CIÉ 12T Corrugated Open Wagon - Flying Snail - Pack 1In 1950 the board of Cors Iompair ireann (CI) appointed Oliver Bulleid as its Chief Mechanical Engineer. Bulleid, renowned as designer of the distinctive Merchant Navy and Light Pacific locomotives during his tenure with the Southern Railway in England, did not have an opportunity to pursue his legendary innovativeness to the same extent in Ireland, but his arrival nonetheless heralded a period of modernisation and standardisation. Apart from

British Railways Black Livery

worked Stafford to Crewe then Crewe to Stafford on the same tour

'unpainted' with GBRf and VTG logos - “Ghosted” former First logos

Outshopped in large logo livery

New to 86A Cardiff Canton in January 1965 and then to Swansea Landore in 1972

Sealed Beam Headlight

Toughened windscreens with as built cab layout

large LED tail lights and MW socket

111 vehicles were built for British Rail to three designs

The covid 19 pandemic placed the overhaul on hold indefinitely and Wilbert was shunted to the end of a siding

Highly detailed

Upper central lamp iron: present