Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Looking a little sorry 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSGSV Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Do you know if this a bad sign for the coach or is this just the normal state? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 41 minutes ago, BSGSV said: Do you know if this a bad sign for the coach or is this just the normal state? Indeed…… I wonder what a “train carriage” is, and if the writer of this drivel is aware that apart from not being specifically for this line, it’s highly unlikely it often - if EVER - traversed Claremorris-Collooney; and that it certainly wasn’t running anywhere in 1874! That whole Riverstown thing was put together by people with zero knowledge, it seems, if anything you’d need to know to undertake such a project…. The coach would find a better home at Downpatrick…. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 9 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: Indeed…… I wonder what a “train carriage” is It's a yoke that do be pulled by train engines. I thought that was obvious. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niles Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 I've seen worse but paint can lie. Rare surviving example of a laminate open with running gear intact. 1468 I think, the only other is its sister 1463 stored in Inchicore. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 50 minutes ago, Niles said: I've seen worse but paint can lie. Rare surviving example of a laminate open with running gear intact. 1468 I think, the only other is its sister 1463 stored in Inchicore. I must assume it's been under cover. Where is it exactly now? Looks as if it's had a comparatively recent repaint. If a laminate - by its very name this being obvious - had been left in the open for some 30 years, it would have physically fallen to pieces by now. I did not know there was anything Five Fut Three there at all. They have a Brexitese railbus, sister of the much-loved RB3 at Downpatrick. Oul heaps! They brought over a working steam loco from there too; naturally all narra gauge. They loaid a bit of track including a curve too sharp for any railway vehicle to traverse, locked the lot up in a shed and off they went to leave nature to reclaim it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciecoachbuilder Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 2 hours ago, BSGSV said: Do you know if this a bad sign for the coach or is this just the normal state? Inch flat moulding pulled away from the door frame, usually means rotting door pillar. Also door handle should be horizontal when closed. You would have got a slap on the back of the head, if you had have left a door handle looking like that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 2 hours ago, BSGSV said: Do you know if this a bad sign for the coach or is this just the normal state? I've been living in the area for over 10 years and it's just been left deteriorate, it's a pity and definitely would be more appreciated elsewhere. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niles Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 38 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: I must assume it's been under cover. Where is it exactly now? Looks as if it's had a comparatively recent repaint. If a laminate - by its very name this being obvious - had been left in the open for some 30 years, it would have physically fallen to pieces by now. I did not know there was anything Five Fut Three there at all. They have a Brexitese railbus, sister of the much-loved RB3 at Downpatrick. Oul heaps! They brought over a working steam loco from there too; naturally all narra gauge. They loaid a bit of track including a curve too sharp for any railway vehicle to traverse, locked the lot up in a shed and off they went to leave nature to reclaim it all. Ah... confusingly it's a different Riverstown (Sligo vs Louth). 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 59 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: I must assume it's been under cover. Where is it exactly now? Looks as if it's had a comparatively recent repaint. If a laminate - by its very name this being obvious - had been left in the open for some 30 years, it would have physically fallen to pieces by now. I did not know there was anything Five Fut Three there at all. They have a Brexitese railbus, sister of the much-loved RB3 at Downpatrick. Oul heaps! They brought over a working steam loco from there too; naturally all narra gauge. They loaid a bit of track including a curve too sharp for any railway vehicle to traverse, locked the lot up in a shed and off they went to leave nature to reclaim it all. Riverstown, Sligo folk park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Niles said: Ah... confusingly it's a different Riverstown (Sligo vs Louth). Ah! That explains it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Was it one of the former Westrail's fleet I wonder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishrailways52 Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 1895!!! did they seriously think they would get away with that 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 1 hour ago, irishrailways52 said: 1895!!! did they seriously think they would get away with that Problem is, you're probably dealing with people who know no more about railways than the man in the moon does............ and a public who not only know no more, but couldn't care less! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD220 Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 12 hours ago, minister_for_hardship said: Was it one of the former Westrail's fleet I wonder? Yes, 1468 was a former Westrail carriage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 1 hour ago, MD220 said: Yes, 1468 was a former Westrail carriage. How did it end up there? Via Kiltimagh, perhaps? I was actually unaware of its existence....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 18 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: How did it end up there? Via Kiltimagh, perhaps? I was actually unaware of its existence....... It went directly from tuam lasted ran in 1993 Take a peak inside chaps 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishrailways52 Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 looks more like a storage area for fire extinguishers 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieB Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 It needs saving for posterity, not left to rot in the open air. Stephen 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Beckett Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 On 22/3/2023 at 4:11 PM, jhb171achill said: the much-loved RB3 at Downpatrick. You nana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 (edited) On 23/3/2023 at 5:21 PM, irishrailways52 said: 1895!!! did they seriously think they would get away with that Possibly years referring to the opening and closing to regular traffic on that line, and an attempt to link that actual coach to the line in what is known in the newspaper business as the "desperate local angle". Edited March 25, 2023 by minister_for_hardship 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 3 hours ago, minister_for_hardship said: Possibly years referring to the opening and closing to regular traffic on that line, and an attempt to link that actual coach to the line in what is known in the newspaper business as the "desperate local angle". A friend of mine was at the Clonakilty model village today, where they have an old Sugar Co. Ruston painted bright red and with something like a circular bin lid attached to the front to make it look like a "steam train". Fine; but a plaque on it says that it was the engine which ran the train service on the Tralee - Fenit line! You couldn't make it up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 38 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: A friend of mine was at the Clonakilty model village today, where they have an old Sugar Co. Ruston painted bright red and with something like a circular bin lid attached to the front to make it look like a "steam train". Fine; but a plaque on it says that it was the engine which ran the train service on the Tralee - Fenit line! You couldn't make it up. that would be correct yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, jhb171achill said: A friend of mine was at the Clonakilty model village today, where they have an old Sugar Co. Ruston painted bright red and with something like a circular bin lid attached to the front to make it look like a "steam train". Fine; but a plaque on it says that it was the engine which ran the train service on the Tralee - Fenit line! You couldn't make it up. Some dunderhead must have seen the pic of the then GSRPS Ruston at Fenit, put 2 and 2 together and came up with 6 and three quarters. And as a final insult it's gone full James The Red Engine. Some of the information boards and public installations of railway related things in this country are comedy gold, wild assumptions from local "historians", things copied and pasted from Google. Fire any old rubbish together and it'll do! There's a cast plaque, which wasn't cheap to produce, at Manorhamilton station riddled from end to end with spelling errors. It has to be seen to be believed. Edited March 25, 2023 by minister_for_hardship 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Wait. What? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrman Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 A quick search of "L&BER" gave me the Letterkenny and Burtonport Extension Railway. I highly doubt they had any flying snails on anything. I also doubt that trains in Donegal would come anywhere near Bagenalstown. I also doubt that the Great Northern ran a standard gauge train on narrow gauge tracks. Is there anything here I can't doubt? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 2 hours ago, minister_for_hardship said: Wait. What? What does the L&BER thing stand for? Or is at least trying to stand for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Letterkenny and Burtonport Extension Rlwy - a component of the Lough Swilly. Some graphic designer has clearly grabbed an image from somewhere and gone with it. Shame as it’s not the worst I have seen. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 On 25/3/2023 at 9:12 PM, minister_for_hardship said: Some dunderhead must have seen the pic of the then GSRPS Ruston at Fenit, put 2 and 2 together and came up with 6 and three quarters. And as a final insult it's gone full James The Red Engine. Some of the information boards and public installations of railway related things in this country are comedy gold, wild assumptions from local "historians", things copied and pasted from Google. Fire any old rubbish together and it'll do! There's a cast plaque, which wasn't cheap to produce, at Manorhamilton station riddled from end to end with spelling errors. It has to be seen to be believed. Couldn’t agree more, and idiotic, disgracefully badly researched narratives even thrive in supposed railway preservation circles. Personally - drives me mad. So there’s little hope for “community schemes”, with extremely well-meant, but crassly and embarrassingly wrong “plaques”! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 13 hours ago, Galteemore said: Letterkenny and Burtonport Extension Rlwy - a component of the Lough Swilly. Some graphic designer has clearly grabbed an image from somewhere and gone with it. Shame as it’s not the worst I have seen. This was spotted at Borris, on the viaduct. I wouldn't mind but the info boards were very well done with heaps of excellent photos they must have sourced from the IRRS and/or the O'Dea collection. I didn't read all of the text but didn't see any obvious clangers in it. One 3D rendering got Borris station buildings pretty spot on although the train was depicted hauling some odd looking open wagons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixfan Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Very interesting and rare Lough Swilly photo to add insult to injury 2! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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