County Donegal Railway Ford railcar nos 2 and 3

Ford chassis with body built by C.H.Roe of Crossgates (Leeds). Operated 1924-1926 when road bus competition saw them sold to County Donegal Railways.
They were modified by County Donegal(body lowered), to fit 3ft gauge, but were not uccessful and were scrapped in the mid 30s. 

Colonel Stephens wanted to buy them, but was outbid by the County Donegal. 

Requires chassis, and finishing etc.

Requires balcony end railings

Cavan and Leitrim bogie composite coach 21L

Originally built for Tralee and Dingle railway as a coach no 18T

Cavan and Leitrim 7L coach with Bus body

In an attempt to increase passenger numbers one old 40ft  C&L coach was rebuilt with a new body using two bus bodies.

After railway closed the coach ended up on the Bord na Mona railway. The body was eventually scrapped and the chassis transferred to a preservation society.

The original conversion was similar to that done on the West Clare Railway when 3 short(27ft) trailer coaches were created for running with the new railcars. One of these trailers has now found its way to the Cavan and Leitrim preservation society line

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Cavan and Leitrim horsebox 19L and 20L

Supplied by Metropolitan for the railway. Survived up till 1957, in poor condition, and bodies were then scrapped and the frames etc used to build two new coal wagons.

 Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Cavan and Leitrim milkvan  

Two of these milkvans we built in railway works. Described as milkvans but more often used as guards vans. 1L remained in near original condition till the end in 1959, but 2L had replacement side windows and doors fitted.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Cavan and Leitrim milkvan 2L modified version

Two of these milkvans we built in railway works. Described as milkvans but more often used as guards vans. 1L remained in near original condition till the end in 1959, but 2L had replacement side windows and doors fitted.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Cavan and Leitrim cattle wagon

Open topped

Original condition

Supplied in large numbers to most Irish railways. Authorities not keen on open tops, and many either replaced or modified with top. On Cavan and Leitrim the journeys were not too long, so lack of roof was not perceived as much a problem, but some were converted mainly for horse transport.

Cavan and Leitrim cattle wagon

Open topped

modified with planked doors

Supplied in large numbers to most Irish railways. Authorities not keen onopen tops, and many either replaced or modified with top. On Cavan and Leitrim the journeys were not too long, so lack of roof was not perceived as much a problem, but some were converted mainly for horse transport.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Cavan and Leitrim cattle wagon

Open topped

modified with half doors

Supplied in large numbers to most Irish railways. Authorities not keen on open tops, and many either replaced or modified with top. On Cavan and Leitrim the journeys were not too long, so lack of roof was not perceived as much a problem, but some were converted mainly for horse transport.

Cavan and Leitrim cattle wagon

modified with roof fitted

Supplied in large numbers to most Irish railways. Authorities not keen on open tops, and many either replaced or modified with top. On Cavan and Leitrim the journeys were not too long, so lack of roof was not perceived as much a problem, but some were converted mainly for horse transport.

Cavan and Leitrim covered van

Vents  in sides and ends

Modified doors

Classic Irish railway design, found on most railways in Ireland, featuring a partly open roof to make loading and unloading easier, and which could then be covered when required.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Cavan and Leitrim covered van

Vents only in ends

Modified doors

Classic Irish railway design, found on most railways in Ireland, featuring a partly open roof to make loading and unloading easier, and which could then be covered when required.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Cavan and Leitrim covered van

Type 2 Vents  in sides and ends

Modified doors

Classic Irish railway design, found on most railways in Ireland, featuring a partly open roof to make loading and unloading easier, and which could then be covered when required.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Cavan and Leitrim covered van

Type 2 Vents  only in ends

Modified doors

Classic Irish railway design, found on most railways in Ireland, featuring a partly open roof to make loading and unloading easier, and which could then be covered when required.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Cavan and Leitrim covered van

Vents  in sides and ends

Pickering built version

Classic Irish railway design, found on most railways in Ireland, featuring a partly open roof to make loading and unloading easier, and which could then be covered when required.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Cavan and Leitrim covered van

Vents  only in ends

Pickering built version

Classic Irish railway design, found on most railways in Ireland, featuring a partly open roof to make loading and unloading easier, and which could then be covered when required.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Cavan and Leitrim covered van

Vents  in sides and ends

Pickering built version

mixed doors1

Classic Irish railway design, found on most railways in Ireland, featuring a partly open roof to make loading and unloading easier, and which could then be covered when required.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Cavan and Leitrim covered van

Vents  in sides and ends

Pickering built version

mixed doors2

Classic Irish railway design, found on most railways in Ireland, featuring a partly open roof to make loading and unloading easier, and which could then be covered when required.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Cavan and Leitrim  van

NoVents in sides and ends

Modified doors

Standard van, built alongside the covered vans. Some were converted into covered vans, but some remained in service into the 1950s.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Cavan and Leitrim  van

Vents in  ends

Modified doors

Standard van, built alongside the covered vans. Some were converted into covered vans, but some remained in service into the 1950s.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Cavan and Leitrim standard open wagon

Standard open wagon , 5T capacity, smaller than the more common high capacity wagons used for coal traffic.

Cavan and Leitrim high capacity open wagon

one door each side

high capacity open wagons supplied mainly for coal transport.

Unusually fitted with brake handles mounted at end rather than centre

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Cavan and Leitrim high capacity open wagon 60l

central brake handle

one door each side

high capacity open wagons supplied mainly for coal transport.

originally  fitted with brake handles mounted at end rather than centre

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Cavan and Leitrim high capacity open wagon

two doors  each side

high capacity open wagons supplied mainly for coal transport.

originally  fitted with brake handles mounted at end rather than centre

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Cavan and Leitrim Passage Open wagon

Ex Cork and Muskerry

Transferred from Cork and Muskerry in 1934, for use on Arigna coal traffic. As couplings did not match C&L one, wagons were assembled in fixed sets with adapter couplings fixed to end wagons.

Two brakevans also came with these wagons.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Cavan and Leitrim Passage Brakevan

Ex Cork and Muskerry

Two brakevans transferred along with open wagons. Fitted with modified couplings to run on C&L. Initially popular, but soon became shaky, so only one was used in emergency. Both lasted till 1958-59.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Tralee and Dingle bogie all third

Most numerous of the TDR coaches. All transferred to West Clare Railway when passenger service stopped.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Tralee and Dingle bogie brake third coach

 In 1940s  converted into all brake , by replacing or removing doors and removing seating.

Transferred to West Clare Railway and Cavan and Letrim Railway on closure of Tralee and Dingle Railway.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Tralee and Dingle bogie brake composite 13T

Built to a slightly different design to brake third, with paneling instead of match boarded sides.

Used for cattle trains from 1940, and scrapped in 1954, still on the Tralee and Dingle Railway.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Tralee and Dingle bogie brake third 14T

30ft version of the standard brake third coach.

not rebuilt for cattle trains, and transferred to West Clare with the all third coaches.

Tralee and Dingle bogie composite 16T

32 ft composite coach

transferred to West Clare, where it was rebuilt as a passenger brake coach.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Tralee and Dingle bogie composite 18T

30 ft composite coach

transferred to West Clare and then to Cavan and Leitrim Railway.

Tralee and Dingle bogie van 39T

Van supplied by Bristol Carriage and Wagon Company in 1892.

Length estimated to be about 27ft, which is same as coaches supplied. As it is similar, apart from length, to 42T, this has been used as a basis for model design.

Out of use by 1950.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Tralee and Dingle bogie van 40T

Van supplied by the Tubular Wagon Company in 1892.

Continued in service up till 1940, withdrawn sometime before 1950.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

Tralee and Dingle horsebox

Supplied by Bristol Wagon an Carriage Company around about 1890. Similar to horsebox on West Clare Railway.

Used up till end of 1930s, derelict by 1950 and scrapped in 1954.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc

West Clare railcar trailer coach

When the railway introduced its new railcars it also had 3 ex Tralee and Dingle coaches rebuilt with bus type bodies. Similar but shorter than the bus body conversion on the Cavan and Leitrim Railway.

One of these trailer coaches is now preserved on the Cavan and Leitrim preserved railway.

West Clare passenger brake coach 41C

Originally built for Tralee and Dingle as a 32ft composite coach and transferred when passenger service suspended. Converted into a brake coach after a year.

West Clare Railway

horsebox

One supplied by Bristol Wagon and Carriage Company in 1893. photos still show it in 1955, but it was scrapped 2 years later.

Similar to horsebox supplied to Tralee and Dingle Railway by same company.

In the 1870s the Guinness brewery had expanded so much that internal transport was becoming difficulty so construction of a narrow gauge railway network serving the entire brewery, with a gauge of 1ft 10in. Much of the basic system was laid between 1873 and 1877, designed by Mr Geoghegan, the chief engineer.
Initially small steam locos were introduced, each with problems, partly caused by their low height and closeness to the ground, so Mr Geoghegan set about designing a locomotive possessing all their best features but without their handicaps. The result was an 0−4−0 side tank engine with horizontally mounted cylinders situated above the marine-type boiler driving through a dummy crankshaft and vertical connecting rods, which in turn drove the wheels. Instead of the cylinders being bolted to the boiler, they were fixed to the frames which were carried the full height of the locomotive above the top of the boiler. The side tanks were also attached to the frames. Another novel feature was the independent spring frame which consisted of eight steel leaves in pairs, two pairs on each side of the locomotive and one pair each above and below the axle boxes. It was attached to the front and back stays, so that by removing the pins and connecting rods, and with the locomotive lifted, the spring frame could be wheeled out from beneath the locomotive to receive attention and maintenance. The general layout of these engines was one of accessibility for repair but with maximum protection from dirt.
Converter wagons of 5ft 3in gauge were also designed. The locos could be lifted into these converter wagons and then then run on the 5ft 3in gauge tracks connecting the brewery to the mainline. 

Wagons were mainly 4 wheel tipper wagons and bogie flat wagons for transporting casks. Also some 4 wheel passenger wagons for taking visitors around the brewery. 

Purpose built broad gauge locos were eventually introduced, and diesel locos were introduced on both narrow and broad gauge in 1940s and 50s. The broad gauge lines were closed down in mid 1960s, the narrow gauge surviving till 1975. 
Several narrow gauge steam and diesel locos have been preserved, including at least one converter wagon and crane. Some tipper wagons and passenger wagons still exist. One broad gauge loco has been preserved in working order, but the diesel loco has been scrapped. 

Requires chassis, wheels and finishing off

Requires chassis, wheels and finishing off

Requires chassis, wheels and finishing off

Requires chassis, wheels and finishing off

Requires chassis, wheels and finishing off

Requires chassis, wheels and finishing off

Requires chassis, wheels and finishing off