IRM1272 CIE Bulleid H Van - Grey (CIE Flying Snail era) - vacuum fitted - Pack 1 Cobalt-Collection Bachmann/Trumpeter joint venture tooling

Bachmann/Trumpeter joint venture tooling

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

Measuring 288mm long

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

IRM1272 CIE Bulleid H Van - Grey (CIE Flying Snail era) - vacuum fitted - Pack 1 Cobalt-Collection Bachmann/Trumpeter joint venture toolingThe 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