The Little Sugarbeats

[tonybonneyba]

Morning peps,

Happy New Year!

 

Would anyone know where one could find a photo of an O&K Sugarbeat locomotive with the number on the bufferbeam?

As far as i'm aware, the Irish O&K Sugarbeat locomotives carried three plus liveries....

○Large painted side tank number with yellow lining

O&K No.3 with this livery at DCDR on its first day back in pass. service. Dec.2018

○Small brass side tank number with yellow lining

O&K No. 1 with this livery at DCDR. Aug.2018

○Painted bufferbeam number, possibly with yellow lining?

no photo

As to this, would anyone know of any other liveries the O&K carried?

- Me & a mate sat up past 4am last night discussing this via text

 

Thx in advance!

Also, thanks for the help on the "Chips" subject

[jhb171achill]

They didn't have numbers on buffer beams, I believe.

In use, any with painted numbers weren't quite as large as DCDR have now. 

[minister_for_hardship]

I *think* I saw a pic of one with a bufferbeam number somewhere, perhaps one of the Tuam ones, will have to check. 

 

[Noel]

FYI, I was cautioned by the spelling stassi here last year for accidentally using ‘beat’ instead of ’beet’. And me a lexdysic drummer.  I understood what was meant. 

[minister_for_hardship]

Actually Mallow No 3 when I went looking. Seems to have an additional spark arrestor(?) atop the chimney as well. Faded CIE snail on wagon behind.

 

Edited January 25, 2019 by minister_for_hardship

[jhb171achill]

Interesting; first pic I've seen with a buffer beam number.

The two DCDR ones are not from the same factory - one is Mallow, the other Thurles. None of the Tuam or Carlow ones survived. All four factories numbered their locos separately, so there were three No. 1s, No. 2s & No. 3s..... numerals varied.

[minister_for_hardship]

Brand new out-of-the-box Mallow No.1, no lining or tank numerals. Company painter hasn't gone near it yet, one assumes.

Edited January 25, 2019 by minister_for_hardship

[minister_for_hardship]

RN Clements pic of Thurles No 1, small brass (?) '1' can be made out. No lining discernible. Sporting shunting hook and GSR/CIE style headlamp instead of the large continental type, as supplied when new. The smokebox lamp iron appears to have been omitted on the DCDR restoration.

Edited January 25, 2019 by minister_for_hardship

[minister_for_hardship]

Detail of photo of Carlow in 1960 of what I assume is Thurles No.3, all the Cockerill VB locos having been withdrawn by 1955/56. Faint trace of a light colour lining visible.

Interestingly Carlow No 2 was transferred to Mallow in 1950, Mallow having two No 2s for a while.

Mallow No 1 sent to Carlow as a stationary boiler in 1956. Thurles No 2 sent to Carlow in 1959 for same reason.

[WaYSidE]

On 1/1/2019 at 1:24 PM, tonybonneyba said:

What is the yellow carriage in the background,  Could you please tell me about the yellow carriage in the background, has it something to do with maintenance? In the large collection of Irish railway models I bought two years ago, there were 3 bright yellow coaches, sorta engineering stuff with 'maintenance' written on them , i thought they were English maintenance stuff, so i put them away in box marked 'for sale'.

 

[jhb171achill]

It's an NIR 80 class railcar acquired from NIR, for long term restoration. The one to its left is another. the remaining two-car set is now restored and the interior being worked on.

The four 80 class cars are all at Downpatrick. The reason this one is yellow is that after withdrawal from passenger use by NIR it was used as part of the sandite track maintenance train, spreading this compound on rails in autumn to prevent wheel slip. NIR now have a new machine for this purpose, hence its withdrawal. 

The 80 class were introduced in 1974 and 1978 and withdrawn from normal passenger use about ten years ago.

[WaYSidE]

21 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

It's an NIR 80 class railcar acquired from NIR, for long term restoration. The one to its left is another. the remaining two-car set is now restored and the interior being worked on.

The four 80 class cars are all at Downpatrick. The reason this one is yellow is that after withdrawal from passenger use by NIR it was used as part of the sandite track maintenance train, spreading this compound on rails in autumn to prevent wheel slip. NIR now have a new machine for this purpose, hence its withdrawal. 

The 80 class were introduced in 1974 and 1978 and withdrawn from normal passenger use about ten years ago.

Thank You,