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    I know it is not in colour, but still has nice detail. From the Dublin Penny Journal.
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    Kilkenny
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    CIE converted around 93 steam engines to burn oil, Athlone driver Val Horan wrote a good article in the IRRS Journal, Vol 15, no 96, February 1995, pages 337 to 351 and 383 to 385
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    Book Depository will not be stocking it, it is only available direct from the publisher
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    745 at Slaght

    seagoebox replied to K801's topic in General Chat

    10 page report plus 2 diagrams...
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    I remember a story about the wooden loo seat with its brass hinges in the Executive bog getting nicked! All joking aside, the first class business on the 08.00 ex Central and the return 18.20 ex Connolly held up remarkably well throughout the "troubles" despite the best efforts of those who regularly phoned in bomb scares. I wonder how many times the executive coach was booked though, It was an "Enterprising" approach by some in NIR who were trying to develop and maintain business through difficult times.
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    sometime back geraghtyg was looking for a pic of the executive saloon, here goes, taken at Belfast Central on 5th July 1989
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    Irish railfans News January 1961 Vol 7, no 1, page 13 states.. " Some of the vehicles destined for Belfast Transport Museum have been seen en-route at Portadown. Loco no 2 Blanche replaced loco no 1 Alice, but the list in our October 1960 issue is otherwise unchanged." The IRRS Journal Vol 6, no 28, Spring 1961 page 51/52 was even more vague saying just that "no 2 went to the Belfast Transport Museum"
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    Yes, 104 had loaded in Poyntzpass earlier that day, discharged ballast at Killeen near the top of the bank, and ran empty wrong road to Dundalk to run round before returning the wagons to the Pass, and loco. LE to Portadown. In those days the only cross-overs were at Poyntzpass and Dundalk. Michael
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    Cross-Border visits by the NIR MV's were rare, this pic of 104 is from March 1994
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    C202

    seagoebox replied to Noel's topic in General Chat

    NIR 106/ CIE 227 not looking so good at Cahirciveen in June 1998
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    Weed spray van

    seagoebox replied to PJR's topic in General Chat

    The older weedspray van and train at Waterford Spraying at New Ross, ready for the return back to Waterford The mixer unit and internal tank
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    There are three colour plates of MGWR interest in the Railway Magazine... A nice loco portrait of 129 "Celtic" in MGWR blue livery, Vol 11, 1902 129 again, this time in Green, hauling a train of brown coaches on the Limited Mail in Vol 31, 1912 no 6 "Kylemore" locomotive portrait, in very dark blue/black, Vol 41, 1917
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    A few jottings about New Ross from Irish Railfans News... A new covered shed for the loading of cattle was under construction at New Ross in December 1962 A new siding opened at Stafford's Wharf beside the Albatross fertilizer factory in December 1964, costing £7250 ! New Ross signal cabin closed 18th April 1966, the branch from Waterford being worked on an "one engine in steam" basis. The footbridge from New Ross was re-erected at Rosslare Strand in late 1967 ( the steps on the old footbridge at Rosslare Strand partially collapsed on 23rd July 1967 when being used by mystery train passengers !)
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    IMG_20201021_0005.pdfIMG_20201021_0001.pdf IMG_20201021_0003.pdf IMG_20201021_0004.pdf
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    According to the CDR appendix to the WTT documents dated 1st June 1923 and 1st June 1950, the arrivals platform at Derry accommodated 10 carriages, same as Clady, Killygordon & Ballintra, The longest platform was Rossnowlagh at 12 coaches.
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    The book "The Irish Narrow Gauge in Colour", by Norman Johnston, published by Colourpoint in 2003 has 13 colour pictures of the L&LSR.
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    This one is also very useful...
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    Dromore
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    As Leslie correctly said a few posts back, lets get this thread back on track !! In JRL Currie's David & Charles book, The Northern Counties Railway Vol 1, published way back in 1973, there are 20 or so pages of history and background to this relatively unknown line. The book produced post-WW2 "The LMS NCC operating dept. in wartime" contains interesting information about activities at DC stations.
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    Inchicore overall grey lives on.. on the 071's, strange how some things stay the same !
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    According to the CIE "classification of coaching stock" index dated 1st February 1961... Vans 2549 - 2558, all built 1960 63' 11" buffer to buffer 60' 0" over headstocks 10' maximum width 12' 10 and a quarter inches maximum height 10 ton max distributed load (later reduced to 6 tons)
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