Broithe Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 This book was recently available for the princely sum of €3. My copy has just reached me and I notice that the bottom picture on page 14 is captioned for TPO 160, but the picture is actually of the four-wheeled vent van No 764 - this picture is used again with the correct caption on page 64 - I was hoping that the picture had been inadvertently interchanged, but no such luck. Is there an online image of TPO 160 anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 This book was recently available for the princely sum of €3. My copy has just reached me and I notice that the bottom picture on page 14 is captioned for TPO 160, but the picture is actually of the four-wheeled vent van No 764 - this picture is used again with the correct caption on page 64 - I was hoping that the picture had been inadvertently interchanged, but no such luck. Is there an online image of TPO 160 anywhere? I had a look in the GSWR diagram book of 1923 which I have and there's no mention of a vehicle of that number at all, let alone a TPO! So the plot thickens; was this thing a conversion, and if so, when and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhu Varren Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 I know absolutely nothing about the GSWR, but my copy of this book has the vehicle in question as No 140, not 160. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iarnrod Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 G.S.& W.R. Carriage Register lists 140 as a Post Office Mail Van. 30' long. One compartment. Gas lighting. 6 wheeled with brakes on 4 of them. Built Jan 1894. Fitted with 2 gangways, 1 recovery net, 4 delivery arms and steam heating. Withdrawn 1957. 160 is listed as a Horse Box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 That's a different kettle'o'fish! Yes, 140 existed.... as above..... And yet, amongst horse boxes in the 1923 list, there's no 160 either! Inclusion in earlier or later lists must prove existence, of course, so one wonders where it was hiding in 1923.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 You're right, I was bamboozled by all the numbers, 140 it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iarnrod Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 160 was broken up at Limerick on 26/2/1916, so that's why it doesn't appear in the 1923 list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Brilliant stuff, iarnrod, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iarnrod Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 No problem Jonathan. Have spent many hours researching through the G.S.& W.R. Carriage Register and interesting stuff it is too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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