rogerfarnworth Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 The St. James's Gate Brewery belonging to Guinness had what was apparently the longest private railway system in Ireland. In total there were 10 miles of track of which 8 miles were narrow gauge. There were some interesting innovations in lured within the system - a spiral in narrow gauge allowing trains to pass under St. James's Street, an ingenious conversion wagon which allowed narrow gauge locomotive to work on the broad gauge sidings, a unique design of narrow gauge locomotive specifically suited to the needs of the site. This is another post prompted by reading 1951 editions of The Railway Magazine! http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/04/26/the-guinness-brewery-railways-dublin 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 There is an interesting booklet available about the railway "Shifting the Stout" by Paul Webb ISBN 978-0-9576789-1-0 see www.mrt.org.uk as published by Moseley Rly Trust The 5'3" railway had a pair of Hudswell Clarke 0-4-0ST (one is preserved at Whitehead) and a diesel from the same Leeds builder. HC D700 works photo available on my Leeds Engine site below. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted April 30, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 30, 2019 There is a Guinness narrow gauge loco and 'conversion truck' at the Chalk Pits Museum, Amberley, Sussex Amberley Museum 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 The Ulster Transport Museum also has both a steam and diesel loco from the system. I think there's another steam engine in the Narrow Gauge Museum at Tywyn. It's a fascinating and ingenious system, although I find that researching it is thirsty work (hic). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
debrawenlock Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Why not come and see the preserved 5'3'' gauge 'Guinness saddle tank loco at Whitehead Railway Museum's model railway day on Saturday 9th November 2019? Also of interest there on the day will be Peter Smith's Saltdean O gauge layout showing a brewery set in Summer 1888. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Interesting little railway, and there is a lot of information about it and it’s rolling stock available if you dig deeply into contemporary publications. But, this oft-repeated thing about it being the longest/largest industrial railway in Ireland really doesn’t hold-up, given the massive extent of Bord Ma Mona networks. Perhaps the claim to fame hinges on the words ‘privately owned’, in that BnM has always been under some sort of public ownership. Kevin 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rue_d_etropal Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 (edited) Pity there isn't a book specifically on the Guinness system. Would have thought there would be interest in such a book, especially if it had drawings of the locos and wagons. Found an interesting article with a couple of drawings in a copy of NGIR(no 60), and only acouple of references to other publications. Found this bok, but it is mainly photos. Ireland's Largest Industrial Railway - The Guinness System Edited December 6, 2019 by rue_d_etropal 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Patrick Posted December 9, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2019 On 06/12/2019 at 11:00, Nearholmer said: Interesting little railway, and there is a lot of information about it and it’s rolling stock available if you dig deeply into contemporary publications. But, this oft-repeated thing about it being the longest/largest industrial railway in Ireland really doesn’t hold-up, given the massive extent of Bord Ma Mona networks. Perhaps the claim to fame hinges on the words ‘privately owned’, in that BnM has always been under some sort of public ownership. Kevin I concur. At its height, the BnM system had a combined route mileage in excess of CIÉ/Irish Rail's! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Patrick said: I concur. At its height, the BnM system had a combined route mileage in excess of CIÉ/Irish Rail's! It still has a substantial mileage, but it is in its Indian Summer now, like late 1950s commercial narrow gauge. With the run-down of BnM operations, it will very soon be no more. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard 5374 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 I still need to finish this off, but I’ve been working on/off on some of the rolling stock for the narrow gauge part of the site. Working in 4mm scale, I’m using 009 as it’s a better working compromise for me than 00n6.5. 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 That's some size of a manhole cover beside it! Excellent job............ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rue_d_etropal Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 this railway has always fascinated me, but finding scale drwings is difficult. I got PPaul Webb's book(Moseley Trust) for Christmas and was pleasantly surprised to find it had drawings. After comparing with photos I noticed some small differences, but they were good enough as a starting point. Concentrated on the later locos and stock, and just completed my designs(12 different scales!) for the steam and diesel Hudswell Clarke locos and the narrow gauge locos and some rolling stock. I might have a look at te others at some time, but there sems to be even less info about them, apart from a handful of photos. http://www.rue-d-etropal.com/3D-printing/3d_printed_Irish-5ft-3in-gauge-trains1.htm http://www.rue-d-etropal.com/3D-printing/3d_printed-irish-narrow-gauge.htm Now I may have to actually build a model. If I was having bothbroad and narrow gauges, I would probably go for 1/35 scale, using 45mm and 16.5mm gauges. The 16.5mm is a bit wide, but not too much. Alternatively 1/50th scale using 32mm and 12mm or 10.5mm gauges. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 There are examples of both the Geoghan steamers and the Hibberd diesels preserved, if you wanted to measure the real things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rue_d_etropal Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Nearholmer said: There are examples of both the Geoghan steamers and the Hibberd diesels preserved, if you wanted to measure the real things. hopefully the drawngs were based on those ones preserved, given that it was a Moseley Trust publication. I only spotted one difference with the diesel, and the steamer looked OK, and also had the drawings inanother magazine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) A short note about a couple of publications which focus on the Guinness Brewery Railways. ..... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/07/22/the-guinness-brewery-railways-dublin-again This very short article results from some recent reading about the railways on the Guinness Brewery site in Dublin. An article in 'Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling Review' Issue 60 Volume 8, October 2004, p134-142; and Paul Webb, 'Shifting the Stout', The Moseley Trust, Apedale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. Edited July 23, 2020 by rogerfarnworth 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 On 17/01/2020 at 19:34, rue_d_etropal said: this railway has always fascinated me, but finding scale drwings is difficult. I got PPaul Webb's book(Moseley Trust) for Christmas and was pleasantly surprised to find it had drawings. After comparing with photos I noticed some small differences, but they were good enough as a starting point. Concentrated on the later locos and stock, and just completed my designs(12 different scales!) for the steam and diesel Hudswell Clarke locos and the narrow gauge locos and some rolling stock. I might have a look at te others at some time, but there sems to be even less info about them, apart from a handful of photos. http://www.rue-d-etropal.com/3D-printing/3d_printed_Irish-5ft-3in-gauge-trains1.htm http://www.rue-d-etropal.com/3D-printing/3d_printed-irish-narrow-gauge.htm Now I may have to actually build a model. If I was having bothbroad and narrow gauges, I would probably go for 1/35 scale, using 45mm and 16.5mm gauges. The 16.5mm is a bit wide, but not too much. Alternatively 1/50th scale using 32mm and 12mm or 10.5mm gauges. I'm wondering if the IRRS has drawings of those locos. I know I've seen detailed drawings of them in the past - but dang me if I know where! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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