CIE Bulleid H Van - Grey (CIE Flying Snail era) -Unfitted- Pack 2 Irish Rail - IR Sandboxes : No

Sandboxes : No

BR green with wrap-around yellow nose panels

First numbered as 50 under the GER

Another locomotive that was transported on the MV Fairload was GBRF’s 66724

The Inverness batch was also fitted with Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) equipment soon after ‘refurbishment’ to work the Dingwall-Kyle line and the recently commissioned section to Wick and Thurso

CIE Bulleid H Van - Grey (CIE Flying Snail era) -Unfitted- Pack 2 Irish Rail - IR Sandboxes : NoThe 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