Puzzle re old papers

[jhb171achill]

Learned colleagues;

I attach a scribbled note among some of jhb171Senior’s papers. It’s on the back of a bit of paper used as a bookmark in an old magazine.

I assume it’s a note of a load on a trsin hailed by 432, but what’s the rest?

I suspect it’s the designs of MGWR mileposts, unless it’s symbols associated with suburban trains?

Any thoughts?

[PorkyP]

Could it be each shape is code for a particular type of wagon or load..?

[jhb171achill]

Could be, porky!  It wasn't the only "cryptic" note he left behind!

[minister_for_hardship]

It's not MGWR mileposts. It doesn't have the diamond with the chunk taken out of it. ie 3/4 mp.

[jhb171achill]

Just now, minister_for_hardship said:

It's not MGWR mileposts. It doesn't have the diamond with the chunk taken out of it. ie 3/4 mp.

Very true!

Then I'm flummoxed!

[minister_for_hardship]

432 was a DWWR tank, but C&M is written on the sheet. Thought it might be a Macroom loco until I looked it up.

Was it used on the Macroom in GSR/CIE days?

Edited March 15, 2020 by minister_for_hardship

[jhb171achill]

Ah!!!! Minister, you've maybe cracked it!

He went into Macroom twice just before it closed, once in the van of a cattle or PW train and once in the cab.

Could the shapes be Macroom mileposts?

“Load 22 + van” could refer to a cattle special.

[minister_for_hardship]

Well the Cavan and Leitrim and Tralee and Dingle got mini MGWR ones in GSR days. Come to think of it, wasn't there MGWR type ones on Burma Road? A cheap and cheerful GSR replacement for (presumably) timber mileposts that rotted away.

[jhb171achill]

Yes, you're certainly right about the C & L, and I wouldn't be surprised about the T & D.

So, I'm going to cautiously go with C & M mileposts for the time being! It is indeed the sort of thing that jhbSnr would have been likely to have made notes of.

Many thanks for that - you just never know what you'll find.....!