CIE Bulk Cement Wagon - Ivory - Pack 2 Coach Type_SO Still controversial almost four decades

Still controversial almost four decades after being repainted

At its first shopping date it would be repainted in the standard LNER black livery of the time

Wagon C 25116

The programme of rolling stock production undertaken by Oliver Bulleid during his time as Chief Mechanical Engineer at Corás Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) in the 1950s contained a number of now-iconic vehicles

CIE Bulk Cement Wagon - Ivory - Pack 2 Coach Type_SO Still controversial almost four decadesIntroduced in seven batches between 1964 and 1972, a total of 150 of these two axle wagons were built by Cras Iompair ireann (CI) to convey bulk loads of cement from Irish Cements plants at Drogheda in County Louth, Castlemungret in County Limerick and Platin in County Meath to distribution points throughout the CI Irish Rail and Northern Ireland Railways networks. Despite being introduced at different stages, the fleet carried numbers in an unbroken