How many of you knew that one of the greatest locomotive engineering minds of the last centuary, O V Bulleid, went to work for Irish railways CIE in 1949 after the demise of Southern Railway.
And further to that move he developed a turf burning locomotive based on the Leander!
Yes, a loco than ran on Irish grass. And this operated for 6 years under trial.
I wonder how many Irish modellers have scratch built one of these unique locomotives?
Apparently Bulleid took the Irish railway system by the scruff of the kneck and modernised everything, retiring in 1958 at the age of 75.
I didn't know any of this and did a bit of research after picking something up whilst doing a spot of reading. It all came as a bit of a surprise.
Happy modelling
Gary
And further to that move he developed a turf burning locomotive based on the Leander!
Yes, a loco than ran on Irish grass. And this operated for 6 years under trial.
I wonder how many Irish modellers have scratch built one of these unique locomotives?
Apparently Bulleid took the Irish railway system by the scruff of the kneck and modernised everything, retiring in 1958 at the age of 75.
I didn't know any of this and did a bit of research after picking something up whilst doing a spot of reading. It all came as a bit of a surprise.
Happy modelling
Gary