The St. James's Gate Brewery belonging to Guinness had what was apparently the longest private railway system in Ireland. In total there were 10 miles of track of which 8 miles were narrow gauge. There were some interesting innovations in lured within the system - a spiral in narrow gauge allowing trains to pass under St. James's Street, an ingenious conversion wagon which allowed narrow gauge locomotive to work on the broad gauge sidings, a unique design of narrow gauge locomotive specifically suited to the needs of the site.
This is another post prompted by reading 1951 editions of The Railway Magazine!
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/04/26/th ... ays-dublin
The Guinness Brewery Railways, Dublin
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A short note about a couple of publications which focus on the Guinness Brewery Railways. .....
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http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/07/22/th ... blin-again
This very short article results from some recent reading about the railways on the Guinness Brewery site in Dublin.
An article in 'Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling Review' Issue 60 Volume 8, October 2004, p134-142; and
Paul Webb, 'Shifting the Stout', The Moseley Trust, Apedale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
Re: The Guinness Brewery Railways, Dublin
I knew about the narrow gauge Guinness railway, but your post was most interesting and I've learnt more about that ingenious system. Thanks for posting.
Pete.
Re: The Guinness Brewery Railways, Dublin
'Tis nothing beside our modern innovations, which can take a modest typo and turn it into nonsense, all without any need for further input by the writer...rogerfarnworth wrote:...interesting innovations in lured ...