Ferts

[Niles]

Found these while doing a bit of scanning this evening, stored ferts at Portlaoise PW depot, 14th October 2006. They were out of use by then, while not a close up it might give some ideas for those looking to weather theirs, the random 'patches' of faded paintwork etc.

Edited November 12, 2022 by Niles

[jhb171achill]

When in traffic, they were initially kept quite tidy, and repainted at respectable intervals. Towards the end, patchwork was the order of the day - the bogies might be shiny new brown, along with one end, with the sides and other end composed of panels with paint peeling off, faded, disfigured, or replaced with an unpainted panel.

Initially, the CIE logo was ALWAYS on the second panel from the left, but latterly they mixed doors and panels up. I saw wagons with the logo at the other end, in the middle, and on at least one, TWO doors with logos; others again, none.