What type of carriage?

[Wexford70]

Hi folks,

Is the first carriage after the loco on this Waterford to Dublin train in 1981 a TPO?

Photo by Frank Geraghty on Flickr

[Mol_PMB]

51 minutes ago, Wexford70 said:

Hi folks,

Is the first carriage after the loco on this Waterford to Dublin train in 1981 a TPO?

Photo by Frank Geraghty on Flickr

It's not a TPO, but a bogie van with parcels/luggage and guard's accommodation. It appears to be one of the 10 vans built new by CIE in 1960, numbered in the 2549-2558 series.

There were many more similar vehicles that were converted from former passenger stock in the early 1970s, but they were different in detail.

 

[flange lubricator]

They were copies of a GSR built van 2548 but with triangulated underframe with Commonwealth bogies .

 

https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000304884

[Wexford70]

2 hours ago, Mol_PMB said:

It's not a TPO, but a bogie van with parcels/luggage and guard's accommodation. It appears to be one of the 10 vans built new by CIE in 1960, numbered in the 2549-2558 series.

There were many more similar vehicles that were converted from former passenger stock in the early 1970s, but they were different in detail.

 

How long did they remain in service?

[Mol_PMB]

10 minutes ago, Wexford70 said:

How long did they remain in service?

Until the mid/late 1980s. Four were still in traffic in 1987 but all had gone by 1989.