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  1. minister_for_hardship
    Yes, and there's a modern pallet wedged under them.
  2. minister_for_hardship
    Most mining gauges are on the smaller end of the scale, maybe something to take some sort of rolling gantry or trolley?
  3. minister_for_hardship
    IIRC most of it was bridge section rail, spiked onto longitudinal baulks. Towards the end it looks like they went for something more modern; bullhead rail, cross ties and chairs. The galv bolts look modern-ish.
  4. minister_for_hardship
    Was anything marked on the chairs? Maybe leftovers from a broad gauge new build/replica project? Chairs are very close to the sleeper ends. Thought maybe some BG sleepers might have survived incorporated into buildings or holding up signs and things, but not out in the open with chairs still bolted to them? http://www.broadgauge.co.uk/library/images/locations/torquay_station/torquay_station_01_large.jpg
  5. minister_for_hardship
    The tank locos used on the Kenmare branch on opening, which had quite a few tight curves, were equipped with water pipes that sprayed water onto the wheels. Don't know how long this arrangement lasted though.
  6. minister_for_hardship
    "A typical (BR) ham sandwich would contain one slice of ham with another slice folded in half and placed diagonally over the first one. When the sandwich was cut diagonally it would make it appear that it contained three slices of ham when in reality it only contained two."
  7. minister_for_hardship
    Hope they were nicer than the fabled British Rail sandwich. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1413962/Revealed-the-secrets-of-a-British-Rail-sandwich.html
  8. minister_for_hardship
    The rule books would have been based on a Railway Clearing House standard set of rules with little difference between the ones used here and the ones used in Britain. See p31/32 here http://www.metadyne.co.uk/pdf_files/RULE_MAIN_V4.pdf Think Junctionmad is looking for something more specific to signalling and Irish/CIE conditions.
  9. minister_for_hardship
    Have a CIE book on signalling regulations c 1970s, that I rescued from condemned signal cabin a number of years ago, must see can I root it out. There's a lot in it though..
  10. minister_for_hardship
    At least if a steam loco or heritage diesel on a railtour fails...it's not the end of the world. There's something about gadding around in a 75 y/o-ish aircraft that doesn't inspire confidence in me. Nice to watch yes, at a distance.
  11. minister_for_hardship
    How far away would this be from an ex-WL&LR (or B&CDR) tank I wonder? The flat-topped dome jars a little...
  12. minister_for_hardship
    Pot was a cooking utensil and smack was something you got when you were bold...
  13. minister_for_hardship
    Trippy, man. Right on....
  14. minister_for_hardship
    Sorry, couldn't resist...
  15. minister_for_hardship
    We had dual gauge, not a lot of it mind, in Derry and Ennis.
  16. minister_for_hardship
    He once set off some unfortunate underling to design a pen so Bulleid could write letters using just one finger.
  17. minister_for_hardship
    Britain kept the best coal for itself during the war, "Eire" got the dregs. With handling, loading/unloading what the GSR got was little better than dust. Inchicore experimented with various methods...eg binding anthracite dust with pitch or maybe cement(!) to make something resembling a briquette. Thus services were curtailed and some branch lines were closed to conserve fuel stocks. The only indigenious coal came out of Kilkenny and Arigna....a running joke was that you'd keep a ton of Arigna coal handy in case a fire broke out anywhere.
  18. minister_for_hardship
    The 800's didn't have a 'fair go', only giving a tiny hint what they were able to do before the shortages of WW2. Still, think there were way oversized and a more modest 400 or 500 class sized loco would have better suited the GSR, with a bit more flexibility than just Dub-Cork.
  19. minister_for_hardship
    Was that the one that Harland and Wolff built? Any pics of it on trial? Think Railway Mag printed a grainy pic of it when new/just delivered a while back.
  20. minister_for_hardship
    4472 was worked and worked hard, craned and loaded into ships and onto low loaders god knows how many times, so things getting cracked and strained is hardly surprising. But steam is very labour intensive, imagine that's why it survived so long in places like India and China.
  21. minister_for_hardship
    Grand Central Station....Dublin. And a terminus in Blacksod Bay. http://archiseek.com/2013/1872-proposing-a-grand-central-station-for-dublin/ http://archiseek.com/2013/1915-railway-terminus-blacksod-bay-co-mayo/
  22. minister_for_hardship
    The ones listed in the GSR book vary from 10-15 cwt up to 7 or 10 tons capacity. Most of the smaller ones were simple hand operated things with a timber boom usually.
  23. minister_for_hardship
    A loading bank crane? Looking thru the GSR appendix to the WTT, no 4 1/2T crane is listed anywhere. Unless you know where it came from, can't tell if Irish or not, these things were usually supplied by contractors, not built by the railways themselves.
  24. minister_for_hardship
    A (very) few narrow gauge section locos carried their 'pre-grouping' liveries into GSR days. The C&L's 'King Edward' comes to mind, though it probably did little or no work in this period before it was broken up.
  25. minister_for_hardship
    Remotoring and cosmetic detailing has saved many an aging model...
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