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  1. minister_for_hardship
    All the comfort of a high nelly without the cushioning effect of pneumatic tyres.
  2. minister_for_hardship
    Always assumed that those rail cycles were of British manufacture, didn't think they'd buy them from Germany. After a bit of googling, looks like they were imported from the U.S. as well for use here...http://www.oldbike.eu/museum/bikes-1800s/1898-2/1898-teetor-railway-cycle-light-inspection-car/
  3. minister_for_hardship
    That's a Fordson Major, what's in Heuston is a Fordson Dexta. I'll let you off, this time.
  4. minister_for_hardship
    The GS&WR preferred laying track with staggered joints and the GSR was GS&WR influenced in pretty much every way, and so the machine was retired from laying track at any rate.
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    Trippy. http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/no-i-havent-seen-your-lsd.jpg
  6. minister_for_hardship
    One of the holy grails of Irish memorabilia. I believe a Dublin based driver who has long since gone to his reward got one of these many years ago. Most (but not all) of his stuff ended up in a skip after his passing away. His family had little interest in what they thought of as scrap metal.
  7. minister_for_hardship
    The whole FVR thing is a long drawn out mess. You would expect this 'Down Mexico Way', but N.I. where there's heritage lottery money, proximity of RPSI and DCDR, more interest per head of population etc?...Not so much.
  8. minister_for_hardship
    Not being too well up on ecclesiastical architecture, but isn't that model a typical Anglican Church rather than an Irish RCC church? Or would that be an ecumenical matter?
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    Reckon it's a GS&WR 21 Class or Inchicore Class G4 if you will. Built 1873-1876, last of the GS&WR 2-4-0s. All gone by 1928, short-ish lives by Irish standards.
  10. minister_for_hardship
    The experience would be electrifying, no doubt.
  11. minister_for_hardship
    Interesting the way the H&S culture has changed, climbing on top of an IE railcar to get a similar pic would land you in some fairly hot water!
  12. minister_for_hardship
    The one with Inchicore no 38 is a lamp for illuminating loco water gauge glasses in darkness.
  13. minister_for_hardship
    Similar urban legend was doing the rounds about one of the WCR's near-useless Bagnall tanks. Came off-road and ended up in boggy ground, photo was taken of aftermath. Story was embellished over the years and if was assumed that the loco sank further into the bog and never recovered. But of course we can account for its later career and eventual scrapping. Another story concerned a submerged Admiralty loco 'somewhere' on the bottom of Cork Harbour.
  14. minister_for_hardship
    Parsonstown - now THAT is a label. That got renamed sometime between 1891 - 1901!
  15. minister_for_hardship
    The 800's never carried anything other than lined green in service. There are a few pics floating about with 800 in lined 'works grey' and white painted tyres for getting its official photo taken.
  16. minister_for_hardship
    The GSR did continue building GSWR pattern stock for a bit, but they would have carried GSR insignia and coats of arms of course. Maybe you'd want to go to an original source in the IRRS library for a definitive answer?
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    I have seen quite a number of pre-GSR tickets used and dated well into the 1950's, usually issued from fairly rural locations to use up old ticket stocks, didn't think a personage such as WHM was into 'recycling' as well. (though presumeably it was his office secretary that wrote it out, judging by the ink stamp)
  18. minister_for_hardship
    Wasn't that impressed with the place. The auction lot numbers were still stuck onto some of the memorabilia, incl. an SL&NCR poster...which had nothing whatsoever to do with Clifden, or the MGWR for that matter.
  19. minister_for_hardship
    Used get 2nd hand childrens' picture books of railways of the world as a kid, one had a pic of one of those as the 'way of the future' so to speak. The books were so old I thought places like Ceylon and Rhodesia still existed...and one book had a full colour pic of a GNRI VS on the Enterprise!
  20. minister_for_hardship
    First class all the way to Dingle, no slumming it with the great unwashed!
  21. minister_for_hardship
    The 'snail' came in 'left hand' and 'right hand' versions so that the upper 'wing' always pointed towards the front of the loco or cab of the bus/lorry. Once came across a poster in a derelict station building, still pasted onto the timber poster board. Had a big tear in it but thought it rather odd as it was headed with a large black snail printed the 'wrong' way round. Shortly afterwards the building it was in was torched by vandals.
  22. minister_for_hardship
    IIRC it dates back as far as the late '30's when the DUTC introduced it for their trams and buses. The term 'flying snail' may pre-date CIE...Dubliners being renowned wits at nicknaming things humourously.
  23. minister_for_hardship
    Westrail had a red 'E'. http://images.yuku.com.s3.amazonaws.com/image/pjpeg/2dc367171d18a4e8cbaedddbff208186d8697abf.pjpg http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=12453&d=1395315452
  24. minister_for_hardship
    Some info on the floating stock (as opposed to rolling stock) of Guinness's. http://lugnad.ie/guinnessfleets/
  25. minister_for_hardship
    There was rudimentary track system to go with those, not offered on cornflakes packet afaik. https://img0.etsystatic.com/022/0/6454105/il_570xN.478011210_70ga.jpg Also a GWR Pannier tank, diesel shunter and seem to remember a Wild West (-ish) loco. EDIT: the wild west loco was a Corgi item. http://globaldiecastdirect.com/20085-thickbox_default/corgi-juniors-wild-west-show-steam-locomotive.jpg
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