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  • 20-08-2014 7:01pm
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    Trick of the Tail
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    A.


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


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    Trick of the Tail
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    Puzzled more than excited!


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    jhnn
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭jhnn


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


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    corktina
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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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    whisky_galore
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    Bord na Mona cast-offs and failed preservation efforts?


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    man98
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    Oh, the inhumanity of it!


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    TheBoyConor
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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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    91wx763
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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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    GM228
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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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    new92
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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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    TheBoyConor
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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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    [Deleted User]
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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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    Del.Monte
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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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    end of the road
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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.

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    MyLove4Satan
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    One photo sums up this country's relationship with its industrial heritage...


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