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  1. minister_for_hardship
    Guess this proposal if it goes through will prevent the (new) C&L from ever getting beyond Mohill. Greenways are the new black, it would seem.
  2. minister_for_hardship
    Noticed a few photos going around of new and nearly new GM diesels (already equipped with electric lighting) sporting steam-era oil headlamps. Also there are CIE publicity shots of a 001 in SuperTrain garb and modern electric lights also carrying white-painted oil lamps. When did oil headlamps cease to be used? Not counting RPSI specials and similar here.
  3. minister_for_hardship
    Going out on a limb here, maybe the added 'S' a reference to braking? Think it may have had a manual wheel to apply the brakes inside, a la a brake van?
  4. minister_for_hardship
    From memory.. L - C&LR P - CB&PR K - C&MLR R - C&MDR S - S&SLR C - WCR The T&CLR had an oddball section letter as well that escapes me now. Edit ....think it was 'J'.
  5. minister_for_hardship
    The steel bodied ones weren't particularly nice places to be, esp. in extremely hot or cold weather.
  6. minister_for_hardship
    Misprint on box label, I guess?
  7. minister_for_hardship
    'extremely rare to find' Shyster. Dublin based yet has ad in sterling. Hate that.
  8. minister_for_hardship
    The closure of the GNR route effectively pulled the rug out from under the SL&NC, plus its main stock in trade, cattle, were quite easily transferred to road.
  9. minister_for_hardship
    A might have been, in the unlikely event that CIE got a few rakes of stainless stock, they could still be running today. They were built like brick toilet facilities.
  10. minister_for_hardship
    Aha! http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/40018-silver-princess/ Perhaps the bare aluminium stock was an attempt at an 'Aldi' version of this.
  11. minister_for_hardship
    Wasn't there a demonstrator stainless steel bodied coach that ran briefly on CIE in hopes of a company placing an order? Looked a bit like those ones built by Budd in the US, but more UK/Irish -sized. Could that have been an inspiration?
  12. minister_for_hardship
    There's an alcopop called WKD = West Kerry Diesel.
  13. minister_for_hardship
    I believe the RAL code is filed under "Electric Mucus"
  14. minister_for_hardship
    Dear God. The double edged sword that is social media....dirty laundry being aired for all to see. Shame it had to come to this.
  15. minister_for_hardship
    Well Dublin is due north of a lot of places in Ireland ...
  16. minister_for_hardship
    What keeps the door from opening en route so to speak?
  17. minister_for_hardship
    http://exclusivefirsteditions.blogspot.ie/2015/05/in-shops-may-2015_26.html http://www.ebay.ie/itm/261932492836
  18. minister_for_hardship
    Think there may be another variation, before they started double-stacking bodies for beet traffic, I've seen pics of these opens with an enormous, crudely painted letter "B" on the sides.
  19. minister_for_hardship
    If in English only, suspect it may be from a GNRI coach taken into CIE ownership, would make sense with where it was found. The sign at the top looks like it was 'added on' to me.
  20. minister_for_hardship
    GSR or CIE ownership if not origin. The GNRI weren't under any obligation to provide bi-lingual signage, could be ex GNR but writing looks a bit old-fashioned. Don't know how fastidious CIE were in interior detailing of ex GNR stock they took over. What is on the small sign? The sign on top is just a translation of "First Class Passengers Only" Maybe one of the RPSI or Downpatrick crew might be able to help.
  21. minister_for_hardship
    CIE did, but in churns, probably up to 70's. Have seen marked milk churns with things like 'GSR (or GS&WR) Station (name)' with the name of the creamery as well.
  22. minister_for_hardship
    We'll all have flying cars before that happens.
  23. minister_for_hardship
    Yes. No 11 'Kilkee' was a later singleton 4-6-0T built by Bagnall.
  24. minister_for_hardship
    I don't know about coal consumption, but the WCR definitely overloaded and thrashed them and in common with a lot of impoverished Irish ng lines, maintenance wouldn't be up to scratch.
  25. minister_for_hardship
    No mention about the alleged railcars being diesel, petrol or steam 'railmotors'?
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