IRM1272 CIE Bulleid H Van - Grey (CIE Flying Snail era) - vacuum fitted - Pack 1 Cobalt-Collection Metal wheels and bearings

Metal wheels and bearings

these wagons (diagram 1/050) carried fragile traffic from earthenware pipes to whisky barrels

Russian sources suggest that the curvimeter might have been invented by the polymath Mikhail Lomonosov who presumably initially called it “krivimetr”

It is a slide track that enables fine dimensional adjustment that was difficult to solve by combining existing straight tracks

IRM1272 CIE Bulleid H Van - Grey (CIE Flying Snail era) - vacuum fitted - Pack 1 Cobalt-Collection Metal wheels and bearingsThe programme of rolling stock production undertaken by Oliver Bulleid during his time as Chief Mechanical Engineer at Cors Iompair ireann (CI) in the 1950s contained a number of now iconic vehicles, among them being the humble H Van. With a 10ft wheelbase and 12 ton capacity, these unassuming vans became CIs standard covered wagon and they found their way to every point of the Irish railway network during their time in service, present in long rakes