Rocksavage works

[Westcorkrailway]

Over the years there appears to have been some confusion as to what Rocksavage works actually was. 

The sheds you see behind this A class and UTA coaches (probobly needs explanation in itself) is the works. The CBSCR did need a works as they were a pretty extensive company and were completely independent of the GSWR rail system until 1912. Rocksavage works built a locomotive in 1901, a charming 4-4-0. 

CBSCR No.7 - GSR 478 1901-1934

the mobile caravan!

CIE The link - August 1951 

the works was utilised up to and beyond closure. The below photographs from the Colm creedon collection 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The last use of the workshop I recall is about 1963/1964. As stated before it was used for painting certain stock Black and Tan 

[Mol_PMB]

Excellent - thanks for bringing together this info.

There's a nice photo of one of the AEC driving trailers freshly repainted at Rocksavage - I'll try to find it. Possible unique in having a traditional carriage underframe painted silver.

[Westcorkrailway]

[Mol_PMB]

Here:

Interesting, we both found it at exactly the same time, but not the same version of the image.

[jhb171achill]

Absolutely fascinating stuff! I just wish Colm had managed to get the negatives, or at least decent prints, of all the (now very historically important) photos he took or collected. The frustrating thing with his material has always been the awful quality of the images, even in his books - it is hard to imagine how they could be any worse!

But it's as well he recorded something, and we owe him a great debt of gratitude for this.

Edited 2 hours ago by jhb171achill

[Westcorkrailway]

For the pictures Colm actually took. There are some negatives about. I’ve seen about 300 negitives of his photographs at a certain west cork man’s house. God only knows where the rest of them are. But that evening echo 1954 article….i wonder would they have better versions of them photos 

[jhb171achill]

8 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

For the pictures Colm actually took. There are some negatives about. I’ve seen about 300 negitives of his photographs at a certain west cork man’s house. God only knows where the rest of them are. But that evening echo 1954 article….i wonder would they have better versions of them photos 

Surprisingly, few newspaper images beyond the very recent past seem to have survived in original form. Plus, newsprint photos of the past, in print form (as in many of Colm's) were printed in an extremely low quality form, which was all that this medium was capable of back then - today, they are virtually un-lookable-at!