Prototype for Everything

[Mol_PMB]

Recently while looking through archives on Flickr, I've found several photos of Irish railways that surprised me - "I never knew that happened".

So I thought I'd start a thread to share a few of them, in case anyone would like to justify some unusual moves on their layout.

Feel free to add examples you've found too.

 

Here's a nice starting point given the forthcoming release of the Park Royal coaches from IRM, but the current absence of a BGSV to heat and light them.

From Colm O'Callaghan on Flickr, a Connolly-Drogheda service formed of an A class and three Park Royals. Only.

The date is 3rd September 1988. There is guard's accommodation in the last vehicle, but I don't see any battery boxes on the underframes so there wouldn't be any light or heat. Perhaps in early September they could manage without? I'm pretty sure I can make out some passengers inside so it's not an empty stock move.