Fake Railwayana Rogues Gallery

91wx763 · 13-03-2021 11:48pm

Some lovely pictures uploaded to the IRRS members only flickr page today containing various genuine lineside signs.

Del.Monte · 14-03-2021 9:57am

91wx763 wrote: »

Some lovely pictures uploaded to the IRRS members only flickr page today containing various genuine lineside signs.

Oh well, that rules me out.

91wx763 · 14-03-2021 12:51pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

Oh well, that rules me out.

Sorry JD, wasn't deliberate

Del.Monte · 23-03-2021 10:14am

Still hot from the foundry. Unsold at a recent NI auction - are buyers waking up at last?

Del.Monte · 17-04-2021 2:05pm

Surely this one is real - look at all the rust?

And here's one from a company that actually did have the GSWR pattern signs - but very few - and this isn't one of them. Ignoring the lettering, there's zero evidence of 70+ years of weathering from salty Atlantic winds which batter West Kerry.

Both currently for auction.

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interlocked · 03-05-2021 4:27pm

Another classic, up for auction at the moment

The DNGR sign is currently mushrooming, I've seen four or five in the last few weeks. Here's one.

Hotblack Desiato · 03-05-2021 4:47pm

Lialbe :pac:

Isambard · 03-05-2021 5:07pm

interlocked wrote: »

Another classic, up for auction at the moment

The DNGR sign is currently mushrooming, I've seen four or five in the last few weeks. Here's one.

I have a GSWR in my garden, I know it's a fake but it's getting nice and rusty now..... ;-)

The Continental Op · 03-05-2021 5:51pm

Isambard wrote: »

I have a GSWR in my garden, I know it's a fake but it's getting nice and rusty now..... ;-)

Soon be worth a fortune then

Del.Monte · 03-05-2021 6:44pm

This thing sold for €20 at Castleblaney this evening - €20 more than it's worth. The 'original' was affixed to the old water tower at Castlegregory Junction in the 1990s but was liberated in more recent times. You know things have reached rock bottom when even modern plaques are liberated and then copied. :rolleyes:

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Isambard · 04-05-2021 12:21pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

This thing sold for €20 at Castleblaney this evening - €20 more than it's worth. The 'original' was affixed to the old water tower at Castlegregory Junction in the 1990s but was liberated in more recent times. You know things have reached rock bottom when even modern plaques are liberated and then copied. :rolleyes:

€20 and it's a nice souvenir any more and it's a rip off. The original sign would be totally unique, so anyone claiming this one to be genuine is admitting handling stolen goods!

L1011 · 04-05-2021 12:24pm

20 after commission and the seller almost certainly didn't make anything on it - postage from whatever cheapo casting foundry they're using, paint, effort to rough it up etc.

Isambard · 04-05-2021 12:50pm

L1011 wrote: »

20 after commission and the seller almost certainly didn't make anything on it - postage from whatever cheapo casting foundry they're using, paint, effort to rough it up etc.

ah but they're looking for a mug to pay 50 or 80.... probably the guy who put it in the auction was that mug!

Del.Monte · 06-06-2021 9:38am

I notice a growing number of this sign appearing in recent months - seem to be originating in the Limerick area. What was the W & W R?

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Isambard · 06-06-2021 9:53am

Del.Monte wrote: »

I notice a growing number of this sign appearing in recent months - seem to be originating in the Limerick area. What was the W & W R?

no room for the third W no doubt.

tabbey · 07-06-2021 11:39am

Del.Monte wrote: »

I notice a growing number of this sign appearing in recent months - seem to be originating in the Limerick area.

Limerick area, a polite designation of Rathkeale.
No doubt these dealers will be travelling to markets throughout these islands as restrictions are lifted.

So w&wr could mean Wiltshire & Western Railway just as easily as Waterford & Wexford Railway.
Keep your options open for any opportunity.

Working class heroes · 07-06-2021 12:53pm

tabbey wrote: »

Limerick area, a polite designation of Rathkeale.
No doubt these dealers will be travelling to markets throughout these islands as restrictions are lifted.

So w&wr could mean Wiltshire & Western Railway just as easily as Waterford & Wexford Railway.
Keep your options open for any opportunity.

Have you a source for that claim?

Isambard · 12-08-2021 3:25pm

here's one source anyway https://www.cast-iron-wholesale.co.uk/category/1/Railway_Signs

12-08-2021 4:22pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117743166#Comment_117743166

They only make them for the UK market, looks like high quality reproductions as well, not some of the crappy ones shown here.

Glad to see they didn't include detailed instructions. 🤢

Isambard · 12-08-2021 7:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117743467#Comment_117743467

I've seen some of them being sold in Ireland. The ones shown may be for the UK market but that doesn't mean they don't have others for Ireland. The Flying Scotsman and Mallard ones for instance are not high quality reproductions in any shape or form!

whisky_galore · 13-08-2021 9:02am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117743467#Comment_117743467

Some look ok from a distance but are either undersized for convenience to fix to your garden fence, wrong fonts, complete works of fiction or 'funny' signs as the one in the pic. Definitely not of a quality that would fool anyone in the know.

13-08-2021 1:38pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117746152#Comment_117746152

True, but they're far superior in appearance (from a distance) to the crappy trespassing signs posted here over the years.

Board Walker · 23-08-2021 12:34pm

I was at my friends place last week and saw 5 railway signs on a pallet. My friends dad started on the railway in 1966 and retired about 10 years back. They weren't for sale but i had to tell him to move them as a lot of people come and go from their place as my friend has a garage there. I believe most came from the Dungarvan line. They had level crossing gates next to their house Just outside Mallow on the line. I would believe they are all real, they need a bit of attention. either Sand blasted or electrolysis but they were heavily corroded but not irreparable in the slightest.

Hotblack Desiato · 24-08-2021 10:51am

I don't see how a stolen sign is any better from a moral standpoint than a fake one. Arguably, it's worse.

whisky_galore · 31-08-2021 4:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117792567#Comment_117792567

Don't clean them off if you need to sell at any point. A cruddy really rusted notice is a good indicator that it's not fake.

whisky_galore · 31-08-2021 4:51pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117796442#Comment_117796442

I think the Board of the Waterford Dungarvan & Lismore would need their property back, oh wait, they're all dead. :D

31-08-2021 5:28pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117828985#Comment_117828985

So is the company...(I don't ever remember Woolworths reclaiming all their signage when they went!) 😉

Board Walker · 01-09-2021 9:21am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117828973#Comment_117828973

I doubt he will sell them, he wouldn't sell me one!

grahamozco · 15-05-2023 10:57pm

Hi, i am over in Esses, UK. And i pick up items from house clreances. This week i have come access this sign. And wanted to get your views on this one, as to weather it is real or a reproduction.

Many thanks for your view and replies.

L1011 · 16-05-2023 6:38pm

Fake, that template has been made with every railway company name on it,

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