Guinness Tanktainers

[Glenderg]

Evening All,

 

I took photos of these tanktainers down on the north wall in 2008, and they may or may not be rail related. They would make an interesting respray or scratchbuild project for anyone interested the black stuff. Were they used to transport by road to the UK maybe? If there's any info about, it would be great to have it. Richie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[thewanderer]

I've never seen them on a liner, either in the UK or Ireland.

[gm171 kk]

Not my pics Glenderg but here's a couple more pictures of older ones being used on 4w flats.

Edited November 10, 2012 by gm171 kk

[BosKonay]

Is it bad that they make me think of a giant can, and make me thirsty?

 

Great shots lads!

[gm171 kk]

Is it bad that they make me think of a giant can, and make me thirsty?

 

Great shots lads!

 

Like this.....

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t293/Terry_Miller/guinnesstanker.jpg

[heirflick]

gm, will you deliver that trailer with her load to portlaoise please:cheers:

[Broithe]

Do the widgets rattle?

 

And is there a tap at the back?

 

[heirflick]

 

similar tanks were used on the asahi liners to ballina, carrying acrylontrile which were inyroduced in 1975

Edited November 10, 2012 by heirflick

[heirflick]

[And is there a tap at the back?]

 

 

 

dont worry broithe we'll make a tap! is that you in the pic with the basin?

[BosKonay]

[Broithe]

is that you in the pic with the basin?

 

Might be - is that you with the shopping trolley..?

Edited November 10, 2012 by Broithe

[RedRich]

Great pics guys especially the A class and wagons. I can't remember seeing the tanktainers before. Any more pics from that day in the North Wall Richie.

 

Rich,

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

Might be - is that you with the shopping trolley..?

 

Don't you know it is

[Broithe]

Don't you know it is

 

Then he changed his coat and came back with a bucket..

 

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

Then he changed his coat and came back with a bucket..

 

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=))=))

[Glenderg]

Great pics guys especially the A class and wagons. I can't remember seeing the tanktainers before. Any more pics from that day in the North Wall Richie.

 

Rich,

 

Yeah, a few hundred actually! Not all rail related, but i'll pick out the interesting ones, and stick them in an album for a flick through at leisure. R.

[RedRich]

Yeah, a few hundred actually! Not all rail related, but i'll pick out the interesting ones, and stick them in an album for a flick through at leisure. R.

 

Thanks Richie, I look forward to it.

 

Rich,

[Railer]

Wow, love the pic of the A class at Howth Junction. I wish I was around during those times.

[heirflick]

Then he changed his coat and came back with a bucket..

 

guilty!

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

Then he changed his coat and came back with a bucket..

 

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As always

[MOGUL]

http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20B/Barrack%20Street/slides/Barrack%20Street_20100116_0001_CC.html

 

used from the brewery in dundalk also..

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

I remember that little stretch of line as a wee nipper I used to sit and watch trains as me mum did her shopping in Shopping centre which the line ran behind. That lines all gone now I'm afraid

[gm171 kk]

I'd love to have a these wagons in model form.

Anyone got any more pics of the tanktainers on wagons?

[Train model]

Was the sky really that blue or is it air brushed,

[Glenderg]

No its blue. Photo was taken mid afternoon about this time year. The shadow drops severely between photos. Blue skies are more predominant in spring and autumn, but it's definitely blue.

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

The 2 photos of the tanktainers look to be on the siding in Dundalk station and that looks like the Harp brewery in the back ground with the Cooley mountains just visible to the left

[heirflick]

I'd love to have a these wagons in model form.

 

agreed GM, a rake would look smashing behind the old metro vics! great pics btw.

 

excelent pics of barrack st from eiretrains....fairplay to the man!

[Eiretrains]

excelent pics of barrack st from eiretrains....fairplay to the man!

Just to clarify, I wasn't the one who took all the juicy photos of the trains to Barrack St, I, unfortunately, was too young for any of that.

[heirflick]

Just to clarify, I wasn't the one who took all the juicy photos of the trains to Barrack St, I, unfortunately, was too young for any of that.

 

ciaron cooney gets the credit for the pics, but eiretrains - you get full marks for having them on your site!

[murphaph]

Another thread revival, sorry!

Does anybody know where these tanktainers (Harp, Satzenbrau) would have been going to or from? I am assuming it was bulk product being sent somewhere to be bottled or put in kegs perhaps?

Were similar containers ever seen around Kilkenny (Smithwicks)?

[MOGUL]

On 25/3/2021 at 10:04 AM, murphaph said:

Another thread revival, sorry!

Does anybody know where these tanktainers (Harp, Satzenbrau) would have been going to or from? I am assuming it was bulk product being sent somewhere to be bottled or put in kegs perhaps?

Were similar containers ever seen around Kilkenny (Smithwicks)?

Diageo have a bottling/canning plant close to Adelaide yard in Belfast, so would think that was a possible destination.. There was also a bottling plant in Dundalk, but I am unsure if this is still in operation.. Any pics I have seen of likely tanks seem to be on the Belfast line.. 

Edited July 9, 2021 by MOGUL