Sorry to hijack your thread, Noel, but I have a very similar question regarding corridor compartment coaches. My question is what coaches were used on the Ballina branch in the late 70's, early 80's? All I remember is it was two carriages... one was an open coach, and the other was a corridor compartment. I assume there was also a van, but I don't remember anything about it. I do remember they were hauled by an 001 class. The branch train worked all the way to Claremorris back then, with no stop at Manulla.