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Fake Railwayana Rogues Gallery

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    #62
    Losty Dublin
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Meanwhile, in Dublin...as if a chain attached to the back made it an 'original'.

    http://www.gumtree.ie/a-antiques-collectibles/dublin/original-cork-blackrock-and-passage-railway-sign-cb-and-p/1001182943430910344722309

    Put me down for three.


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    #63
    GBOA
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    An old Guardsman's hat with a BR logo stuck on...?

    Looks like a combination of three items. A soviet military cap, guardsman's peak and BR badge. Complete with awful stitching. I reckon 99p is a rip off.


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    #64
    Del.Monte
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    Sorry for resurrecting an old thread but this from Done Deal today is worth a laugh. :D

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    #65
    Isambard
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    the amount of plagerism between railway compnies was truly scandalous.


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    #66
    Losty Dublin
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    Isambard wrote: »
    the amount of plagerism between railway compnies was truly scandalous.

    What is more scandalous is how so many Francis Ormsby's held high ranks in most of Ireland's railway companies. Nepotism perhaps?


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    #67
    Fred Swanson
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    #68
    tabbey
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    Fred Swanson wrote: »
    Could they have they not have said 2 pounds instead of 40 schillings?
    Most people never saw a pound note in the 19th century


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    #69
    [Deleted User]
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    What's a C.I.E.R.?


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    #70
    tabbey
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    Fratello wrote: »
    What's a C.I.E.R.?
    Itis a fake acronym.

    There never was a Coras Iompair Eireann Railway. Pure fake.


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    #71
    Fred Swanson
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    #72
    [Deleted User]
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    Fratello wrote: »
    What's a C.I.E.R.?
    I don't know, but I'm sure the BBC didn't ever run any railways! :D


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    #73
    [Deleted User]
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I don't know, but I'm sure the BBC didn't ever run any railways! :D

    If a D.A.R.T.R. comes up I'm getting it. Keep back the rest of ye its mine!


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    #74
    L1011
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    tabbey wrote: »
    Itis a fake acronym.

    There never was a Coras Iompair Eireann Railway. Pure fake.

    CIE Railways was used as a division name. But it's still a bad fake


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    #75
    whisky_galore
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I don't know, but I'm sure the BBC didn't ever run any railways! :D

    Its supposed to be Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway.


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    #76
    whisky_galore
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    tabbey wrote: »
    Most people never saw a pound note in the 19th century

    40/ was a standard fine seen on many 19th century public notices, unchanged right into CIE days.


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    #77
    tabbey
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    tabbey wrote: »
    Most people never saw a pound note in the 19th century

    40/ was a standard fine seen on many 19th century public notices, unchanged right into CIE days.
    Correct. Furthermore Edmundson type tickets were usually priced in shillings and old pence until shortly before decimalisation. Most internal Irish fares were under a pound until the 1960s, but cross channel fares (rail & sail) would typically be something like Boyle to Birmingham 47/6.


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    #78
    Del.Monte
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    Another variation of the infamous DNGR sign (see Post.9.in this thread) which has just turned up at auction. Note the addition of 1916 at the bottom right. Well weathered too - in a crude kind of way. :D

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    #79
    Losty Dublin
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    The history of this should give JD a bit of a laugh.

    http://www.gcrauctions.com/sale241/lot186.html


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    #80
    Del.Monte
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    The fake DNGR signs keep on coming, this one is included in a Co. Louth auction next week. Scrap value.

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    #81
    Isambard
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    Losty Dublin wrote: »
    The history of this should give JD a bit of a laugh.

    http://www.gcrauctions.com/sale241/lot186.html

    I bet they can prove hardly any of that


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    #82
    whisky_galore
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    Isambard wrote: »
    I bet they can prove hardly any of that

    Why not?

    A reputable specialist auction house unlike a lot of the chancers here selling junk.


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    #83
    Losty Dublin
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    Del.Monte wrote: »
    The fake DNGR signs keep on coming, this one is included in a Co. Louth auction next week. Scrap value.

    DNGR%2BFAKE.PNG

    I reckon that the family of Francis Ormsby are making these fake signs to flog off to unsuspecting collectors.


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    #84
    Del.Monte
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    Here's one of the crudest fakes yet. For sale in a Northern Ireland auction next week.

    CIE%2BR%2BSIGN.JPG

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    #85
    Isambard
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    Del.Monte wrote: »
    Here's one of the crudest fakes yet. For sale in a Northern Ireland auction next week.

    CIE%2BR%2BSIGN.JPG

    Is that the reserve? 40 shillings...rip off price


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    #86
    Del.Monte
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    t%2526d%2Bwater%2Btower.jpg

    Exhibit .1. in situ on the former Tralee & Dingle Water Tower at Castlegregory Junction.

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    Exhibit .2. Something is missing in this Streetview pic!

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    Exhibit.3. on DoneDeal today https://www.donedeal.ie/antiques-for-sale/old-railway-sign/20146352 :rolleyes:

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    #87
    Isambard
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    Del.Monte wrote: »
    t%2526d%2Bwater%2Btower.jpg

    Exhibit .1. in situ on the former Tralee & Dingle Water Tower at Castlegregory Junction.

    [IMG]:rolleyes:[/img]

    Brazen


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    #88
    Hotblack Desiato
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    Nice of them to touch up the paint on their stolen sign before flogging it.

    Life ain't always empty.



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    #89
    tabbey
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    If someone is selling a stolen plaque, it should be reported to the Garda. They probably won't do anything, but such criminal behaviour should not be ignored.

    Fair play to Del Monte.


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    #90
    Del.Monte
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    An interesting one currently on eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ANTIQUE-STYLE-IRISH-N-W-R-R-RAILWAY-NOTICE-NEWRY-WARRENPOINT-ROSTREVOR/143373840268?hash=item2161bf2f8c:g:QNIAAOSwZH1dbQP8

    Being sold with carefully worded description! Great wear and tear on reverse with evidence of the sign being long fastened to a gate. Serious age wear to holes and even paint looks genuinely ancient - must be a fake though.

    FRONT.jpg

    BACK.jpg

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    #91
    Isambard
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    the classic car shows are stuffed with fake signs such as these. The vendors will often cheerfully admit they are repro, just as the ebay seller here did (in a guarded sort of way). I picked up a Norton motorbike sign for €20 the other day. Nice decorative item which is displayed outdoors without worrying about it.

    It's the guys claiming they are real and asking big money are the villains here. There was one appeared on one of the BBC antique shows recently!


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