Mol_PMB Posted January 3 Posted January 3 Lovely! The butcher's van in the background is making me hungry - perhaps a fry will be in order tomorrow morning? 2 Quote
Flying Snail Posted January 3 Posted January 3 49 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said: Lovely! The butcher's van in the background is making me hungry - perhaps a fry will be in order tomorrow morning? The lettering on the Denny's van is rather elegant isn't it? It's all rather captivating - the faces looking out from the railcar and the P⁊T reflected in its windows. No need to wait for the breakfast fry either, sure you can have a mixed grill for your tea! 1 2 Quote
minister_for_hardship Posted January 3 Posted January 3 1 hour ago, Mol_PMB said: Lovely! The butcher's van in the background is making me hungry - perhaps a fry will be in order tomorrow morning? It's quite a bit different to the classic diecast van Denny's themselves had as a free offer with sausage labels some years back. 1 Quote
Irishswissernie Posted January 5 Posted January 5 (edited) GNRI 1953-07 Portadown 192 ADH yj086. CIE 1961-06-09 Enfield 184 + unid A Class. yj080. CIE Early 1970's ca. Wexford Quays A58r yj081 Edited January 5 by Irishswissernie 11 Quote
Mol_PMB Posted January 5 Posted January 5 Very nice - something for everyone there. In the second photo, that incredibly shoddy silver A class is a sight to behold! Has anyone on forum weathered a model into this sort of condition, I wonder? In the third photo, A58R carried black and shallow tan livery from 1971 to 1974, but was repainted into supertrain livery by 1975. So I'd suggest this is early 1970s. 1 Quote
Irishswissernie Posted January 5 Posted January 5 Yes, I thought the date was a bit out when I posted it up, I will amend it to early 1970's, Thanks. Quote
Irishswissernie Posted January 10 Posted January 10 (edited) I last visited the USA in September 2014 staying at my Daughter's at Layton in Utah. Her home was situated next to the Union Pacific main line between Salt Lake City & Ogden, an ideal site to sit on the veranda and film the heavy freight traffic plus the passenger Front Runner trains. The day before I was due to fly home I was lucky to video the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Baileys Circus Train as it headed to Ogden. I have just got round to converting the original clips chip to MP4; I did the Durango & Silverton and Cumbres & Toltec material many years ago! The Circus Train lasted until May 2017, I think the UK ones went in the 1950's and no doubt there were Irish ones back in steam days. Click on the Black bit below and it should play. Edited January 10 by Irishswissernie 8 Quote
David Holman Posted January 11 Posted January 11 (edited) Impressive stuff - I make that at least sixty cars. Can't be a proper circus train though as there is no giraffe car, with the animal ducking it's head under bridges. Proof, if needed, as to why the silver livery on the A class didn't last long! Edited January 11 by David Holman 2 Quote
Irishswissernie Posted January 11 Posted January 11 I didn't think there was enough headroom for the elephants in the coaches (cars) but there is film footage on the web of 5 elephants of the smaller species (Indian?) de-training and then going for a walk along the highway plus several horses. The public were kept away from the animals as they walked by a team of handlers spaced out along a yellow rope whilst they kept pace with the procession. Quote
Mayner Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Bertram Mills used a Circus Train to tour Ireland during the early 60s an A Class was used for haulage on CIE and a UG for the Belfast-Bangor. Dan Renehan may have written about an A Class hauling the very heavy circus train over Barnagh on the North Kerry without slipping in one of his IRRS papers, there is a colour photo of the train on the Bangor line in one of the "Irish Raiways from Steam to Diesel published by Tom Middlemas during the mid 1990s. 1 Quote
Flying Snail Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Circus train loading at Heuston in 1961 .Taken from the IRRS Twitter: https://x.com/irishrailways/status/1064866932065792001/photo/1 Anything Anywhere Anytime .... love it! 7 Quote
Irishswissernie Posted January 12 Posted January 12 W&T 1956-04-24 Waterford Manor, ex Clayton Railcars in use as passenger coaches. yj141. CIE 1956-04-23 Cork,Kent ex DSE 223D yj144. CIE 1956-04-26 Cork, Kent ex GSW 878 yj142 8 Quote
Galteemore Posted January 12 Posted January 12 9 hours ago, Flying Snail said: Circus train loading at Heuston in 1961 .Taken from the IRRS Twitter: https://x.com/irishrailways/status/1064866932065792001/photo/1 Anything Anywhere Anytime .... love it! Very nice GNR van with lettering still evident ! Quote
Mol_PMB Posted January 12 Posted January 12 1 hour ago, Irishswissernie said: W&T 1956-04-24 Waterford Manor, ex Clayton Railcars in use as passenger coaches. yj141. CIE 1956-04-23 Cork,Kent ex DSE 223D yj144. CIE 1956-04-26 Cork, Kent ex GSW 878 yj142 Three superb illustrations of the correct shade of CIE green livery and lining thickness I suspect there were even more variations to be seen. Quote
Paul 34F Posted January 12 Posted January 12 2 hours ago, Galteemore said: Very nice GNR van with lettering still evident ! Looks to be the Class M3, which had 3 sliding doors per side. I cannot recall the number. Paul 3 Quote
Galteemore Posted January 12 Posted January 12 (edited) 3 hours ago, Paul 34F said: Looks to be the Class M3, which had 3 sliding doors per side. I cannot recall the number. Paul Thanks Paul. The roof outline seems similar to the Y motor van, and it’s got that classic GNRI panelling effect. Interesting how many variations there are on that basic design. Edited January 12 by Galteemore 1 Quote
Mol_PMB Posted January 12 Posted January 12 On the subject of Elephant transport, here's a shot of Chipperfield's circus at Tralee in 1956, with a very similar-looking van: https://www.kennellyarchive.com/media/c71a26c1-a025-4c38-80dd-b934ae418461 2 Quote
LNERW1 Posted January 13 Posted January 13 On 12/1/2025 at 7:42 AM, Irishswissernie said: W&T 1956-04-24 Waterford Manor, ex Clayton Railcars in use as passenger coaches. yj141. CIE 1956-04-23 Cork,Kent ex DSE 223D yj144. CIE 1956-04-26 Cork, Kent ex GSW 878 yj142 @Metrovik top photo may be a good reference for you. 1 Quote
Irishswissernie Posted January 16 Posted January 16 x208 B&CDR 1965-08 Belfast Queens Quay cattle bank UG48. NIR Belfast Central 8098 j162. x234 GNRI 1965 CA Lurgan UG . 7 Quote
Galteemore Posted January 16 Posted January 16 The top one is especially lovely. Can almost hear that blower cracked open and the engine gently simmering 1 1 Quote
Irishswissernie Posted yesterday at 08:55 Posted yesterday at 08:55 CIE 1956-04-xx Cork, 109 yj138. CIE1956-04-26 Cork, 388 +307 Up passenger. yj139. GNRI 1956-04-03 Railcar A Oldcastle service yj137. I recently discovered that I have never uploaded photos from March 2004, March 2009 and September 2014 of the various Railroads around Salt Lake City , Ogden and along the ex DRGW over Soldier Summit to Helper in Utah. My daughter in 2014 had a house overlooking the ex UP line at Layton which has over 50 freights per day plus the UTA Front Runner service and I spent many hours just sitting on the veranda whilst the trains passed. I have started putting these on Flickr in an album https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/albums/72177720323304198 A bit different from Ireland! 12 Quote
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