Irish Rail Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Good Evening Lads, Ive a rake of 5 of Irish Cement Bubbles I am going to run on my layout. In real life were the bubbles ever used to do runs to port Dublin/Foynes as part of Irish Cements Export of cement? Also just to clarify the Bubbles carried bulk dry cement mix? What way were they unloaded? Cheers MJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Old Blarney Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) Might these links be useful to you? http://irishrailwaymodeller.yuku.com/reply/10370/Irish-Cement#.VavOCdzbLIV Edited July 19, 2015 by Old Blarney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Irish Rail Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Might this link be useful to you? http://irishrailwaymodeller.yuku.com/reply/10370/Irish-Cement#.VavMk9zbLIU Thank Old Blarney, I had actually read that old thread yesterday and is the one that sparked my interest. The over head pipes in the pictures do they act as a method of sucking up the bulk cement into the silo?? Were the bubbles ever used in any ports? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Old Blarney Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Regarding the transfer of the dry cement powder from the Bubbles to the Silos, I do not know the method of transfer but, I suspect it was carried out using some form of suction. Hence the pipework at the silos and the attachments on the Bubble wagons. I am unaware of any Port facilities where these wagons were used. Knowing our fellow members I am certain there will be someone out there who does know the answer to your questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Irish Rail Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/topic/521#.VawMcSg1jMJ A bit more digging around I found the above discussion with a good description of loading process Cheers for reply @Old Blarney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Irish Rail
Good Evening Lads,
Ive a rake of 5 of Irish Cement Bubbles I am going to run on my layout. In real life were the bubbles ever used to do runs to port Dublin/Foynes as part of Irish Cements Export of cement?
Also just to clarify the Bubbles carried bulk dry cement mix?
What way were they unloaded?
Cheers
MJ
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