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Old freight trucks, where are they now?

  • 02-05-2023 10:35am
    #1
    Beta Ray Bill
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    So I grew up beside a railway in Raheny, Dublin.

    I used to look out my bedroom window as trains passed and often noted the amount length and type of freight trains that passed by my house.

    Longest trains had a consist of approx 20/25 wagons, and there was at least 1 or 2 trains that passed each day.

    I am assuming that they carried the following : Kegs of Beer (Harp?), Ore, Ammonia (I used to think this was milk when I was a kid). Fertilizer (I think), Containers, Coal, (Others?)

    There seemed to be a lot wagons and a good number of wagon types.

    What happened to all of these wagons? Were they scrapped/does anyone know where they are?

    The only freight I see nowadays (and its RARE) is the Ore train. Sometimes I see container trains at the dock, and there's a wood train in Mayo I think.



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  • #2
    whisky_galore
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    You probably shaved with them this morning. All bar a tiny number have been scrapped.



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