tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722639571256284211.post6575578045427284449..comments2024-03-01T12:52:28.700+00:00Comments on Vince's World: Ffestiniog Travel 'Irish Circular'Vince Chadwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574535415334583121noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722639571256284211.post-53585509138226514912016-06-22T17:18:40.010+01:002016-06-22T17:18:40.010+01:00Thanks Ken. Can't remember who told us about t...Thanks Ken. Can't remember who told us about the Bushmills being battery electric and Suir valley being ex-chunnel. But I have made the corrections as I'm sure you know what you are talking about. I'm sure someone else will comment if it turns out you don't!Vince Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574535415334583121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722639571256284211.post-55866794262271040272016-06-22T17:03:09.619+01:002016-06-22T17:03:09.619+01:00Very interesting trip report. In the interests of ...Very interesting trip report. In the interests of accuracy, I'd like to correct a couple of details about a few of the narrow gauge locos reported though:<br /><br />The tram on the Giants Causeway Railway is diesel powered not battery electric. (Built by Severn Lamb in 2010.)<br /><br />As far as I'm aware none of the locos on the Suir Valley Railway came from the Channel Tunnel Contract. All but one are ex Bord na Mona, and the one wasn't ever at the Channel Tunnel (it was another peat bog loco actually, in Scotland). I imagine you are quoting staff; I wonder where they got the idea? Off hand I can only think of one ex Channel Tunnel loco in Ireland - RFS 101L on the West Clare Railway (pictured later in the blog).<br /><br />Ken ScanesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722639571256284211.post-35296973536840738592016-06-22T09:45:05.457+01:002016-06-22T09:45:05.457+01:00Thanks Andrew. Glad you like the report, and thank...Thanks Andrew. Glad you like the report, and thank you for the info on the 800 class which I'll research.Vince Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574535415334583121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722639571256284211.post-58850257527599463782016-06-22T08:02:38.547+01:002016-06-22T08:02:38.547+01:00Hi Vince, great blog post and photos!
One small co...Hi Vince, great blog post and photos!<br />One small comment: although the 800 class locos are often said to look like the rebuilt Scots, this is entirely coincidental. In fact the 800 class dates from 1939, two years before the first rebuilt Scot. The connection is much more tenuous, the Swindon influence being via Holcroft and Maunsell.Andrew Shimminnoreply@blogger.com