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Resurrecting this thread, I've just found this on Flickr, and it looks BSYP to me.

 https://flic.kr/p/edUVBT

 

Paul J.

Yes, it's defo BSYP

Ray, you could try the Wrenn or Tri-ang (Hornby) A4 tender ones.  I don't know their size but were quite large and later ones had metal tyres.  They may have been 14 but I could not say.

 

Garry

Ray, Garry, the metal wheels on the Tri-ang Hornby/Wrenn tender are 15mm diameter or as near as can be.

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According to Pat Hammonds book, the R0 box lid dates from around the start of 1955. 

Black and green Princess locomotives, and both tanks, the 0-6-2T clockwork and a pre-production model of the Jinty locomotive.

Three types of coaches to be seen in the photo along with various types of wagons which includes the first two tank wagons which arrived near the end of 1954.

NIR/Translink's GM's 111, 112 & 8113 at York Rd, 31-08-2008.

DMU departing Keithley for Oxenhope 28-03-2005

Mecanno Magazine Feb 1952 page 85 has the following information for running a second engine on three rail track. 

http://pdfmm.free.fr//5202.pdf

"Budgies" came in many forms and seem to still be made in Hong Kong until recently, at least. They vary quite a bit presumably as moulds wore out a new one was made, with changes over about 50 years. The painted over ones are usually late production in Hong Kong.

 

Stephen.

The wheels and rods on my two Budgie's, weren't painted red, Stephen.

If it has a 1954 date and a documented OVS Bullied connection, then it must be a proposal for an Irish Railways unit, but were centre diesels ever used in Ireland?

 

Stephen

Yes, the GNRI (Great Northern Railway of Ireland) had four. Railcar's D, E, F&G.

The C.I.E. (Coras Impoair Eireann) was operating railcar's in the 1950's, but nothing like the photo's posted.

I was also thinking O.V.S. Bulleid and C.I.E., after all, he came up with some strange Ideas when he was C.M.E. for C.I.E.

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Unidentified 2600 series railcar at Westland Row 25-09-1954

I spoke with the owner of the articulated railcar coaches, and he informed me that before he bought it, it was up for auction. It didn't sell.

The auctioneer thought it might be an engineering model, possibly made for or by O.V.S Bulleid. My friend has documentation from the auctioneer's to support this.

The green paint is original.

The power unit frames appear to be from a steam locomotive tender. The steps are constructed in brass.

The set up could be 2-A-1-A-2. But not possible to add the centre wheel set due to the motor mounted inside the frame.

From what I can make out, the complete model is constructed in brass.

That is a horn above the driving cab, not a roof top lamp, as been suggested.

At the moment, I can't post a photo of the full train, as the power unit is with a friend being overhauled due to being a none runner.

Thanks everyone for the help so far.

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Pictures attached show the driving cab and motor bogie.

Can anyone identify the manufacturer of these railway model's, believe to have been constructed in 1954.

Articulated driving trailer x2 connect to either side of the diesel motor unit, forming a self contained DMU.

The diesel motor unit is fitted with a Keyser 3 pole motor driving both axle's, set up to work on 3 rail track.

The Dining/buffet coach, (if that what it is) appears to have a driving cab at each end, but the driver's windows are painted out.

All coaches have rectangular buffer's.

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Unidentified Class 60 passing Colton 01-04-2005

60 063 Monk Fryston 01-04-2005

60 066 Colton Sth Jct 01-04-2005

66 045 Burton Salmon 01-04-2005

66 238 Colton Sth Jct 01-04-2005 @ 14:04pm

66 238 Colton Sth Jct 01-04-2005 @ 17:16pm

56 006 Colton 10-08-2003

56 032 Doncaster 15-08-2003

66 709 Doncaster 05-08-2003

66 651 Doncaster 29-03-2005

47 843 Stenson Jct 08-08-2003

47 355 Stenson Jct 08-08-2003

47 338 Doncaster 31-03-2005

37 174 Doncaster 15-08-2003

66 052 New Barnetby 06-08-2003

66 612 New Barnetby 24-04-2003

66 708 Doncaster 15-08-2003

66 716 New Barnetby 07-08-2003

66 540 passing HECK 30-03-2005

^{According to the June 1992 issue of the Journal of the Irish Railway Record Society magazine, the first 3 car set to be refurbished was 93, the trailer cars are not listed.  Another snippet of information; railcar 69 was fitted with a reconditioned Hampshire power unit purchased from British Rail.}

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There's no smoke without fire.

RPSI/UTA 4 drops the fire at Drogheda and the station staff hose down the hot coals to prevent the wooden sleepers from catching fire.

Ready to depart for Dublin

This is about as interesting as it gets on Northern Ireland Railways on any day of the week.

A pair of CAF 3000 Class photographed today passing near Sydenham Station.

Right: 3020, 14:27pm Bangor to Portadown

Left: 3011, 13:45 Portadown to Bangor.

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It's a pity that one or two of the Cravens Ballast Wagons weren't preserved as the remaining ones weren't cut up until 1994 by Hamills of Ballymeana.

Photo attached made 11-1993, shows 103 plus 4 of the Cravens ballast wagons stored at Ballymeana.

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I wonder if anyone knows where there might be an archive of drawings from the Cravens Companay of Sheffield, who built coaching stock, DMUs' etc., until taken over by Metro Cammell, itself now part of Alstom.

 

I am trying to find out if any drawings exist of 70 "spoil wagons" which were built for the Ulster Transport Authority in 1966-1967. These 4 wheel wagons, carrying 30 tons approx, were used in trains of 20 for the last main line hauled steam trains in the British isles, which carried spoil from a site near Larne to provide the reclamation land for a new motorway north of Belfast. The contract ended in 1970. I attach a picture for info of one of them as delivered to Larne Harbour in February 1967.

 

If anyone has any "leads" that might be worth following up I'd love to hear from them.

 

Colm Flanagan

Sorry can't help with drawings for the UTA Spoil wagons, but these two photos I made in 1979 & 80 might be of use.

MPD's 64&51 leaving York Rd on a ballast working 12-12-1979

C331 Spoil Wagon Lisburn 15-03-1980

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A pair of refurbished Class 141's at Huddersfield 14-07-1989

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