Clara and Banagher

[airfixfan]

Brief article with some nice photos in latest issue of Railway Bylines magazine.

[jhb171achill]

Excellent idea for a small-space layout, or shunting layout. One "G" and half a dozen goods vans and a brake van, and ye're away!

For anyone interested, check J P O'Dea's pics of the line under the nli.ie website. I think I've posted one here somewhere before - can't recall if it was Fry's or jhb171Senior's...

 

[airfixfan]

One of the photos from this article that John mentioned.

[Lambeg man]

A happy New Year and thanks for posting Airfixfan. Where was this taken? 

[leslie10646]

Clara Midland - as seen above in the article, but this time the 1963 St Pat's Day tour.                         Photo Lance King  Copyright IRRS

Edited January 1, 2021 by leslie10646

[airfixfan]

Thanks Steve for correcting photo. From July 1957 with former MGWR branch and station to the right. Banagher goods with G603 on the left.

[airfixfan]

This might interest a few people? From same article Banagher goos train July 1957

[jhb171achill]

Note the rolling stock.

In the first pic, the second wagon is an old GSWR low-roofed “soft-top” of 1890s origin. A handful of these were still to be seen up to just about into the 1960s.

In the above (colour) pic, looks like a GNR coach now in CIE green.

In the final pic, we’ve one of Leslie’s GSWR guards vans. At least one of these appears to have been use well into the 1960s.

[airfixfan]

Here is the return goods train at Banagher. Better view of the brake van for John

[jhb171achill]

Yip - at THAT time there was that one, another in West Cork, and another in Tralee, from what I can gather. It’s more than possible they weren’t the only ones.

Once the standard CIE 20T and 30T ones multiplied in number, CIE withdrew all non standard ones (most of which were either too small, or clapped out anyway) as quickly as they could. A handful of GNR vans went into CIE use but only for 2 or 3 years - I’m only aware of 1 or 2 even being repainted with a “flying snail” - but Leslie has a model of that TOO!

[Lambeg man]

 

[airfixfan]

Thanks again

[jhb171achill]

Found it; this from the P Dillon collection:

(Seven four-wheelers was the maximum allowed load).

Edited January 2, 2021 by jhb171achill