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Welcome to the KELLS TRANSPORT MUSEUM
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IRELANDS OPERATING BUS MUSEUM |
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PERU RAILWAYS - PERURAIL - FCCA - YAURICOCHA - CERRO DE PASCO - ENAFER |
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CORK AIRPORT LIVE FLIGHT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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She was retired to Mallow in 2001.
She was photographed two years later at Mallow.
And another photo at Capwell before delivery to the museum.
In April 2008 she had been at the museum for some years and looked like this.
Here she is ready to go to Dublin for restoration with Stephen and Christy.
We do not know what to do with her. 
January 29, 2010. With the arrival of 1312 our Tiger yard is getting a little congested. The above picture was taken this morning in the main yard and shows Tigers in every direction. We are currently resurfacing hence having to keep everything together. How many Tigers can you count? The easy ones are 1312 on the left and 598 on the right!
January 28, 2010. This is our second machine of 2010 and was delivered by our Barney Yourell.
The first vehicles in the Ulsterbus N Volvo preservation program are the "Ballymena Five", 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312 and 1313. We think it will be an unique first for preservation to have five vehicles in numerical order and from the same depot all together. 1312 was the last of the Ballymena Five to arrive and all give are in absolutely superb condition.
The following are her details:
Registration Number: PXI 1312
Chassis Make: Leyland
Chassis Model: Tiger TR2R56V16Z4
Chassis No.: TR00
Body Make : Alexander Belfast
Body Model: N
Body Number:
Engine: Volvo B58
HP:
Seating: B53F
Date service entry: July 1990
Coming off the motorway.
En route to the depot near Glanmire.
With a Kearneys Coach driven by Eddie Green at Hazelwood.
Approaching the depot.
Barney Yourell with 1312 on arrival.
Another View.
Another View.
Drivers Area.
Inside looking back.
Inside Looking Forward.
January 26, 2010. This is our first machine of 2010 and was delivered by our Barney Yourell.
The first vehicles in the N Volvo program are intended to be the "Ballymena Five", 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312 and 1313. We think it will be an unique first for preservation to have five vehicles in numerical order and from the same depot all together. Ballymena can be proud of the condition these are in which is why they were chosen.
The following are her details:
Registration Number: PXI 1311
Chassis Make: Leyland
Chassis Model: Tiger TR2R56V16Z4
Chassis No.: TR00
Body Make : Alexander Belfast
Body Model: N
Body Number:
Engine: Volvo B58
HP:
Seating: B53F
Date service entry: July 1990
En route to the depot leaving motorway.
An excellent view of her.
With Glanmire Footbridge as a backdrop.
With a Kearneys Coach driven by Eddie Green on the left and the CIE serice bus on the right at Hazelwood.
Coming up by O'Connell Warehousing.
Approaching the depot.
Turning in the depot entrance.
Barney Yourell and Michael Grimes with 1311 on arrival.
Drivers Area.
Inside looking back.
Inside Looking Forward.
Barney Yourell at the wheel.
Stephen Payne who also helped in the delivery.
Janaury 6, 2010. Obviously the weather is of major concern to us with the freezing temperatures but so far we seem to be surviving and are keeping our fingers crossed. The following photograph was taken and it really would pass for an Ulsterbus depot. It has to be unique in the annals of Irish preservation. Where else could you possibly see such a scene? The tow wagon gives the final authentic touch. Needless to mention there is another forty Ulsterbus vehicles not shown!
Not bad at all!
LEOPARD 117
January 5, 2009. Our baby Leopard started running around the museum today and we got some photos which follow.
At NewtownAbbey prior to delivery.
Rear view.
Stephen driving her into her parking bay.
Rear View.
Drivers Area. The old style Leopard dash.
Inside currently storing spares from the weather.
MARK PHIPPS, MARK BYRNE, NICKY, AARON AND STEPHEN AT THE MUSEUM. January 5, 2010. We had visitors today in the form of Mark Phipps - who has a superbly preserved KC 48 - and Mark Myrne and his colleague Nicky. We took the following photos.
Mark Phipps.
Mark Byrne and Nicky.
Aaron
And of course Stephen!
A Group Photo!
Dakota tribal wisdom says that when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. However in business we often try other strategies with dead horses, including the following:
Buy a stronger whip.
Change riders.
Threaten the horse with termination.
Say things like, “This is the way we have always ridden this horse". ”
Appoint a committee to study the horse.
Arrange to visit other sites to see how they ride dead horses.
Lower the standards so that dead horses can be included.
Appoint a tiger team to revive the dead horse.
Ride the dead horse “outside the box.”
Buy a commercial off-the-shelf dead horse.
Create a training session to increase our riding ability.
Reclassify the dead horse as “living-impaired.”
Compare the state of dead horses in today’s environment.
Change the autopsy report to declare that “This horse is not dead.”
Kill all the other horses, so this one will look the same.
Name the dead horse “Paradigm Shift” and keep riding it.
Ride the dead horse “smarter” not harder.
Hire outside contractors to ride the dead horse.
Harness several dead horses together for increased speed.
Do a time management study to see if the lighter riders would improve productivity.
Declare that “No horse is too dead to beat.”
Call the dead horse a “joint venture” and let others ride it.
Provide additional funding to increase the horse’s performance.
Do a cost analysis study to see if contractors can ride it cheaper.
Purchase an aftermarket product to make dead horses run faster.
Declare the horse is “better, faster, and cheaper” dead.
Form a quality circle to find uses for dead horses.
Declare that “This horse was procured with cost as an independent variable.”
Get the horse a Web site.
Promote the horse to a supervisory position.
Thanks to Eunice Kron for the above.
UPDATED ON 05 FEB 2010 at 147,211
