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If they don't lift them, CIE may be open to claims from walkers slipping and tripping on old sleepers and rails.

As noted, Kilkenny CC funded this, with a view to a study of different options as to its re-use.

I've seen one local news report about rails being removed in places by the scrap metal mob.

If they don't lift it, it'll get 'lifted' anyway.

Looked to be clearing branches and over growth from the line. Good on them for making some preservation effort, whoever they are.

Just because the line is being cleared it does not follow that it will be for preservationists. And it's not being cleared by a preservation group either.

'Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) have been given

permission by CIE to carry out the necessary technical

studies required to test the feasibility of developing one of a

number of tourism projects on the disused 20 kilometre

Waterford to New Ross railway track. The decision of the

type of feasibility of the projects will be based on a series of

technical studies.'

Short description

KLK000263 - South Kilkenny Railway Clearence

Detailed description

The following party has been awarded the tender contarct for this project: McCormack Brothers Plant Hire, Ballymahon, Longford

... and I've seen a pic of an AEC set somewhere near Killarney with two cattle trucks in tow.

WTF? (What The Flip?)

Maybe someone should restore it and convert it to 5'6" gauge and run it in Spain. Then we could all go out on our holidays and say, 'she used to be one of ours'.

 

Or just send it to Queensland, or was it NSW?

 

(Light the blue touch paper. Stand well back...)

Victoria or South Oz you're thinking of. She'd look like a Hornby loco next to this yoke...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Railways_H_class

Is she named after Postman Pat's cat?

Been on one for a brief spin. No springs or anything so best to sit on a bag of rice or something soft as the jolts at the rail joints were hard on the spine!

Seen one catch up to a 'proper' train and the bamboo train 'driver' threw a rope up to the train guard (no gangway door at rear!) as if it was a boat coming up to be moored. Guard then ties rope to fixture inside gangway and a fee was negotiated for towing the bamboo train.

No Health and Safety there.

Seamus, if you look through photos of Metro-Vicks down through the years, you'll see many of them had 'wonky' horns at one point or another... seems to have been pretty common. I'm not sure whether it was done on purpose or if it was a case of the horns being loosely fitted.

Happened esp. when a loco ventured down places that hadn't seen traffic for a while, a horn would get a battering from overhanging branches.

Ballast and other debris could hit them too.

Have seen a horn, allegedly removed from an A Class, still had layers of silver/black and orange paint and was of Swedish manufacture. The last 4'' or so of the copper 'trumpet' was pared back and replaced rather crudely with mild steel braised onto it. Plenty of bashes and bumps on it.

heres 2 more excelent shots fron of the scrap line in mullingar from the gerograph website...

 

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this has got to be one of the most beautiful liveries of any railcar!

Is that UTA red/cream? How did CIE end up scrapping it?

That's a great photo Eamonn. I don't recall ever seeing one of those wagons in a Bauxite livery, only Grey or a very heavily weathered condition.

 

Rich,

I think that might be the 'internal user' fitted Bulleid open for drawing stuff around the Works.

AFAIK it's still there.

nice - though not sure if its a good match for an irish pullman?

It's not. Saw a pic of a real one, dark green with narrow stripe.

Or the SRNI*

* 'Oh Mr Porter' reference.

Ever so slightly OT but why did GS&WR express locos carry a pair of smokebox mounted lamp irons into early GSR days?

I've never seen a pic of them carrying lamps or a headboard of any description!

Also they carried TWO whistles, one regular and one 'bass' toned one for the emergency cord. When was the second dispensed with?

An interesting interpretation on the CIE green livery

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M-B-HORNBY-No-R469-PULLMAN-PARLOUR-CAR-CIE-IRISH-LIVERY-PROFESSIONAL-REPAINT-/370775622769?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item5653f30471

The Midland 1F has a passing resemblance to a GSWR J11, apart from the cab and belpaire boiler.

The first (LMS) Stanier mogul was turned out with a GW-style safety valve bonnet, the story goes, to see if Stanier had a sense of humour.

The offending piece of hardware was ordered to be removed pretty quickly!

An operation in Camp/Castlegregory would be too far removed from a large centre of population for both visitors and volunteers and somehow I doubt Kerry Co Co would be very receptive to re-instatement of a roadside tramway, H & S being what it is.

I'd stick with Tralee.

Having a static collection is fine, but needs to be covered and protected from the elements. And lots of metal around in the open attracts unwanted visitors.

I was thinking from the point of view of a tourist who knew nothing about Ireland being under the impression they could travel to/from Dingle, that is all.

The DCDR/WCR are both fine, i.e. the names do not suggest an actual journey from point A to point B, whatever about the C&L, leave them off.

I'd only go about repatriation if the loco is actually under threat. Otherwise it's just a horrendous cost that would be impossible to recoup.

Add to that, purchase price if not donated FOC, cosmetic restoration and covered accomodation for same.

By and large people come to steam railways to pay and see something that actually moves and can ride behind.

Steer clear of collecting sundry broad gauge stuff of little use or relevance to a ng line, grounded modern coach bodies are a particular bugbear of mine.

A wee bit misleading calling it the Tralee & Dingle steam railway, seeing as it's never going to extend to Dingle.

Heljan are to do a RTR 009 loco, a 2-6-2 I believe. Could this be of any use to Irish narrow gauge modellers, even as a chassis donor?

The rumour mill has it that they may be Lynton & Barnstaple locos.

Might suit a T&DLR no 5 or lop off the pony truck for the 2-6-0 sisters. Don't know how they'd compare dimensions-wise.

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I'm not having a go at anyone but selling an irish loco in Ireland and won't post to Ireland? just saying

Ireland is in 'Europe', last time I looked...

Item location:

Waterford, Waterford, Ireland

Post to:

Europe, United States, Canada

Some rtr LMS coaches may do, they did regauge and send some over from Derby back in the day.

Get some photos and go compare.

If the tank was still on it, you could have a handy (cold) shower in the morning.

Excellent stuff... I think the "digging" that has started might be moles....

Norn Iron branches of B&Q had Mole repellers in stock a few years back....moles are not native to the island of Ireland.