Irish Railway Trivia

[Glenderg]

What railway's original coaching stock had doors on one side only?

 

The Dublin Wicklow & Wexford had open sided four wheelers, glazed on the other side.?

Edited September 4, 2013 by Glenderg

[StevieB]

Waterford & Tramore?

Stephen

[minister_for_hardship]

Waterford & Tramore?

Stephen

Correct.

[WRENNEIRE]

Agree there Steve, I think the train ran end to end and platforms were on the one side only

Have some pics somewhere, will try and dig them up

[StevieB]

The only other railway that I know that has carriages with doors on only one side is the Talyllyn - note the present tense, since it is still open!

Stephen

[snapper]

Anybody care to guess where this is

 

[josefstadt]

Anybody care to guess where this is

 

 

Somewhere along the Drumcondra line?

[snapper]

Somewhere along the Drumcondra line?

 

Nope, the railway to this town was lifted a long time ago.

[minister_for_hardship]

Is it a blocked up passage thru an embankment?

Bit of a squeeze for 186.

[snapper]

The railway line ran from left to right in the picture, roughly where I am standing and not on top of the embankment. The opening does not appear to be much bigger than a standard house door. To be honest I am not sure what it was because there is a decent size hill on the other side.

[minister_for_hardship]

Any clue at all?

Presume it's part of a walkway now, clad in unweathered stone and surrounded with modern Health & Safety barriers?

[snapper]

Any clue at all?

Presume it's part of a walkway now, clad in unweathered stone and surrounded with modern Health & Safety barriers?

 

Yes its a public walkway now but I am not sure how far out of town it goes.

It was part of the W&LR, passenger services stopped in July 1931 and goods in April 1944

[minister_for_hardship]

Killaloe?

[snapper]

Killaloe?

 

Correct

[WRENNEIRE]

[moogle]

Wrenneire's shed?

 

Actually I've no idea where but I'd say signal box/cabin as the two tall items on the left look like token machines.

I'm probably completely wrong though!

[minister_for_hardship]

There's a wind-up thingy for operating remote points...Charleville?

 

Edit: Or Albert qy more likely, timber interior?

[moogle]

Wind-up thingy? Far too technical a description that!

[WRENNEIRE]

71. Mr. Lawlor asked the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht Michael D. Higgins the plans, if any, he has to address the concerns of residents in the Clonsilla area of Dublin 15 regarding the preservation of the old signal box at Clonsilla Station as part of our transport heritage; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this signal box may be the last of its kind in the Dublin area and that there is concern that it may be demolished as the line becomes automated; and if he will discuss the heritage aspects of this matter with the relevant bodies to ensure the preservation of the old signal box at Clonsilla, either in situ, or at an adjacent site. [13748/96]

Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht (Mr. M. Higgins): This matter has not previously been brought to my attention. However, as the signal box is the property of a public authority, I will request the advice of the Heritage Council as to whether it should be designated as a heritage building under section 10 of the Heritage Act, 1995.

[minister_for_hardship]

Wind-up thingy? Far too technical a description that!

 

Hand generator!

[minister_for_hardship]

What non-heritage train currently operated by IE carries headboards?

[snapper]

IWT had headboards for a while. The weed spray also has those wasp stripe head boards.

[josefstadt]

Has to be on a single track line - two staff instruments. The hand generator is for sending the bell codes to an adjacent cabin. The right-had instrument has a space for a key on it. Is this a key for unlocking a starting signal, or something similar? The two different types of staff holders hanging on the wall are interesting. And the working timetable, also hanging on the wall, seems to be from the Great Northern Railway. Of course, all that doesn't get me any closer to deciding where the cabin is (was).

[Glenderg]

Signal Box photo in wrenns post is Clonsilla.

[108]

I'd concur with the wasp stripe headboards on the weed spray trains

[Blaine]

IWT had headboards for a while. The weed spray also has those wasp stripe head boards.

 

The IWT logos were stuck on though, not separate boards

[minister_for_hardship]

Weedspray train was what I was looking for.

[heirflick]

 

why is one of the headlights altered?

[Warbonnet]

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why is one of the headlights altered?

 

It was do to being spotted in the North from the air during the troubles I believe?

 

Love that pic and the (then) new DAFs in the background

[heirflick]

correct Fran, you get the banana!

[jhb171achill]

That's it, Warbonnet. With one light turned upwards the British Army, who patrolled South Armagh by helicopter at the time, could see where the train was after dark. I footplated the "Enterprise" one summer evening in 1986 and my photos show a helicopter travelling along with the train (just above it, of course!).

[minister_for_hardship]

Where could you have once found a railway owned toll bridge?

[jhb171achill]

Kilmeaden. I suspect elsewhere too, from back of memory, but old age precludes me accessing levant memory.... :-)

[heirflick]

I footplated the "Enterprise" one summer evening in 1986 and my photos show a helicopter travelling along with the train (just above it, of course!).

 

any chance you have a pic of that john?

[aclass007]

It was do to being spotted in the North from the air during the troubles I believe?

 

Love that pic and the (then) new DAFs in the background

 

Any time I hear the upturned headlight mentioned, I always wonder why they didn't just place an additional light on the roof of the loco, and leave the headlight alone for it's intended purpose. Surely that couldn't have been any harder to engineer or install?