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Irish TRaction Group's 226

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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
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    Losty Dublin wrote: »
    The real 201 class :cool:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0UTWGkK9Es

    Sounds rather like a 181. :pac: Nice to see her finally start. :)


  • #3
    corktina
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    Losty Dublin wrote: »
    The real 201 class :cool:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0UTWGkK9Es

    could a Mod seperate this out into a dedicated thread please.


  • #4
    corktina
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    the full story is now available in the current issue of Irish Mail.... worth joining ITG just to read....

    sadly I missed the day, being up to my eyes in Fords in the UK at the time, hopefully I'll be there the next time it is started.


  • #5
    Niles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭Niles


    Excellent, great to see their decades of hard work and perseverance pay off.


  • #6
    Eiretrains
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 272 ✭✭Eiretrains


    Karsini wrote: »
    Sounds rather like a 181. :pac:
    Not sure to take the bait or not.:pac: But maybe for those who don't know, the engine was obtained from a 141/181 Class locomotive, which itself had obtained from a withdrawn C Class from the late 1980s.:D
    C226 in 1971, one of the Class to have heating/lighting thingy* on the buffer beam.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/holycorner/6749912153/

    *Edit:
    An interesting development was the fitting of equipment to supply electric train-lighting for use on branch line services; 203 213, 215, 218, 223, and 231 were among the ten so fitted. A jumper box was provided on the buffer beam, and a cable carried current from the generator to specially-equipped carriages. The experiment was, however, short-lived—the reason for it ceased to exist when the branch lines were closed. - Crossley Diesels of CIE, by Dan Renehan, IRRS No.90.


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
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    Would anyone have any pictures of 226 in silver or as B226?
    It appears to have been camera shy.

    As an aside as far as I know 231 & 233 were delivered in green, never wore silver.


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
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    I can't imagine that they were able to haul much with that puny engine.


  • #9
    corktina
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    puny! it was big enough when I had my head stuck up it earlier on! I'd say there will be several more decades of hard work before you can ride behind it, unless of course some of youse would like to come and help..(says the Veteran of 4 working visits!)


  • #10
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    corktina wrote: »
    puny! it was big enough when I had my head stuck up it earlier on! I'd say there will be several more decades of hard work before you can ride behind it, unless of course some of youse would like to come and help..(says the Veteran of 4 working visits!)
    I was referring to the Crossley there...

    I'd be interested in volunteering myself but I don't exactly know what I could offer.


  • #11
    corktina
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    well they were pretty welcoming to me and I have no particular skills. I just do what I'm told and the other guys can get on with more important stuff. I don't mind being the Gofer at all!


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  • #12
    Grandeeod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,310 ✭✭✭✭Grandeeod


    corktina wrote: »
    well they were pretty welcoming to me and I have no particular skills. I just do what I'm told and the other guys can get on with more important stuff. I don't mind being the Gofer at all!

    Carrick is a great place and I applaud the work of one particular person down there. Won't name him, but he is its life and soul.


  • #13
    metrovick001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 420 ✭✭metrovick001


    Well done, a fantastic result - I cant imagine how much effort must have gone into MV226 over the past number of years.


  • #14
    Losty Dublin
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    Karsini wrote: »
    I can't imagine that they were able to haul much with that puny engine.

    The puny Crossley engine had a top speed of 75 MPH!!


  • #15
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    Losty Dublin wrote: »
    The puny Crossley engine had a top speed of 75 MPH!!
    How many bogies could it haul at that speed though?


  • #16
    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,258 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    Karsini wrote: »
    How many bogies could it haul at that speed though?

    Short answer is that I don't know but I doubt that one could for too long. That said, few lines could take trains at high speeds and most good were loose coupled and subjected to a 25 MPH limit so a C hauling a heavy fast train was probably never ever an issue.


  • #17
    GBOA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭GBOA


    Karsini wrote: »
    I'd be interested in volunteering myself but I don't exactly know what I could offer.

    Anyone willing to put in a bit of graft is more than appreciated! Did it myself without any specific skills.


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