Irishswissernie

Yes that's mainly my reason for going too. I've got a seat booked on the 'Subscribers Special 'on the Sunday which is going from Minfford up to Dinas for the passengers to inspect it. I've had strict instructions from Madame not to go walking on the hills round Dduallt so will probably have to crawl rather than walk

The S&DJR's ex GNRI 205 heads a goods crossing the Drowes River in 1959. Purchased from CIE to alleviate the Sligo & Donegal Railway loco shortage caused by increased traffic after closure of the ex GNRI Bundoran branch the re-numbered 205's purchase was at the behest of the S&DJR Chairman who had fond memories of the class on the 'Bundoran Express. This was much against the advice of the General Manager who wished to dieselise and didn't go down to well with the loco crews who saw the improved working conditions of the CIE Diesel Drivers working some of the through traffic from Dublin. In reality 205 doesn't work much on the layout as it has the usual 4-4-0 weight balancing problems. Second view, The original 204 shortly before purchase 16 May 1959. Oops ! I'll have to invent a few more 'facts' er The Chairman particularly liked 205 but the UTA wouldn't sell it so he purchased 204 and re-named and re-numbered it. Phew! I am off on Thursday to the Ffestiniog Gala, my first solo trip away since March 2020, hopefully back intact next Monday.

CIE 1982-xx Rosslare Harbour 027s yj229. CDRJC 1957-CA Letterkenny shed KB yj051 CBSC 1953-08-03 Clonakilty Junction C7 37. KCorig 249006

Some Park Royals on view here plus some clean 'bubbles' at Drogheda. CIE 1956-04-23 Bray, 461 on 11.20 to Amiens Street yj143. CIE 1956 xx Dublin North Wall D303 yj133 CIE 1982-xx Drogheda 191sa yj170

THanks, probably a special from Rossnowlagh, Title amended. The slide is annotated as from Strabane but the low sunshine from the west suggests its a returning excursion.

I have now identified most of a recently acquired collection of rather crxppy negatives with no information attached. 9 appear to be of the Tralee and Dingle railway ca 1947-48 and I have added them to Flickr forming a new Tralee & Dingle album together with images of the line formerly in the Irish Narrow Gauge Railways Album. https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/albums/72177720320528647/ Here are 3 of the (slightly) better quality ones. The first took a while to identify mainly because the location at the 'country' end of Tralee station is now totally built over. The only buildings still standing today are the higher house behind the row of cottages (now demolished) and in the distance a single storey rendered (then a shop) building next to the line. Photo 2 is at Dingle with a solitary open wagon. yj038 T&D 1948-CA Dingle station with solitary wagon. yj038 Last one is Horse Box 1T in slightly better condition than other photos taken a few years later. yj017 T&D 1947-8 CA Tralee Horse Box 1T

CDRJC 1959-08-03 Donegal Town ,Meenglas from Strabane yj047 CIE 1982-06-27 Littleisland 021 Amonia to Arklow yj160 CIE 1982-09-13 Connolly 111 yj172

Locomotives were scrapped at Sutton in the 1950's I have some negatives on flickr of ex DN&G locos being there then so perhaps these locos stored in the old tram shed had been purchased by the Scrapman. CIE 1963-05-18 Hill of Howth,Sutton Tram shed 562 yj194 .

Ardnacrusha Hydro Electric Station with a Special September 1962, 3 views.

Worked on a few more images this afternoon. Tralee and Dingle Bogie van 39T's location was a puzzler but I reckon its on a spur off the line to the exchange yard just opposite to the present main line station. T&D 1948-CA Tralee Exchange sidings opposite Main station. Bogie van 39T yj010 CB&SC 1968-06-xx Cork City Railway, Albert Quay Trip C209 yj126. CB&SC 1958-05-xx Courtmacsherry C232 Excursion from Cork yj123. EDIT I need to do a bit more cleaning up on this one!

I have acquired 3 lots of Irish slides and negatives in a recent Auction and am busy sorting them out. One Lot is of 41 poor quality un-identified negatives but the subjects are of some interest and include Tralee & Dingle, West Clare, CDRJC and Lought Swilly images (plus some Ffestiniog , Isle of Man and Welshpool and Llanfair!) and are all CA 1950. The other 2 Lots are Irish slides one Lot being all Originals. The other of approx 470 slides was said to contain 150 odd Coulourail Duplicates but actually has over 250 with some duplicates over-written as originals by John Edgington whereas a large number are actually by other photographers where I already have the original Kodachrome slides. Duplicates are useless in my case as I won't use them on the Internet not having possession of the Copyright. Being somewhat peed off at first I have dumped the duplicates in a box but actually the remainder contain some interesting images and there actually are some John Edgington original Kodachromes amongst them. Here are 6 featuring a trip on the Banteer-Newmarket branch with G601 in May 1958. CIE had tried to close the branch by then only open for Goods but after representations by the local Communities agree to retain a daily goods until February 1963. I think there were some attempts to preserve the line but these failed. An interesting prototype, you can get kits for the loco but I would be in the queue for a ready to run model or 2! 1.) CIE 1958-05-xx Banteer, Newmarket Trip wkg. G601 yj129. 2.) & 3.) CIE 1958-05 Kanturk G601 yj130 Views 4 to 6 are at Newmarket.

CIE Ca 1965-67 Wexford North 2608. CIE 1965-1967 Wexford South 2608 (1). GMK033 CIE 1955-xx Dublin Heuston 2621. D171.

Bank Holiday bonus upload today. I was lucky at the Auction yesterday so should be approx 400 + slides /negs in the pipeline. CB&SC 1954-09-04 Drimoleague shed 470 KC CIE 1959-ca Mullingar y003 C&L 1938- xx ca Ballinamore No 1 'Isabel' JDG

A few more acquisitions this week. EDITED I am told that this is also probably at Poyntzpass,where the people are, the siding for ballast wagons was installed later so probably also 9 September 1967. 186 was shunted here to let the train past. (Photo 5) 2nd one. I think this one is 9 Sept 1967 and at Poyntzpass on a Belfast service. 3rd one. CIE 1965-1967 Wexford South 2608 . Fouth one. My favourite and the Ken Cooper Original off E Bay. CB&SC 1953-08-03 Clonakilty Jc C7 37 on branch train KC NIR 1967-09-09 Poyntzpass 186 SPL y042

GNRI 1963-05-29 nr Aghadavoyle JGD630718. GNRI 1962-05-19 Dundalk QGS 152 JGD620609. Waterford 2001-10-12 128 j113.