Guinness, Clonmel goods yard, 1975.

[jhb171achill]

[Weshty]

Ahh, the double height keg cages. And a 60's style light, and a H wagon.

 

Nice one.

[Noel]

Nice pic from that wonderful era. The buffers on the keg wagon seem exceptionally long.

[Glenderg]

Nice pic from that wonderful era. The buffers on the keg wagon seem exceptionally long.

 

Just checked my survey notebook against the photo. the buffer casing is 450mm long and the buffer itself is another 150mm beyond that, or 2 feet in old money. It's quite standard for the 14' wheelbase /22' flat wagons.

[aclass007]

Just checked my survey notebook against the photo. the buffer casing is 450mm long and the buffer itself is another 150mm beyond that, or 2 feet in old money. It's quite standard for the 14' wheelbase /22' flat wagons.

 

Is there a chance the image is a little stretched?

[Glenderg]

No, the photo is pretty good. Threw it into AutoCAD, scaled it up, and it all works out. Up close they look seriously out of scale with the wagon mind....

[jhb171achill]

I took the pic at the time as broadside as I could, with modelling in mind.

[Weshty]

 

Richie's cad does not lie (does it ever?).

 

Here's a shot of a flat in Limerick 10 years ago, plain to see that the buffer is a big boy all right.

[DiveController]

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Richie's cad does not lie (does it ever?).

 

Here's a shot of a flat in Limerick 10 years ago, plain to see that the buffer is a big boy all right.

Any reason for the casing being so long? The excursion of the buffer itself doesn't seem to be that long. Was there a reason to space the flats? Couplings?

[Mayner]

The "modern" 4w wagons were fitted with 2' buffers and instanter couplings most likely to reduce slack between wagons and allow faster running 50mph compared with 35mph for loose coupled working.

 

 

[DiveController]

Nice shot, John. The advantage of the Instanter coupling would be to allow tighter coupling thus higher running speeds. Good on the mainline and slackened on tight curves in the yard

[Junctionmad]

Very similar to BR heavy duty buffers. Available in 2' and 1'6" versions from dart casting for those of you in 4mm land