Heard the same story. No-one can provide a pic of this bridge, or info as to where it is.
Still, it's not as far fetched as derailed locos ending up in Irish bogs that were never recovered, still waiting to be dug up.
From a guy in England, don't know where he got it from originally.
I suppose if any of the NCCs company records of staff survived you could find out who it was issued to, looks like a staff id no.
Yes, the Tuam one was a monster. Got burnt out in the shed in Tuam sometime in the late 90s or early 00s and cut up there.
Last time I saw it, the doors were wide open in the shed and no soul around. Fairly easy for the vandals to do their dirty work.
Distillery sidings and locos were big in Scotland, all we had was Allmans Distillery.
It had a total of 2 x 5' 3'' steam locos during its existance, one was sold to the GSR.
Courtalds (sp?) up North had pair of 5'3'' Pecketts.
CSE Carlow had a couple of unusual and camera shy Cockerill VB locos.
The beet factories used hire some of the G class Deutzs from CIE from time to time.
The columns, or rather, what's left of the columns are boxed around with plywood to prevent injury to people using reopened platforms.
Rumour has it that the hat will have to be passed around to replace the canopy!
I think this wins the prize for butt ugly GWR.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/GWR_Dean's_ten-wheeled_goods_engine_(Howden,_Boys'_Book_of_Locomotives,_1907).jpg
This is the Aussie Walker interior, somehow doubt leather would ever be used here! There seems to be a two-tone paint job as well.
I'd say this would be a query best answered by senior IRRS members. Not a lot of folks took pics of interiors, and fewer still took them in colour!
Now that I think of it, got a present of a book written by a past staff member of NBL who recalled putting a lot of work into a tender for diesels for CIE.
Think it had a pic and all of the Irish 'might have been.'
This is it...http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m2KLvSusfSH6j3pyl7Yd1uw.jpg
Considering its size NBL didn't build a whole lot for Ireland. Some for the GSWR (due to a strike in Inchicore I think) and MGWR.
Their predecessors Dubs, built a small number for the West Clare, including the surviving Slieve Callan.
London buses had white mudguard trims too during wartime. Only they stopped the practice when hostilities ceased.
Got the Cyril McIntyre CIE buses book for Xmas, half price at that bargain bookshop near the GPO! Has a few pics of lorries, mainly ex GSR ones that were converted into service vehicles.
Very nice, any maker's name on the back? W.R. Sykes and Railway Signal Co would have churned out lots of these.
Connect a 6V battery up to the terminals and see if it still works.