CIÉ 12T Corrugated Open Wagon - Roundel - 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

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BR blue (early 1970s)

Class 37/0 - 37051

Sandbox hatches

CAWD 92765

set at correct colour temperature

As palletised shipments became increasingly common

Mark 2b SO - 935

All wheel drive (sprung centre axle) and all wheel pickup

Free running track pickup

High intensity headlight function where applicable

English Electric Type 3 (Class 37) - 97301