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Look what I came upon today...

20-08-2014 6:01pm

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#2 20-08-2014 6:14pm

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I bet you were excited...what a find for you

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#3 20-08-2014 6:41pm

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Puzzled more than excited!

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#4 20-08-2014 7:43pm

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Where is that scrap yard Trick of the Tail, great find....J...

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#5 20-08-2014 8:34pm

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if anyone wants to mount a rescue bid, I'd have room under cover for at least one loco.

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#6 21-08-2014 7:10am

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Bord na Mona cast-offs and failed preservation efforts?

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#7 21-08-2014 10:17am

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Oh, the inhumanity of it!

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#8 19-03-2021 1:15pm

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What is the story with C202/227 nowadays?

As it happens I have an empty farmyard now in my possession and I am thinking the current owner was disposed to it, I would be interested in making an offer. I am thinking maybe to cosmetically refurbish it, floor it out, some lighting and build a layout inside of it. I think transport will probably be the biggest cost.

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#9 20-03-2021 2:02pm

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I think the owner of all those locos had a visit to a "goverment hotel" so any preservation went on hold for a few years. It was on facebook a while back that the site was supposed to have been cleared.

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#10 21-03-2021 10:16pm

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C202 was moved to a private location in 2017 (believed to be in Cork).

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=103965577

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWAZR_yF5pm/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWAY2XglanR/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWAZIBDFM-7/

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#11 31-03-2021 4:46pm

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GM228 wrote: »

C202 was moved to a private location in 2017 (believed to be in Cork).

I thought I recognised that graffiti. My old pal. this fella was in Bilberry for a long while before the greenway.

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#12 01-04-2021 7:46am

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new92 wrote: »

I thought I recognised that graffiti. My old pal. this fella was in Bilberry for a long while before the greenway.

Any inkling as to where this "top secret" location might be?

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#13 01-04-2021 9:12am

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227 (numbered as C202 for no good reason) is a rotted out empty shell.

226 is a not rotted out and mostly works.
https://youtu.be/HFq8SjYWfpI

227 attracts more interest because it is shrouded in mystery and excitement. Will it be restored by them? Will they paint it NIR blue? Will they fit a Crossley engine? Will they run it on the main line?
Who are they?
We have a right to know!

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#14 01-04-2021 9:32am

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Fratello wrote: »

227 (numbered as C202 for no good reason) is a rotted out empty shell.

226 is a not rotted out and mostly works.
https://youtu.be/HFq8SjYWfpI

227 attracts more interest because it is shrouded in mystery and excitement. Will it be restored by them? Will they paint it NIR blue? Will they fit a Crossley engine? Will they run it on the main line?
Who are they?
We have a right to know!

Will it end up as razor blades? The most likely outcome in the Republic of Ireland.

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#15 01-04-2021 6:09pm

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Del.Monte wrote: »

Will it end up as razor blades? The most likely outcome in the Republic of Ireland.

ah to be fair i can't imagine it's good for anything else at this stage.
perhapse restore it as a static exibit and put a simulator in it but that's the only hope it has, and even then that is probably slim.
at least we have 226 and 231 and both work.

I'm very highly educated. I know words, i have the best words, nobody has better words then me.

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#16 07-04-2021 3:23pm

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One photo sums up this country's relationship with its industrial heritage...

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