Guinness advertising?

[Andreas Weniger]

hello together
I have a question. Were there ever any railway wagons / goods wagons with Guinness advertising?

Thank you in advance and Merry Christmas

[Galteemore]

Not advertising as such, Andreas. But branded, yes. https://www.steamtrainsireland.com/rpsi-collection/52/504-guinness-grain-van

[Broithe]

Not really what you're looking for, but there was this, too.

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/irnirishrailwaynews/guinness-darts-t1227.html

Edited December 22, 2022 by Broithe

[Billycan]

 

More branding

Link to LIMA Murphy Models - Page 37 - Photos of Models - Irish Railway Modeller

where there is some discussion towards the end of the page and this photo

 

Also this

 

And some more.

 

 

 

[Broithe]

And there's this thread.

 

This remains my all time favourite Guinness tanker picture, albeit a road vehicle.

The chap with the washing-up bowl is just superb.

To be fair, it is delivering water during a supply issue - allegedly.

[Galteemore]

When Guinness was delivered to the western part of Ireland by waterway, the barrels were overfilled by a biscuit tin sized quantity, different brands of biscuit per type of barrel. This was to account for what the bargemen would take in the normal manner of things, but avoid fiddling the end customer. On cold nights out in the canal, a hot poker was required in the bung hole to get the black liquidation flowing into the tins. Source is the travel writer the late Eric Newby.

[jhb171achill]

7 hours ago, Andreas Weniger said:

hello together
I have a question. Were there ever any railway wagons / goods wagons with Guinness advertising?

Thank you in advance and Merry Christmas

No, there were no wagons with any advertising as such, nor coaches.

However, the GNR reserved a small number of wagons, both the bogie grain wagons and some four-wheelers, for this traffic, and wrote “GUINNESS” on the sides, alongside the “G N” and wagon number. The MGWR had “GUINNESS” written on a small number of 4-wheel vans in the early 20th century.