CIÉ 12T Corrugated Open Wagon - Roundel - Beet Traffic - Pack 2

CIÉ 12T Corrugated Open Wagon - Roundel - Beet Traffic - Pack 2In 1950 the board of Cors Iompair ireann (CI) appointed Oliver Bulleid as its Chief Mechanical Engineer. Bulleid, renowned as designer of the distinctive Merchant Navy and Light Pacific locomotives during his tenure with the Southern Railway in England, did not have an opportunity to pursue his legendary innovativeness to the same extent in Ireland, but his arrival nonetheless heralded a period of modernisation and standardisation. Apart from

The Pallet Vans quickly spread throughout the network

New to Neath shed

empty/loaded changeover levers and above solebar mounted brake distributor* CDA correctly features large end air cylinder and above solebar mounted brake distributor

50 wagons built to this pattern

a number of withdrawn H Vans were repurposed as flat wagons for the Permanent Way Department which were use for transporting materials and machinery

FYA 610019 EWS + RCTU x3 (220787-8

2c variant with their characteristic small 'air con'-style toilet windows

although they were allocated to Canton in South Wales due to this depot’s extensive knowledge of the English Electric Type 3s

it was fitted with non-standard ‘enclosed side’ steps for the running board

Narrow hornplates

becoming a stalwart of the North Wales coast and the famed ‘club’ trains from Liverpool and Manchester Victoria

Heysham 1 & 2