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CIE ever use Land Rovers in 60s ?

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6 hours ago, PorkyP said:

The trucks and vans book sounds good, but t'internet doesn't seem to fjnd it unfortunately, tho theres a few pics of random CIE stuff...these amused me as I only really think of them as BR machines .

Seems like a wheel or two short on the mechanical horses there, Porky? Does this CIE random stuff need to have any wheels at all or would a single tiller do?

 

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Even at the back it would be a 'driving' wheel so 0-1-0, (although before they were motored maybe a 0-0-0?). Of course, there is no tender so would it be a 0-1-0T or a 0-1-0TDiesel although I don't think they top speed would have been very high. I suppose if they're diesels they could be a 'sea' class albeit confined to the Grand Canal and other inland waterways. Still no Land Rover and no sign of that book either ... 

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Not Irish, but this picture just turned up in my interminable Pinterest suggestions.

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No details with it anywhere that I can find it used.

 

The flanged wheels would appear not to be driven, I presume they still relied on the road wheels for propulsion - and braking...

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This drawing suggests the track would be 4' 3½", so the outer sides of the tyres would be on the centre of the rail-tops at 2½" off-centre from each wheel.

And the wheels in the picture do look a bit 'fatter' than standard.

So, using the road-wheels for traction looks plausible?

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56 minutes ago, Broithe said:

Not Irish, but this picture just turned up in my interminable Pinterest suggestions.

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No details with it anywhere that I can find it used.

 

The flanged wheels would appear not to be driven, I presume they still relied on the road wheels for propulsion - and braking...

Road wheel propulsion is the standard practice for modern Hi-Rail vehicles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road–rail_vehicle used to carry out inspection and maintenance work on many railways.

 

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1 minute ago, Mayner said:

Road wheel propulsion is the standard practice for modern Hi-Rail vehicles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road–rail_vehicle used to carry out inspection and maintenance work on many railways.

 

Indeed, I was just mulling over the arrangement above, where the Land Rover may be hauling the carriage, but presumably without controlling the carriage's brakes.

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1 hour ago, Broithe said:

Not Irish, but this picture just turned up in my interminable Pinterest suggestions.

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No details with it anywhere that I can find it used.

 

The flanged wheels would appear not to be driven, I presume they still relied on the road wheels for propulsion - and braking...

Looks like Haworth shed on the Keighley and Worth Valley railway, circa late 60s. 

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