Old wagon photographed in Cavan

[Wexford70]

Can anyone identify the wagon shown in the photo below?

From facebook. Listed by Peter O'Brien - Closed, mothballed and rarely used Railway lines in Ireland.

 

[Galteemore]

It’s a railcar trailer. Many Irish lines used them - this is a GNR one at Cavan. Image below of Clones shows what the ensemble looked like.

 

Edited July 18, 2022 by Galteemore

[airfixfan]

The CDR also used similar wagons behind their early railcars

[GSR 800]

As said, railcar trailer used for luggage, were used on both broad and narrow gauge.

[Sean]

https://www.hattons.co.uk/394003/dapol_a023_4_wheel_salt_van_unpainted/stockdetail

Hmmm

[GSR 800]

4 minutes ago, Sean said:

https://www.hattons.co.uk/394003/dapol_a023_4_wheel_salt_van_unpainted/stockdetail

Hmmm

not bad, but the luggage vans were much more squat. Would certainly pass at any rate, though wouldn't be a bad scratchbuild either, the roof makes it easier anyway!

[Sean]

Take a Dremel and shorten the body height a bit and you'd be pretty close unless counting rivets.

[Mayner]

The GNR & SLNCR were the main users of peak roofed Railbus/Railcar trailers in Ireland. The main challenge is building the railbus/railcar to haul the trailers.

Neil Ramsey has mastered the art in 15mm scale and David Holman 7mm scale SLNCR railbus and trailer has appeared on his Workshop, Arigna & possibly Belmullet layout threads.

Neil Ramsey's SLNCR railbus and luggage trainer appears at approx 1:47 in his Irish Broad Gauge Diesel railcar video

 

Edited July 19, 2022 by Mayner

[David Holman]

Thanks for the mention, John.

Alphagraphix do a 7mm scale card kit of the Sligo railbus, which I used as a drawing when scratchbuilding my model. Last time I looked, I think it was four quid. Not for the faint hearted though, all those angles and complex curves make for a very challenging build.

 The issue with the trailer is that, whatever scale you do it in, the W iron/spring/axlebox units are very small, so ordinary wagon ones look too big. When I did mine, decided it was important to fit pick ups to the trailer, but this compromised the ability of the single axle bus to haul it and ensure the trailer wheels rotate. On reflection, fitting a motor bogie type mechanism in the trailer might be a better solution, but hiding the gears would not be easy.

 Now then Angus, how about a 2mmFS one???