Wexford70 Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Morning all, Was visiting Carrick on Suir lately and saw these by the engine shed. Anyone know their story? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 (edited) It’s the base of this outfit...https://www.irishtractiongroup.com/carrick . Edited May 23, 2021 by Galteemore 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 C Class no. 226 and G Class no. G616 are currently inside the shed and a small group of volunteers is slowly but steadily working on returning both to working order. Once that has been completed, B103 and G601 will get their turn... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Garfield said: C Class no. 226 and G Class no. G616 are currently inside the shed and a small group of volunteers is slowly but steadily working on returning both to working order. Once that has been completed, B103 and G601 will get their turn... Will one of them have an IRM plate on the side??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niles Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 226's restoration over the decades is an inspiring tale of perseverance in Irish preservation. Well worth supporting https://www.irishtractiongroup.com/join 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wexford70 Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 Is one of the locos as Sulzer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieB Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Yes, B103. Stephen 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 6 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said: Will one of them have an IRM plate on the side??? C226 ITG special edition, all funds going towards the restoration of C226's long restoration project And one for B113 And G601! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said: C226 ITG special edition, all funds going towards the restoration of C226's long restoration project And one for B113 And G601! That's what I was thinking, and IRM's model of C226 will be in the semi-restored livery... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DERAILED Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 (edited) @ Wexford70 The first shed in your opening post is poor old G601 - its main claim to fame is that it was used to restore freight services on the Banteer/Newmarket branch on the 1/6/1956. It was a big deal and there was an official piss-up in Newmarket on reopening day with toasts to CIE and all - there are menus from the event in the IRRS archives. Like most innovations in CIE the reopening experiment was short-lived. The loco was finally stopped on the 22/7/72. Latterly it was dumped on the scrap bank in Inchicore. I (not the Irish Narrow Gauge Trust or anybody else) paid for it and was physically involved in recovering it from Inchicore on the 25/7/92 to temporary storage at Bord na Mona (Littleton) and then to Dromod on the 4/9/93. Like so many other things it was sold to keep things at Dromod going - the Irish Traction Group being the buyer. Cosmetically restored it returned to Inchicore for the Works "Open Weekend" in June 1996 - see attached pic. Hopefully, it will run again one day! Edited May 24, 2021 by DERAILED 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wexford70 Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 On 24/5/2021 at 6:57 PM, DERAILED said: @ Wexford70 The first shed in your opening post is poor old G601 - its main claim to fame is that it was used to restore freight services on the Banteer/Newmarket branch on the 1/6/1956. It was a big deal and there was an official piss-up in Newmarket on reopening day with toasts to CIE and all - there are menus from the event in the IRRS archives. Like most innovations in CIE the reopening experiment was short-lived. The loco was finally stopped on the 22/7/72. Latterly it was dumped on the scrap bank in Inchicore. I (not the Irish Narrow Gauge Trust or anybody else) paid for it and was physically involved in recovering it from Inchicore on the 25/7/92 to temporary storage at Bord na Mona (Littleton) and then to Dromod on the 4/9/93. Like so many other things it was sold to keep things at Dromod going - the Irish Traction Group being the buyer. Cosmetically restored it returned to Inchicore for the Works "Open Weekend" in June 1996 - see attached pic. Hopefully, it will run again one day! Am sorry you lost your capital investment but thank you for the chance of G601 at least having a future. Without such good faith actions, even more would have been lost. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeconna Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 You might get the drive it one Day Derailed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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