Ernies Massive Irish 1930's to 2005 Photo Archive

[Mayner]

17 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

And look at the elderly GSWR third in the middle of the train! What on earth was that doing on the "Enterprise"?

Several GSWR coaches remained in main line service  into the early 70s including a pair of 1915 Dining Cars 2092 & 2093 which hand been retro-fitted with B4 bogies to run with Cravens on Kinsgbridge-Waterford and Limerick fast trains and  at least 13 side corridor 64 seat 3rds built between 1915 & 24 which would have been useful coaches from an operating perspective in terms of seating capacity, having toilets and corridor access for the checker!

Just wondering if its an Enterprise which at the time was mainly operated by BUT railcars (both CIE & NIR sets) possibly a special Rugby? on account of the loading and mix of coaches, coach coupled next to the heating van seems to be a Bredin Corridor 3rd, next two coaches appear to be Laminates, would have expected Craven's on a named express like the Enterprise by 67.

Going back GSR 800s reference to to "Mouldering Branchlines" p.w. maintenance on the Banteer-Newmarket branch does not look too bad by CIE standards during the 50s hopefully Ernie will put up some photos of the Tullow Branch rails just about visible through the grass and shrubbery.  Cork North (Kanturk & Macroom) must have been considered a marginal seat in the 54 general election to reinstate the branch goods service. The other G601s were alocated as Tralee and Clara Pilot locos and used to dieselise goods trains on the Castleisland and Banagher branch lines.

Edited September 7 by Mayner