jhb171achill Posted March 29, 2016 Posted March 29, 2016 I don't see anything inside the "O"...... but it doesn't have a "broken wheel" aspect to it, at the sides, though at the very top it looks a little like it... CIE didn't put roundels on early containers anyway; they used a black rectangle with the letters "C I E" on it. The roundel only came on later design "modern" containers, which were painted orange. If there is any likelihood it's a roundel, the container must be some sort of oddball one-off, possibly something used as a store? Quote
GSR 800 Posted March 29, 2016 Posted March 29, 2016 Can you see it in the one above John? Can anyone? I must be hallucinating Quote
Broithe Posted March 29, 2016 Posted March 29, 2016 I wonder if it might even be of interest to any LNER preservationists? Might be 'worthless' - might be gold-dust...... Quote
jhb171achill Posted March 29, 2016 Posted March 29, 2016 You're hallucinating, Harry. It's actually 802's tender!!! ;-) Quote
GSR 800 Posted March 29, 2016 Posted March 29, 2016 You're hallucinating, Harry. It's actually 802's tender!!! ;-) Watch it Beumont! You know Tailte is my least favourite 800! (Grumbles incoherently) Quote
jhb171achill Posted March 29, 2016 Posted March 29, 2016 ".......least favourite 800! ......." (Grumbles incoherently) Now that IS incoherent! :-) Quote
GSR 800 Posted March 29, 2016 Posted March 29, 2016 Now that IS incoherent! :-) Jesus that was some rant, eh? I musnt have had tea in a good while.. But seriously.. Meabh: because she was the first in service, might have reached the ton, and of. Course was preserved Macha: a lot of film of her,and(I think) she was the last one in service with the IRRS rail tour in 1964. Tailte didn't last very long, and she was like the Britannia of the Olympic class.. Her sisters cast a long shadow over her... 1 Quote
minister_for_hardship Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) Think I spotted what looked like a furniture container a while back? Didn't take a pic, so Google Maps. Edited March 30, 2016 by minister_for_hardship Quote
GSR 800 Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 Took some more today. I'm not hallucinating. After a bit of a clean.. Quote
minister_for_hardship Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) It looked more like a roundel from further away! In the close-up, it looks like it's infilled with white as well... The spring loaded label holder would be an almost sure sign it is of railway origin. Edited March 30, 2016 by minister_for_hardship Quote
GSR 800 Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 It looked more like a roundel from further away!In the close-up, it looks like it's infilled with white as well... The spring loaded label holder would be an almost sure sign it is of railway origin. In the case, minister, it seems we have ruined the status quo! John will be baffled! Quote
minister_for_hardship Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 In the case, minister, it seems we have ruined the status quo!John will be baffled! Could be something that could have been bogging around an airport or wholly road transport-related, but less likely. Get your briar hook out and uncover the other end. Quote
GSR 800 Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 Could be something that could have been bogging around an airport or wholly road transport-related, but less likely.Get your briar hook out and uncover the other end. Right, I'll be back! Quote
Broithe Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 Get your briar hook out and uncover the other end.Right, I'll be back! Quote
GSR 800 Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 [ATTACH=CONFIG]23615[/ATTACH] Not far off Broithe! This looks like CIE green... What the Hell is going on!? Something that looks like a roundel on one side,a green interior, and of LNER design? Quote
minister_for_hardship Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 Not entirely unknown for things of British origin, esp something as portable as a container, to end up stranded over here. Maybe even acquired by CIE? Quote
Glenderg Posted September 7, 2018 Posted September 7, 2018 Just passed this on the way into Armagh City - https://goo.gl/maps/TdXzg9cigNw GNRI 9 ton van? R. 1 Quote
Irishswissernie Posted September 7, 2018 Posted September 7, 2018 Looks as if its actually on the site of the old track bed of the Newry to Armagh line! Ernie Quote
jhb171achill Posted September 8, 2018 Posted September 8, 2018 On 9/7/2018 at 2:37 PM, Glenderg said: Just passed this on the way into Armagh City - https://goo.gl/maps/TdXzg9cigNw GNRI 9 ton van? R. Certainly is. There's another, more complete, near Banbridge on the main AI road in a field up on the right when travelling north. It's been there for fifty five years at least. Quote
Dhu Varren Posted September 8, 2018 Posted September 8, 2018 Close up inspection of the external framing would suggest that it could be an NCC van, rather than a GNR van. Quote
jhb171achill Posted September 8, 2018 Posted September 8, 2018 Hard to see from the google image - have you inspected it close up? Looks early GN to me but I haven't seen it close up. Quote
Dhu Varren Posted September 9, 2018 Posted September 9, 2018 I have not seen this van in the flesh, just close up pics taken off the Google image. However, the end framing is more akin to the NCC than the GNR. The images below show the differences quite clearly. The first image is a snip from the Google image, and clearly shows that the two centre vertical frames continue past the horizontal frame at the top. The centre picture shows an NCC van end, which has the same frame arrangement on the end. The third picture is of a standard GNR van end, which clearly shows the difference between NCC and GNR van end framing. Quote
jhb171achill Posted September 11, 2018 Posted September 11, 2018 Well spotted, you’re absolutely right - NCC (well, possibly BNCR) it is! Quote
jhb171achill Posted March 14, 2023 Posted March 14, 2023 On 29/3/2016 at 8:57 PM, GSR 800 said: I must be going mad.... I’m the one going mad. I can see this CIE roundel as clear as day now, yet I couldn’t in 2016! 3 Quote
Westcorkrailway Posted March 14, 2023 Posted March 14, 2023 On 27/3/2016 at 8:19 PM, Jawfin said: And composite GSWR 907 from 1889, built by the WLWR, w/1949. Any idea of its original No.? It's in Halfway, Cork, along with one of the four remaining CSET Rustons, a beet wagon, a wagon body, and a brake van. Not my pic What a rotten coach…must be scrapped now 7 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: I’m the one going mad. I can see this CIE roundel as clear as day now, yet I couldn’t in 2016! Has a pair of reading glasses been purchased since?! 1 Quote
GSR 800 Posted March 14, 2023 Posted March 14, 2023 49 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: I’m the one going mad. I can see this CIE roundel as clear as day now, yet I couldn’t in 2016! Eyesight improving in the span of 7(!) years isn't a bad thing... Whatever the hell it is, it's still out in the field, though I haven't inspected it in a good long time. An old H van isn't far from it, though riddled with shot at either end... practising for crows, apparently. 1 Quote
jhb171achill Posted March 14, 2023 Posted March 14, 2023 56 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said: What a rotten coach…must be scrapped now Has a pair of reading glasses been purchased since?! Yes!! 1 Quote
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