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Further meanderings in July 1978.

Pairs of 121s seemed to be the main power on the “Principal Line” that summer. Views of Ballymote, Kilfree Junction and Ballysodare are from the cab of 133, leading 127. The train was a mixture of Cravens and laminates, about six bogies plus a van if I remember correctly.

The GSWR van has a small “flying snail” still. 

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Carrick-on-Suir, ITG.

611 & 617 are now at Downpatrick, though, but they’re owned by the ITG.

The third G on the DCDR is 613, a long-time Loughrea regular. She’s been out of traffic for some years and is privately owned by a DCDR member.

So, four out of the seven “G61X”s have survived! The only case, presumably, of the majority of an Irish loco class surviving! (I don’t count “one-offs” here).

Or maybe someone can correct this?

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36 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Carrick-on-Suir, ITG.

611 & 617 are now at Downpatrick, though, but they’re owned by the ITG.

The third G on the DCDR is 613, a long-time Loughrea regular. She’s been out of traffic for some years and is privately owned by a DCDR member.

So, four out of the seven “G61X”s have survived! The only case, presumably, of the majority of an Irish loco class surviving! (I don’t count “one-offs” here).

Or maybe someone can correct this?

All the B Na M steam fleet survived, 1 albeit in heavily rebuilt form.

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2 hours ago, Galteemore said:

Certainly beats the J15 survival rate! What’s the ratio for the CSE steam shunters and the BnM Barclays? Think it’s 100% for the latter, but it was a tiny class.

CSE engines - two survive at Downpatrick, though three almost did. But originally there were nine, built 1934/5. Three each at Tuam, Mallow & Thurles. To confuse, instead of numbering them 1-9, each factory had its own 1/3!

So you had Thurles No. 1, Tuam No. 1, Mallow No. 1, and so on.

I always thought a model of one would be nice, but what sort of chassis and motor to use?

Downpatrick has Mallow’s No. 1 and Thurles No. 3 - or maybe it’s the other way round!

Carlow had a strange vertical-boilered yoke and the very temperamental diesel now at Whitehead.

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On 3/17/2020 at 9:57 AM, jhb171achill said:

Carrick-on-Suir, ITG.

611 & 617 are now at Downpatrick, though, but they’re owned by the ITG.

The third G on the DCDR is 613, a long-time Loughrea regular. She’s been out of traffic for some years and is privately owned by a DCDR member.

So, four out of the seven “G61X”s have survived! The only case, presumably, of the majority of an Irish loco class surviving! (I don’t count “one-offs” here).

Or maybe someone can correct this?

G615 survives, kindof

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