Stephen Payne

Stephen Payne has been appointed Chief Engineer for the museum, which has been vacant since Padraig Williamson went to the U.K.
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Stephen is vastly skilled and has already done fantastic work with the museum.We welcome him and are so glad he has accepted.

MOGEELY RALLY A HUGE SUCCESS - 337 AND SS 737 ATTEND.

July 23, 2007.
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Stephen Payne and myself back on Sunday we went back and discovered we could get her to idle but she would stop anytime we tried to drive her any distance.We then hit on the bizarre solution of letting the Omega pull her the 78 miles to Cork which in did in amazing fashion cruising at times at 60 m.p.h. As long as she had air for the brakes this worked fine.
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Stephen Payne was in charge and we achieved the following: (Photos will follow)

1. KC 157 came back to the yard from the city yard where she had been power washed.She is now ready for painting in the green livery probably with gold stripe.

2. M 82 was taken out of hibernation and we have started getting ready to start her.

3. KC35 was taken out of hibernation and we are getting ready to start her.All her diesel was stolen as usual.

4. Ford 83 WW 194 was brought up and fully washed and cleaned inside and now looks like new.The real credit here goes to PJ Digan of Ballyroe, Athy who kept her so well.This is an unusual vehicle in that she a Plaxton Paramount.

5. The Leopards were checked out.

IT GETS WORSE AND WORSE - MORE THEFT

July 7, 2007.
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Stephen Payne, Aaron Donohue, Colm Lydon and James O'Donovan came for the weekend and we got a fantastic amount of work done as can be seen from the narrative below.
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Now we are having to protect the fence and hear Stephen and Aaron are busy doing so.
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Stephen Payne and myself aided by Aaron O'Donoghue did the driving.
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With Stephen Payne (driver) and Aaron Donohue at Knockraha.
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COLM LYDON, STEPHEN PAYNE AND AARON O'DONOHUE VISIT THE MUSEUM
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We had Stephen Payne and Aaron O'Donohue join us for the weekend and they were quickly put to work.
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Stephen Payne and Aaron O'Donohue with our Leopards and Tigers.

Chief Engineer - Stephen Payne

Citybus Tiger 2620, which is another superb machine, arrived safely at the depot today driven as usual by Barney Yourell with Stephen Payne following to provide backup.
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Ross and Kenny and Stephen and Aaron are down.
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We had another great working weekend at the museum with Stephen Payne and Aaron O'Donoghue.
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Left to right : Michael, Stephen and Aaron.
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STEPHEN PAYNE NEW CHIEF ENGINEER FOR THE MUSEUM.

July 23, 2007. Stephen Payne has been appointed Chief Engineer for the museum, which has been vacant since Padraig Williamson went to the U.K.
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Stephen is vastly skilled and has already done fantastic work with the museum. We welcome him and are so glad he has accepted.
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Stephen Payne and myself back on Sunday we went back and discovered we could get her to idle but she would stop anytime we tried to drive her any distance. We then hit on the bizarre solution of letting the Omega pull her the 78 miles to Cork which in did in amazing fashion cruising at times at 60 m.p.h. As long as she had air for the brakes this worked fine.

Stephen Payne has been down all week and was aided and abetted by Aaron Donoghue.
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Stephen has laid the foundation for the new office which awaits its base.We put new keys in the ERF tow wagon and got her started.We will work on replacing the clutch this week and giving her a coat of paint.
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Stephen Payne likewise.

On her way to Cork at the Knockraha turnoff.
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Stephen and Karl are down with Aaron following over the weekend.
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It was sourced by Stephen.
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Stephen Payne devoted some time to MD 82 with the result that she now has joined the list of running M cars.
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We have had another outstanding working weekend with Stephen Payne and Stephen Lynch spearheading the attack on a few reluctant machines.
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What has to be another outstanding achievement is the way Stephen Payne persuaded KD 184 to start and her roar was heard all over the depot.She is still a long way from recovery as Bus Eireann totally vandalised her while at Capwell even though we bought a complete machine.
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Stephen Payne unaided rebuilt the engine and it now purrs.The body needs a fair share of work but it is a first step by having her driving.
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Stephen Payne got her going all by himself.He had his work cutout on the engine and had to do almost a rebuild.We think it is over ten years since she last ran.We are now working on the body and are considering her for Mogeely.

Stephen Payne was joined by Stephen Lynch and Karl Roche commenced the clearing of the site for the eight bus bay maintenance shed.
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Stephen Payne was down and also Stephen Lynch and two other new staff members Lukasz and Maggie.
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Michael Grimes, Stephen Lynch, Stephen Payne, Ross Aitken and Kenny Baird.
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Stephen Payne has been busy working on E 106 and she ran once again for the first time in some while.This follows his great re-engining job on the Titan.
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Stephen Payne had a fantastic surprise for me today at the depot.Two buses back from the dead.

The first was R 913 which you may remember we towed into Ballyraggett depot on the way from Dublin to Cork when she developed a suspected engine problem.We then towed her to Cork for her own safety and now she is restored to health.A paint job comes next.

For the past few weeks Stephen has been working on her.To my amazement she was up and running like the super mnachine she is and we took her for run to the top yard and the following photos ensued.

The second bus was SS 788 which had not run since I drove her from Waterford to Abbeyleix depot.Again Stephens charms worked wonders.We washed her and took photos when we took her for a run.Apart from one front panel which needs replacing, she is super.
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Stephen Payne has been appointed Chief Engineer for the museum, which has been vacant since Padraig Williamson went to the U.K.
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Stephen is vastly skilled and has already done fantastic work with the museum.We welcome him and are so glad he has accepted.

STEPHEN PAYNE OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF IRELAND VISITS DEPOT.

11 July 2006.We were delighted to have a visit from Stephen Payne of the Motor Vehicle preservation Society of Ireland who do a fantastic job in preserving vehicles.He and his team has fifteen vehicles in superb condition and we only wish we could achieve his standard.

Stephen took KC 129 for a run.
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It was nice to have a visit from Paul and Stephen today and Stephen was re-united with an old favourite of his Brighton 12.
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Stephen is Driving.

Did she ever smoke on starting?Classic Gardner!.

Citybus Tiger 2620, which is another superb machine, arrived safely at the depot today driven as usual by Barney Yourell with Stephen Payne following to provide backup.
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Ross and Kenny and Stephen and Aaron are down.
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We had another great working weekend at the museum with Stephen Payne and Aaron O'Donoghue.
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Left to right : Michael, Stephen and Aaron.
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Stephen Payne has been appointed Chief Engineer for the museum, which has been vacant since Padraig Williamson went to the U.K.
...
Stephen is vastly skilled and has already done fantastic work with the museum.We welcome him and are so glad he has accepted.

MOGEELY RALLY A HUGE SUCCESS - 337 AND SS 737 ATTEND.

July 23, 2007.
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Stephen Payne and myself back on Sunday we went back and discovered we could get her to idle but she would stop anytime we tried to drive her any distance.We then hit on the bizarre solution of letting the Omega pull her the 78 miles to Cork which in did in amazing fashion cruising at times at 60 m.p.h. As long as she had air for the brakes this worked fine.