{"product_id":"irish-railway-models-irm1259-po-pre-owned-irm1259-cie-12t-corrugated-open-wagon-roundel-beet-traffic-pack-1","title":"Pre-Owned IRM1259 CIÉ 12T Corrugated Open Wagon - Roundel - Beet Traffic - Pack 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0225\/2858\/9896\/files\/PRE_OWNED_deb9c3e3-4eba-441b-9472-3819dde489cb.jpg?v=1744705987\" width=\"201\" height=\"63\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-Owned Item, in as new condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1950 the board of Corás Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) appointed Oliver Bulleid as its Chief Mechanical Engineer. Bulleid, renowned as designer of the distinctive Merchant Navy and Light Pacific locomotives during his tenure with the Southern Railway in England, did not have an opportunity to pursue his legendary innovativeness to the same extent in Ireland, but his arrival nonetheless heralded a period of modernisation and standardisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApart from implementing the complete transition to diesel motive power, he also set about standardising CIÉ’s fleet of rolling stock with his patented triangulated underframe providing the basis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the most recognisable of the goods vehicles was the humble open wagon with its galvanised pressed metal body. More than 2,500 were constructed at Inchicore between 1956 and 1969, with up to twelve being outshopped each week at the height of production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Irish Railway Models","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58499714285952,"sku":"IRM-IRM1259-PO","price":89.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0225\/2858\/9896\/files\/IMG_2222_6399cc33-7203-48d7-aca2-ba0573601cf1.jpg?v=1784708890","url":"https:\/\/railsofsheffield.com\/products\/irish-railway-models-irm1259-po-pre-owned-irm1259-cie-12t-corrugated-open-wagon-roundel-beet-traffic-pack-1","provider":"Rails of Sheffield","version":"1.0","type":"link"}