Westcorkrailway Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Tell you what, wouldn’t mind if they made these as well and an EMD version. Reckon they would be a nice way to raise some cash 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin_McLeod Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 On 5/7/2024 at 8:40 AM, airfixfan said: For sale the Fintona Tram Horse only one owner! Is there a current veterinary report? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 42 minutes ago, Colin_McLeod said: Is there a current veterinary report? It comes with a taxidermists's certificate. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 16 hours ago, jhb171achill said: Doubtless this is correct. I’m pretty certain none had aluminium plates in real life. When first outshopped I believe the originals were painted black and letters and border picked out in silver, latterly they were plastered over with layers of black and orange paint. The replicas have no fixing studs either so that's another pointer to never having been fixed to a loco. I remember seeing them being sold at an ITG sales stand years ago. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 4 hours ago, minister_for_hardship said: When first outshopped I believe the originals were painted black and letters and border picked out in silver, latterly they were plastered over with layers of black and orange paint. The replicas have no fixing studs either so that's another pointer to never having been fixed to a loco. I remember seeing them being sold at an ITG sales stand years ago. Yes the metrovic plate in my “my local area” has a layer of orange paint on it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSGSV Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 On 7/7/2024 at 8:39 AM, minister_for_hardship said: When first outshopped I believe the originals were painted black and letters and border picked out in silver, latterly they were plastered over with layers of black and orange paint. The replicas have no fixing studs either so that's another pointer to never having been fixed to a loco. I remember seeing them being sold at an ITG sales stand years ago. Yes, the aluminium one does look like an ITG production which were produced for selling on the sales stand on railtours, and also got kept by some to put on their wall, as the mounting studs on the real ones make that a slight problem. Some were also drilled and used on the preserved ones, A3 and A39, as the originals had disappeared by the time the locos came into ITG ownership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 I would expect a 1955 one to be brass. MetroVick became part of AEI, before all that was eaten up by GEC in the late 60s. Where I worked went the same "financial efficiency" way - we had cast brass plates, then cast aluminium, then stamped brass, then just printed onto anodised aluminium sheet. If it was still surviving, it would be crayon on old egg boxes by now. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 On 26/6/2024 at 6:11 PM, jhb171achill said: Similar can be seen in use at Inch Abbey and Downpatrick Not the best quality image, found while clearing phone of messages. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 GNRI Lamp Needs a hat! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 2 badges 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DERAILED Posted August 4 Author Share Posted August 4 Another nice poster sold at South Dublin Auctions a few minutes ago. The frame would indicate that it is genuine but given that there's no public viewing of their sales I would be reluctant to fork out €360 plus commission without physically checking it out. This poster by Costelloe has been reproduced in recent years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.png.c363cdf5c3fb7955cd92a55eb6dbbae0.png){kind=logo}
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.