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Off to Wales tomorrow so this is the last offering until next weekend. John G Dewing must have been taken with this as this is his third slide of 'Enniskillen' at Manorhamilton SLNCR 1957-05-27 'Enniskillen' at Manorhamilton JGD570123 GNRI 1957-05-31 Drogheda 208 JGD570235 A well documented IRRS Special on the Cork City Railway, this is JG Dewing's contribution. CBSC 1961-03-17 Cork City Rly IRRS SPL JGD610313 C&L 1958-05-13 Drumshanbo 3T JGD580117. I had problems restoring this one as JGD had somehow spilt blue ink all over it. In the end I resorted to a quick wash under the cold tap which diluted it enough to make it less obvious. Not to be reccomended though!. C&L 1958-05-13 Mohill JGD580116 I have also uploaded a few views of diesels at Limerick Junction ca 2000-2005 to flickr

Neil Young is usually playing when I'm working on the layout or watching Swiss Cab rides. This is my favourite at the moment.

GNRI today . GNRI 1957-09-23 Clones 79 2.30pm to Dundalk WACS2121 GNRI 1957-06-08 Enniskillen shed 199 and railbus 2 LN1104 GNRI 1957-06-07 Strabane 71 goods LN1074 GNRI 1957-06-05 Belturbet station Yard LN1000 Just noticed the tip of the ex C& L siding on the right.

Three more JG Dewing today, 2 CIE and one ex GNRI. CIE 1961-03-15 Limerick Railcar 26xx JGD610228 CIE 1961-03-14 Loughrea Branch JGD610111 GNRI 1960-05-20 Strabane 68 JGD600436

Too late! However I could build a new NG7 layout in my 'den' but it would have to be at a height of 6 feet above floor level so rather than standing on me Till Box I will need a pair of steps to operate it. It would be at eye level viewing for you however. Just thinking your Mother did say I could build a layout on the landing though .............

I painted the sky backdrop yesterday and have also roughly painted the rails so a bit of progress at Mullaghmore Town station. The backdrop grey areas at baseboard level will all be hidden when the scenery etc is added.

Same here I've never stayed in a caravan before so I'm not looking forward to it however before Covid I used to go by myself to the FR and WHR Galas as well as travelling on the 'Subscribers' Special every October. My favourites were roaming the hills above Dduallt and Rhydd Dhu but I am past doing that and this pastime has been banned by the family!

Madame says I should get out more , I'm not sure what she means as I have had several Doctors and Hospital appointments recently. However to keep her quiet (fat chance) my youngest daughter and husband are taking me to Porthmadog for a week in a caravan next weekend so I can travel on the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland. That's if I can find a train, I'm not a fan of their current timetable system and much prefer a normal one. My sons have also er forced me to book a trip to the Statfold Barn Railway Gala on 8 June. If I can get some peace I intend to upload quite a few images to Flickr in the next few days. Todays offering is the County Donegal Railways , 3 views of Strabane , sadly two are after closure and illustrate the road on the Letterkenny line trackbed built over the River Foyle Bridge to Lifford as the road bridge wasn't in a fit state to take the replacement road services. Also a view of Castlefin station with 'Blanche' on the Stranorlar Goods. These JG Dewing original slides were all in a bit of a state but I have done my best to clean them up. CDRJC 1958-10-2 Strabane ,Goods from Letterkenny JGD CDRJC 1960-05-20 Road on Letterkenny branch to Lifford JGD600501 CDRJC 1960 Strabane JGD60507 CDRJC 1959-05-08 Castlefinn 'Blanche' JGD590719

Thanks Leslie, I remember (but probably not for long!), that was the case now.

That Triumph Herald in the foreground takes me back to 1960 when my father passed his Driving Test in his mid forties and he started saving to buy a car. He hadn't saved enough to buy his preferred car which was the Herald so we bought him one for Christmas. Unfortunately ours was a slightly smaller version being a Dinky Toy in green and white. He looked at it and put it away in its box which I didn't see again until his death in 1987. Untouched, boxed and in pristine condition the model could well be worth nowadays as much as the real thing was then. My brother got it!

NCC/UTA today. NCC 1937-xx CA Belfast, York Rd.Railcar 4 .Loco on left 28 wdn 1938. This negative had been damaged by JGD in his declining years hence the odd size. NCC 1963-05-xx Belfast York Road, Class W Boiler according to his caption. NCC 1960-05-17 Belfast York Road NCC symbol JGD600402

5 JG Dewing slides today, I have also uploaded another 4 'from the cab views' on Aghadavoyle Bank to Flickr. GNRI 1964-05-29 Near Aghadavoyle summit 207 14.15 Dublin - Belfast JGD640335 CIE 1959-03-15 Dunlavin 171 IRRS Spl to Tullow JGD590105. The Special was also used to retrieve the long rake of cattle wagons on the rear of the train. CIE 1959-05-17 Killiney & Ballybrack JGD590727 CIE 1959-xx-xx Dublin - Belfast nameboard in Erse CIE 1959-xx-xx Dublin - Belfast nameboard in English

Three views taken on DIA Dema film from August 1965 of UG 48 on a trip from Central Junction across the Shaky Bridge to Queens Quay.

I thought it may have been Westport when I first saw it on E Bay as the location wasn't mentioned. However when the slide arrived it was marked as Athlone 65 1 which I have taken to mean 1965 possibly January. Comparison with a number of views I have of Athlone confirmed the location and also the exact 'spot', the junction for Westport is just in front of the box in the distance and not very apparent on the slide.

CIE 1961-06-03 Drumree ex M&GW 132 IRRS Spl JGD610719 CIE 1961-06-03 Drumree ex M&GW JGD610720 Picked up this one off E Bay,CIE 1965-01-xx Athlone C204. Lastly 082 & 207 at Connolly early 2000's