CIE Bulleid H Van - Grey (CIE Flying Snail era) -Unfitted- Pack 2 UCV the first of several hundred

the first of several hundred locomotives of a type that would revolutionise Railfreight across the UK (and Europe)

Correct height NEM standard coupling sockets with mini tension lock couplers

leaving the works on 1 December 1947

It was eventually scrapped at EMR Kingsbury in January 2008

CIE Bulleid H Van - Grey (CIE Flying Snail era) -Unfitted- Pack 2 UCV the first of several hundredThe 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