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HC Casserley from the 30's + Richard Casserley from 1955. SLNC 1929-09-20 Sligo 'Lissadell' HCC Glass 6323 Cas25008. GSR 1934-07-17 Westport. 530 HCC11201 Cas25166. DB&ST 1932-06-05 Embankment HCC8723 Cas25126. CIE 1955-04-14 Glenbeigh , 127. RMC83267 Cas25099.

A few images from steam days. CB&SC 1954-09-04 Drimoleague shed 470 KC. Track and turntable removed on dieselisation. second photo. CBSCR 1954-xx-xx Drimoleague 35 ref036 The branch train from Baltimore. third photo. Nameboard.

CBSC 1959 ca Drimoleague, C224 after arrival on service from Baltimore & Skibbereen. PFF396. BELOW. .CBSC 1959 ca Drimoleague, Goods & Skibbereen trains in main platforms Railcar on right. PFF387. Goods shed line behind platform line on left. Below. CBSC 1959 ca Drimoleague, Railcar for Bantry on right, Baltimore C224 on left. PFF397. Signal is down for the railcar to go to Bantry. Below. CBSC 1957 - + Drimoleague C202 on goods.PFF204. Photo taken from the footpath which appears to have been the only access for passengers to the station. The official route to the lefthand platform would have been over the footbridge but no doubt many people would just use the foot crossing in front of the loco.

A 'Special' post this week on Drimoleague ex CB&SCR station as I have acquired a fair number of 'new' negatives. I have got out the coloured felt tips and done a track plan useing the Geohive IE old 25" map to to provide a footprint so everything is in the right place. It would make an interesting model layout but now I have been evicted from the Loft I don't have the room or the will to start again. The way the tracks and points are positioned means that one could actually build the layout as a double track 'roundy-roundy' by utilising the long sidings at the Banty and Cork ends to double the tracks. On examing photos I can't locate a signal controling the middle platform road which was used as a terminal line for trains to and from Skibbereen/Baltimore - possibly there was only a ground signal here. Photos to follow.

Enniskillen today. GNRI 1957-09-03 Enniskillen U 201 comes off train from Dublin.PFF234. GNRI'SLNC 1957 ca Enniskillen AL probably No 59 shunting. Railbus 2A PFF217 Not sharp unfortunately. GNRI 1957-09-26 Enniskillen 204 ,PFF009.

I think it was a Power Station but the only reference I can find is a sentence in Patterson's L&LSR book which mentions that the railway originally had a signal box at the level crossing into Pennyburn . This stood on the North East side and was demolished to make way for a Power Station.

Irish Sugar 1960-xx-xx Thurles K12663'35 JGD600610. L&LSR 1949 CA Owencarrow viaduct after closure JGD5415 ref25j+006. L&LS 1952-06-16 Pennyburn, Derry 15 Mck025

GMK038 GNRI Connolly 1961-04-xx S4. GMK037 GNRI 1955-07 Connolly Shunt signals. GMK039 CIE 1961-04-xx Inchicore ex GNRI JT 91 L25.

C&M 1934-07-09 Blarney Castle 8K, 12.05 from Cork. HCC11061 Cas25145. CIE 1955-04-26 Palace East 111 RMC83677 Cas25202. CIE 1955-04-26 Macmine Junction, RMC83675 Cas25201. CIE 1962-09-xx DFublin Amiens St B124 on Radio Train j155.

Thanks, I had my doubts about the original details on the negative sleeve that it wasn't Killybegs but I couldn't find any other views, Title amended.

I have a couple more of the Killybegs station interior; its different wagons in the photos. It's probably best to upload these to flickr now to make its easier to find them. Also a a view of the Donegal Town Goods shed road side. CDRJC 1957 Killybegs Trainshed interior. PFF276. CDRJC 1957 Killybegs inside station roof. PFF305. CDRJC 1957 Killybegs Goods shed. PFF275 EDITED now corrected to Donegal Town

The first view is Waterford coal stage which was the sheds somwhat less elaborate version of that at Cork with its overhead gantry and Pat delivering coal from the wharf. Here the railway ran adjacent to the River Suir with a number of landing stages and the coal stage appears to have had an elevated passage from the river landing and coal storage deck. CIE 1964-xx CA Waterford Coal stage 186 yj059. 2nd view Enniskillen , note the bread container at the rear of the Omagh train on the left. GNRI 1957-09-03 Enniskillen 196 arrives from Derry. PFF228. 3rd view Killybegs station with a view looking through the train shed.. CDRJC 1957-09-27 Killybegs train shed interior lkg W. PFF331. last view. CBSC 1959-06-02 Clonakilty Junction C225 Bantry - Cork goods. PFF063

I've amended the date(s) to 1968/9 , there are no dates on the original which is very dark and my eyesight isn't so good.

GNRI 1965-xx CA Dundalk WT. GNRI 1965-07-19 Belfast 'Shaky Bridge' Antrim-Bangor Exc. 49 JGD651137. GNRI 1964-06-13 Omagh South cabin, 60 ref25j+004

C&M 1934-07-09 Coachford Junction 8K 12.05 Cork - Blarney HCC11058 Cas25143. GSR 1934-07-17 Westport. 651 6.00 to Dublin HCC11198 Cas25165. SLNC 1929-09-19 Manorhamilton 'Lissadell' 1.40 Enniskillen - Sligo. HCC glass 6316 Cas25001.

GMK031 CIE 1955-xx Cork Glanmire Road shed 401 L114. GMK050 CIE1955-xx Cork A1. GMK089 CIE 1955-xx Cork, Clerestory Compo & 6whl brake 10m C144.

Patrick Davey drew my attention to a wrong caption on the Archive from the late JW Armstrong of Kells on the Valencia Island branch which should have been Glenbeigh; now duly amended. Thanks Patrick! I do have a couple of Casserley negatives of Kells taken 21 years apart so have added them today. GSR 1934-07-11 Kells, 128. HCC Glass 11087 Cas25019. CIE 1955-04-14 Kells 127 RMC83272 Cas25100

4 views from the latest acquisitions covering the CDRJC, SLNCR, CBSC & the GNRI at Enniskillen. CDRJC 1957 Donegal Town BR Type A container on bogie wagon. PFF304 CBSC 1957 - + Bantry Town waterside. PFF207. GNRI 1957-09-03 PP 44 & P 73 doublehead Omagh train. PFF233. SLNC 1957-09-03 Enniskillen 'Sir Henry'. PFF265. Note the chap - probably the fireman, perched on a plank between the loco and the wagon which presumably is loaded with coal but of somewhat dubious quality.

CIE 1963-03-xx Edenderry B173 yj190. CIE 1960-CA Thurles A17 yj102. CIE 1965-1967 Cahir. CIE 1965-1967 Cahir y035.

This view on the Archive shows the shed at the station throat. Again at the station throat 90 wshunting the train heatin van (I think) on one of the many excursions. Excursion from Cork

I have recently acquired some 400 odd negatives covering the CDRJC, SLNC and the Cork Bandon & South Coast railways and the Bandon ones brought to mind a plan I worked out for a terminus based on Courtmacsherry several decades ago but which is now unlikely to come to fruition. Here is the plan of the station at the end of its days. There was apparently in the early days a very small turntable in front of the loco shed and only one siding on to the quay. The layout could be far more self-contained than say Fenit or Bantry and the existence of the loco shed together with another building plus trees makes the exit to the fiddle yard easily disguised. What's renewed my interest is that the latest batch of negs include a view of a ship actually at the quay. This was a small vessel the MV Crescendo only 150 feet long (approx 24 inches in 00 scale) 420 Tons built in 1938 in the Netherlands and apperently engaged by Fisons to transport what appears to be bags of fertiliser or seed grain. The ship apparently tookm part in the D Day landings, rescued ship wrecked mariners and also grounded itself during its career before being scrapped in 1971.

Yes I did, the models were printed ones on Dapol Prestwin Silo wagon chassis made by son Alan before the IRM ones existed. They still exist in the loft I think, the toothpaste developed an interesting green mould over the years.

Limerick City 155 ca 2001 a061. CDRJC 1961-ca Stranorlar, Container Tank A2103 with wagon marked USA. PFF170. SLNC 1957-06-19 Belcoo, Enniskillen' 7.20pm mixed Enniskillen-Sligo. PFF033 CBSC 1958-06-04 Baltimore C232 train from Drimoleague. PFF073.

The Wifes away so its time to play! CIE 1955-04-14 Cork Coach 819 RMC83256 Cas25098. CIE 1955-04-14 Cork, Interior Coach 819 RMC83252 Cas25095. Limerick, Push/pull set on a Dublin service ca 2004/5t.

The original 1877 line from Drimoleague and Cork terminated short of crossing the river and north of the town on the flood plain to save expense and also the lack of a suitable site nearer the main part of the town. The later extension of the line crossing the river on its way to Baltimore in the foreground opened in 1893. I have turned the OSI map so it fits. Baltimore line off to the left , Schull narrow gauge along the road at the top and the original line from Drimoleague and Cork entering on the right.