Railwayiana Auction, Birr, May 10th, 2017.

[jhb171achill]

Hung a few over the weekend as well

 

 

 

 

That 184 plate is interesting, in that it's one of the ones specially cast for her to appear in a special livery for filming about 1959/60-ish. It is thus unique.

 

Naturally, she had carried a painted number for some years before, and the original Inchicore plate would have disappeared some time in the late 49s / early 50s.

 

I'm presuming the DSER one is off a wagon. No coach or loco had anything like that.

 

As far as I am aware, full lists of DSER wagons haven't survived, so finding out exactly what it came off might be difficult.

[roxyguy]

The words 'hung, 'over' and 'weekend' so often occur in the same sentence...

 

As does the word 'few' common uses can include 'going out for a few' or 'sure I've only had a few'

 

'few' also is a common unit of measurement denoting an unquantifiable volume of ale or spirits.

[DiveController]

Picked this one up also

I dont think its a Railway one though

Maybe from a tram?

 

 

No, I think you're in luck Dave. I'm pretty sure it's from a Hill of Howth tram

 

 

EDIT: it took some time to find evidence to back that statement up....

http://irishphotoarchive.photoshelter.com/image?_bqG=3&_bqH=eJxNjk0PATEQhv_NXlysC5H0UN1aE7T0Y2NPEwQVYTerSPbXazeCw7zzvJnPzaP2WEzO01vbtPf03OL65C_HjRutx.lgnPb7MYICZpoRV7286_lme00AGZiShKwNNTwCk1YYVSJoGa1UwEWogRTRgkbFF5xqnn3s6t9rqQxRVMyT7hRSkREf2GquEDJi4xuu3g2fu1lV2yqUClDG0gXSnAtWxqYE2QQhLA6jH7RfVNMfLiNSZsj9sG32Lim66bxTFvUN0D9Vow--

Edited May 18, 2017 by DiveController