Trains, Coal and Turf: Transport in Emergency Ireland
Rigney, Peter The GSR operated all railway lines which lay wholly within ire, and was the main transport provider during the Emergency. Rigney describes how the company coped to keep trains moving, and challenges the view that Emergency rail service was one of unremitting chaos. In fact, the experience of the GSR in these years was similar to railway companies in other neutral countries. The GSR was Irelands biggest coal importer, one of its largest single ...