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I fear you are quite correct! Robert H --- old post above --- --- new post below --- from Robert Hendry I do not know enough about the internal politics of CIE and BnaM but at a guess it would be size. Until the 1960s and the 85 bhp Wagonmasters, the BnaM locos were mostly under 48 hp...

Hi, I agree, depressing is the only word for it! As the West Clare had some stiff grades, and we both knew what the CDRJC cars could do, which was to haul the other car out of gear which was a lot heavier than our coaches, Phillip Wombwell and I went on a rule of thumb as I had no reference...

I am sure a lot of people would like to see the CDRJC Railcars restored. The first time i saw them was a few days after they had entered service on the IMR and the paintwork was sparkling after their overhaul. They were very useful from then on and right through until the 1980s. They then...

Many thanks for your good wishes. As you say, the cut and paste nonsense has been bandied about to blacken the project. When I was working on the MNR book my late father and I wrote, and that is a LONG time ago, I studied the dimensions of the two engines, so I knew how dissimilar they were. A...

Hove Heretic asked "Does anyone know what the S.R plans are for the loco? ( Fears on the IoM are of a chop about to recreate a Southwold Sharpie rather than restoration to I.M.R original / working condition.)" As chairman of the IOM Railway & Tramway Preservation Society and of the...