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    The Official Irish 'Might Have Beens' Thread

    in General Chat

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    I have been reading through this thread a couple of times, one thing that interests me, from the Milne Report, to scrap the 800 500s and 400s and build 50 mixed traffic locomotives. This really was a bit surprising, considering the 800s were only a few years old along with the 400s having only been rebuilt, both had massive investment from the rail companies and also the reliability of the 500s to simply scrap them after so much money being poured in seems a bit pointless. And 50? There was already a surplus of reasonably modern mixed traffic engines, the woolwiches, the j15a's and B's also the more modern D's and the cattle engines

     

    It had already become clear that rail traffic was decreasing by the 1930s so I can't really see how 50 locomotives could be justified. 20-30 at the most, but then you would also have the problem of the glanmire road tunnel, which double or even triple heading was sometimes required. This was one of the reasons the 800s were built by being able to climb it unassisted.

    800 model

    in General Chat

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    I have some of the same problems with mine, although the jerkyniss was solved by a bit of lubrication on the bearings and on the crank pins. I will probably need to add a bit of weight to the tender. My layout has some tight bends and it doesn't always agree with them.

    OO works announce GNRI U Class

    in Irish Models

    Posted

    Breaking news, Ireland's largest steam locomotive, CIE class B1a no.800 Meadbh has been stolen from the museum in Cultra, the locomotive is now on the Dublin Belfast line, at high speeds. We join Aengus mc Grainne in the newsroom. "Coughs" "fixes tie and suit" "mumbles"......WHAT?

    The men on board the locomotive were heard saying "bejasus there goes the Boyne viaduct" and "Do any of yez know where the IRRS is?

     

    Hi and welcome back to Genuinly Miriam, now I'm sure we've all heard about the big train on the Belfast line,

    Luckily my house isn't near there..GENUINLY!

    OO works announce GNRI U Class

    in Irish Models

    Posted

    Right ye asked for it! The U class:

    Built by Beyer peacock in 1915'

    No.196-200'

    Second batch

    Built by Beyer peacock in 1947'

    No.201-205

    The original U's were going to be painted in lined green, but this never happened due to Glovers "don't decorate ANYTHING" era

    OO works announce GNRI U Class

    in Irish Models

    Posted

    I thought the priestly ones were very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very VERY dark blue? Jasus I'm out of steam( pun intended ) after all of the very's, I'm going to have a cup of Tea

    OO works announce GNRI U Class

    in Irish Models

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    But it was a real Irish steam loco nevertheless.

     

    Great news and due by the summer?

     

    Not really, as when they looked like that they would have been in the grey livery. In the green livery and black livery(which they were modelled in) they would have been "inchicorised" with new riveted smoke boxes and new smoke box doors, along with various other modifications.

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