CIE Bulleid H Van - Grey (CIE Flying Snail era) -Unfitted-Pack 1 pre TOPS Named ‘You Are Never Alone’

Named ‘You Are Never Alone’ at Ipswich Station in November 2019

The most accurate B4 and B5 bogies ever produced

Completed nearly six years after D6700 had left Vulcan Foundary

One engine that hasn’t changed operators was DRS owned 66421

CIE Bulleid H Van - Grey (CIE Flying Snail era) -Unfitted-Pack 1 pre TOPS Named ‘You Are Never Alone’The 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