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From the Naomh Eanna trust.
We have just been talking to Waterways Ireland about the developments that have happened in the last few months. The ship itself has become a major hazard for everyone involved as she is taking on water through her decks.
The graving dock at the eastern end of the basin are being opened now and next week the Naomh Eanna will be towed into the dock to be dismantled in the next two weeks. Although she is still afloat at Charlotte Quay, both businesses have vacated the ship and she is now without power and Waterways Ireland have taken her over from her owners.
For us to save her, we would need to meet the 100,000 euro costs of Waterways Ireland by next week and then get permission from NAMA who are managing the graving dock in order for her to stay in drydock until repairs can be carried out. Insurance would also need to be placed on the ship immediately and with no survey we wont get any insurance.
Unfortunately it looks as if our efforts over the past nine years have failed and she will meet her end in the coming weeks. Some items will be salvaged from the ship and kept by the Nautical Trust and ourselves as a reminder of the once great ship that served so many islanders for so many years.
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heirflick, you sure have a thing for ugly ducklings!
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Tbf preservation isn't CIE or Irish Rail's bag. They can facilitate and work with groups that do that thing, their main job is to run a modern functioning rail system.
Pains me to say that...as I hate (modern) railcars!
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It ended up in green, though early pics of it look greyish. The serrated edged stripes on the ends were pale yellow, and the lettering / numeral probably was too.
The wavy 'wasp stripes' looked eau de nil to me, same colour as body stripe and number. The grey looks to be in the same ballpark as GSR battleship grey.
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They should have got your man from the Commitments, didn't he play a DB driver in the film?
I'd say there was very little money spent on this promo, judging by the production value.
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Bizarre.
I'd be morto if I were one of the unfortunates plonked on that float although they seem to be enjoying themselves.
Reminds me of the steam loco float used in Tralee, used to promote the Rose of Tralee and the Blennerville Railway. Think they also used it for Killarney 150th.
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Alec Guinness as Hitler?
I did 'nazi' that coming.
(I'll get my coat)
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I very much doubt it, Adolf didn't drink alcohol at all.
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That story's been doing the rounds for decades - Woodbrook was mentioned but I can't see where it would have gone. In other news the IRRS preserved the whistle!!
Is this a bog standard loco whistle, or did the TB have a special 'voice' I wonder?
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Lovely lorries kirley. Just wondering, what do IE use lorries for?
They used have a branded road transport service, haven't seen an IE liveried lorry (apart from per way ones) for quite a while.
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Cheers Minister, I'm guessing black all over liverywise? Did they get a snail on the tender?
I'd say go and have a rummage for a pic of the loco you want to model. I would think not all of them got a snail, judging by their hit and miss application elsewhere.
Battleship grey when freshly applied, prob turned to black or near black due to lack of cleaning or 'cleaning' with oily rags. Refer to JB's notes on livery.
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Spotted this on fleabay a while back....something looks not quite right....
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Thanks for posting those, pics of tank wagons in anything but plain black don't seem to crop up all that much.
When you say 'commandeered', does that mean the wagons were property of the oil companies?
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The Toucan Has Landed.
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Pancake motor and probably the same amount of detail, or lack of it, as the O gauge 4F. Appallingly crude by today's standards, so why do these things hold such a fascination and command such prices?
I too could be tempted, but no idea why!
I suppose kids of that era were easily pleased!
There used be a glass case full of those Lima models in the late 80s in a furniture store in Tralee.
Don't know what became of them, they were display only, not for sale.
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That was 'Pat', worked an elevated coal gantry on its lonesome.
Built by the GS&WR out of an old loco tender and odds and sods withdrawn by CIE in the 1960s.
You can just make out the lining from the time it was a tender.
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Wonder did any of the Shannon Hydro Scheme locos survive into preservation? There was enough of them knocking around.
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A 'Baby Ford' Garda car from an earlier era, might have scraped into the 50s in an outlying area though...apart from the enormous PA system (prob fitted for a special event?) no obvious signs of ownership.
https://www.flickr.com/groups/policehistory/pool/with/5625492939/lightbox/
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Lledo did a Garda set a few years ago, can't vouch for their authenticity, sometimes they can use their imagination.
Not so sure about the breakdown truck, not many US marques to be found in ireland.
LP006 1016 Model T Ford Van
LP027 1003 Mack Breakdown Truck
LP071 1003 Morris LD150 Van
LP127 1005 Morris Minor Van
PM100 1002 Ford Transit Mini Bus
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Probably was dark that night they gave you a lift!
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https://www.esforum.org/printthread.php?tid=2130
http://admin2.clikpic.com/paulakavanagh/images/GardaCar20101065.jpg
think this is a Ford Zephyr, about the right era for you? Seems to be rather understated, no logos or no rooftop GARDA sign. Prob. either navy or black.
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What is the damage?