! You know Tailte is my least favourite 800! (Grumbles incoherently)

Can you see it in the one above John?

Can anyone?

I must be hallucinating

I must be going mad....

Not a roundel, Harry... It's an "O" - I saw that!

 

CIE certainly never had anything like that.

 

I wonder if other lettering is visible?

Look inside the O John, that was the point of it, so it would be easier to see it!

Apart from the V, which I saw on a loco once, nothing visible. It's wedged in a bush too...

Definitely a roundel on it..

Inside the crappy circle I drew..

That "mini-container" looks about right, but I've no recollection of seeing photos of them in use in Ireland. The UTA had similar things, but not that design.

 

The second van - any exterior photos?

Exterior shots are already up there John! Are ye standing on yer head again?

Actually can anyone else see a very faded roundel on the "mini container"?

Doesn't make much sense though...

The strapping certainly matches up...

Ok lads, here they are...

The first one I'm not very sure about, it seems to be half a van..

The interior..

Now, the second van is far more interesting, and harder to get to, but I'll have a rant about that later..

The faded roundel..

The interior..

And some other stuff..

Twas like Mission impossible trying to get to them..

can you take pictures and post, Harry? Roof details, ends, interiors, door handles, window frames will all help to identify.

Right John, will do..but they are nothing particularly special, as the are just vans.

There is another van by the brosna too, in a bad state though..

Edit: isn't there a coach body on a farm near Dundalk? I'm sure I saw one there a while ago..

My uncle has a few auld vans on the farm if anyone is interested..

With the J26 waiting for parts, not much more can be done on her, for now.

So time to take a break from it and move on to another project, here an A class, is looking rather sorry for herself, awaits it's fate in the depths of the works..

Enough of that nonsense, she is in a serious need for a revamp.

The first job was to strip the paint from her, so she was put in a sink of hot, soapy water..

Who's that handsome, witty young man in the reflection?

After her bath..

Next to 552..

She still needs a good bit of cleaning up, I will do it tommorow

Harry,

 

Not sure of the numbers of her sisters but search for their numbers in here and there's bound to be something. (551-562?)

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/collections/72157626625058875/

Richie,

I had already checked both transport of delight and Mike Morants collections, but nore they, or Ernie Brack, could solve the great problem...

There is one photo..

(Copyright Walter Mc Grath)

It looks like there is no step, but the poor quality of the photo makes it hard to tell...I'll leave it for you lot to judge.

Hello all,

552 had a high coping on her bunker, it seems CIE put a step on the bunker sides,to make it easier to access.

My question, was the step on both sides? It was definitely on the left, but I can only find one picture of the right side, and it isn't very clear. It would have made sense to have had it on both sides, but it's CIE..

Thanks in advance

They look fantastic. Brilliant work

90 also got decked out in a similar or maybe identical, lined green before being plinthed at Fermoy.

 

Thought the J15 lined green was applied before CIE finished with them? Seem to recall a pic of a green J15 shunting goods wagons in Irish Railways in Colour.

I think that was GS&WR green, that CIE applied, in 1955.

It's self weathering especially around the exhaust, a slow starter, but definitely ready to run eventually.

Nasty..

That's the one I was on back from Caaark tonight.....

I think everyone who survived the ICRs should be given the card for a good psychiatrist .

Absolutely Epic. The attention to detail is fantastic

I'd be calling it muscular rather than elegant.

Maybe if your talking about the SG3 class! They were absolute powerhouses!

Just look at the power contained in that front end. He's really got it right.

+1. He really captured the (often overlooked) elegant look if the SG class.

I always thought a J15 would have looked quite well in green.....

John, wasn't 184 put in CIE green sometime during the 80s?

Well done Rich, electrics is not my forte, but clearly you know your stuff. How is the woolie getting on?

Aye, but someone might know who the person who made it is etc

Something like that could surely assist a CAD for a possible very far in the future model...anything is possible..