Class 201 on Donedeal

[Gortalainn]

A friend of mine found a 201 on DoneDeal, what do ye think?

 

Here's the link:

https://www.donedeal.ie/hobbies-for-sale/irish-rail-201-class-locomotive-old-intercity/15655588

[Tarabuses]

Well that is a strange one.

[Gortalainn]

It is a strange one indeed Tony!

[DiveController]

I saw that. I was considering it but difficult to get the cars by when its in the driveway. No matter Wrenn will be by shortly

[WRENNEIRE]

No Box, not interested

[Colin R]

Good job this is not on Facebook otherwise you would have some one in the UK setting up a preservation society for it:trains:

[enniscorthyman]

We could crowd fund its purchase.

Surely someone has space for It?

[Broithe]

We could crowd fund its purchase.

Surely someone has space for It?

 

Stradbally.

[jhb171achill]

Re-gauge it.

[Colin R]

Besides a clapped out engine and bogies with hairline cracks, what else could possibly be wrong with it? Besides if this is genuine, anyone contacted either Downpatrick or the Irish Diesel loco group as it is more in their league?

[Tarabuses]

Linking two threads together, wouldn't it look well here:

 

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/victorian-saintfield-railway-station-goes-on-market-for-750k-31128107.html

[Colin R]

Every railway station should have one and either a few wagons or a coach or two.

[Noel]

A friend of mine found a 201 on DoneDeal, what do ye think?

 

Here's the link:

https://www.donedeal.ie/hobbies-for-sale/irish-rail-201-class-locomotive-old-intercity/15655588

 

Its clearly a fake

[JasonB]

Inherited it? Their either taking the piss or have a couple of screws loose.

[Colin R]

Or just bored with nothing better to do.

 

If it looks to good to be true, it probably is.

 

I can't really see IE getting rid of them, as I think some body will want to know why, I read somewhere (I think it was in a past issue of Today's Railways a platform 5 publication) that they where going to refurbish the whole class over the next few years.

[murrayec]

 

Someone is having a right laugh at your posts?

[Glenderg]

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Someone is having a right laugh at your posts?

 

That's not the right box. Wrenn won't touch it.

[jhb171achill]

That's not the right box. Wrenn won't touch it.

 

And it's the wrong shade of blue, with the wrong lettering style.

 

And if the loco name is "Chuckles", does that mean it is one of Paisley & McGuinness' "chuckle brothers"?

 

And if so, is that loco one'o'them, or one of us?

Edited June 11, 2017 by jhb171achill

[Weshty]

Weathering's not bad though...

[jhb171achill]

Weathering's not bad though...

 

 

I wonder is it DCC fitted?

[Colin R]

Weathering's not bad though...

 

I wonder if it was done with an airbrush and acrylic or rattle can:D

[jhb171achill]

I wonder if it was done with an airbrush and acrylic or rattle can:D

 

 

A "rattle can"; great name for a 201!

 

29000 railcars.......hmmm.

[Noel]

A "rattle can"; great name for a 201!

 

29000 railcars.......hmmm.

 

Ah now steady on, the poor 201 is a proper decent locomotive that hauls real trains and has the most comfortable cab.

 

Perhaps "Rattle can" a more appropriate nickname for 2x00 bangladesh stock, and "Back Pain" for the ICRs.

[jhb171achill]

Ah now steady on, the poor 201 is a proper decent locomotive that hauls real trains and has the most comfortable cab.

 

Perhaps "Rattle can" a more appropriate nickname for 2x00 bangladesh stock, and "Back Pain" for the ICRs.

 

 

Bangladesh, Nepal, Ghana and Burkina Faso all rejected the 2600s... although they are used as dustbin trucks in Congo.