Sad beyond belief: Kells

corktina · 15-02-2015 3:46pm #1

https://www.flickr.com/photos/33672038@N05/sets/72157631767465013/

Red Alert · 16-02-2015 11:03pm

Sad to see the KD in such a woeful condition - there weren't many of them to begin with, and it would be nice to see one running. IIRC Howth's one is unable to run under its own power, unless they've fixed it up. Great and unique sound off them as well.

The sheer number of vehicles in that place is beyond belief. I'm not sure it's the right approach to simply hoard loads of identical ones, rather than trying to build up and curate a more thoughtful and maintainable collection. I'd love to know how many of the vehicles can actually run.

Did you see many other visitors there?

EDIT: Spoke too soon! I think that's Howth's second KD in this video that came from the training school in action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU7V1U3Laik

corktina · 17-02-2015 9:37am

not my pics

munchkin_utd · 17-02-2015 3:30pm

to build a proper shed probably would cost an arm and a leg but surely some sort of roof/ canopy could be done half ways reaonably affordably.

Having busses rotting in the Irish wet and dampness isnt really much use as it'll all end up as scrap sooner or later that way.

slight tangent, did I see a couple of Belfast city busses with DL regs on them ? did they actually enter service in Donegal ?

[Deleted User] · 17-02-2015 3:46pm

I was at the Dublin Port Rally last year and KD353 was operational but very smokey. Have a video of it at the end of the day, driving off in a cloud of blue smoke.

LXFlyer · 17-02-2015 4:04pm

Karsini wrote: »

I was at the Dublin Port Rally last year and KD353 was operational but very smokey. Have a video of it at the end of the day, driving off in a cloud of blue smoke.

I think it should be made clear that KD353 is the property of the National Transport Museum in Howth and not the "unique" individual behind this location.

[Deleted User] · 17-02-2015 5:14pm

lxflyer wrote: »

I think it should be made clear that KD353 is the property of the National Transport Museum in Howth and not the "unique" individual behind this location.

Yes I should have quoted Red Alert's post.

Red Alert · 17-02-2015 6:22pm

Great to hear KD353 is runnable too - it used to occasionally turn up on the 48A if I remember correctly.

LXFlyer · 17-02-2015 6:57pm

Red Alert wrote: »

Great to hear KD353 is runnable too - it used to occasionally turn up on the 48A if I remember correctly.

It was marked in on the first 47 out of Donnybrook each morning for most of it's latter years, plying the roads of south Dublin to Rockbrook, Tibradden, Grange Road and Whitechurch.

Losty Dublin · 21-02-2015 8:02pm

Red Alert wrote: »

Great to hear KD353 is runnable too - it used to occasionally turn up on the 48A if I remember correctly.

Still does, apparently

foggy_lad · 21-02-2015 9:10pm

corktina wrote: »

https://www.flickr.com/photos/33672038@N05/sets/72157631767465013/

That place is just a scrapyard/breakers yard and maybe the reason Cork CoCo have not ordered them to clear it out and clean it up like happens with all other places where vehicles are dismantled is because it is called a museum?

I wonder is it registered as a "charity"?

whisky_galore · 27-02-2015 5:26pm

Just one of many scrapyards masquerading as 'transport museums' in this country, just delaying the inevitable, i.e. scrapping.

That double decker in Halfway Village is another eyesore.

Either look after it and/or put it under cover. Otherwise forget it.

Sad beyond belief: Kells

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