Coaching Stock
The TBLR livery is crimson lake for all coaching stock. Coaches, railcars and locos also carry the company crest on their sides.
 First class coach No.2  Third class coach No.8  Passenger brake van No.24 (shown carrying its former number 54). |
West Carberry Tramway 1st class 4 wheel coach, No 2. Built by Dick Kerr & Co. circa 1886. The coach originally had open platforms at each end but it was completely rebuilt in the company workshops between 1910 and 1912. By then the company had changed its name to the Schull & Skibbereen Railway. The interior is split into two compartments one smoking and one non smoking, both are fitted with upholstered longitudinal seating.
Schull & Skibbereen Railway 3rd class 4 wheel coach, No 8. Built by Dick Kerr & Co. 1912. This coach also originally had open platforms at each end and was completely rebuilt by the Schull & Skibbereen Railway some time later. Note that there is only one door, centrally located on each side of the coach.
Schull & Skibbereen Railway Guard's Brake Van, No 54. (TBLR No.24). Built in the company's own workshop circa 1909. The guard's van was fitted with benches which could seat up to 10 people. These could accommodate any overflow of passengers on busy days or provide seating for drovers on the cattle specials.
All three Schull & Skibbereen coaches were made using Worsley Works etched brass parts. Follow this link to see how the coaches were made. |
First, third, brake composite No.13
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Tralee and Dingle Light Railway brake composite coach No.13. This 27ft panelled 1st, 3rd brake composite coach was built by the Bristol Carriage and Wagon Co, in 1898. Number 13 is a very useful coach as it contains both classes of accommodation and a guard's compartment, so it is a complete passenger train in itself. It is run mainly on the railcar service with unit No.2 or Loco No.5 providing the power. It also sees use at the end of cattle trains on fair days. The sides and ends are by Worsley Works, the rest is scratch built. Follow this link to the workshop blog to see how the coach was built.
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This model replaced a 16mm scratch built model of this coach which was well over 30 years old.
My late aunt, who lived in Dingle and worked in the hospital, used to tell me stories of when she would hitch a ride into Tralee on the goods train in order to save the bus fare. This was after the passenger service ceased in 1939. She probably travelled in this coach as it appears in several photos, bringing up the rear of the daily goods in the 1940s.
My late aunt, who lived in Dingle and worked in the hospital, used to tell me stories of when she would hitch a ride into Tralee on the goods train in order to save the bus fare. This was after the passenger service ceased in 1939. She probably travelled in this coach as it appears in several photos, bringing up the rear of the daily goods in the 1940s.