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26J099 GNRI Howth, 62 Sept 1957. 26J097 GNRI Enniskillen UG 49 Sept 1957 26J101 GNRI Newtownbutler, 42 takes the loop to cross a railcar Sept 1957. 26J100 GNRI Bundoran, 201 Sept 1957.

1936 according to Norman Johnston Locomotives of the GNRI Page 130

I walked the South Ramp back in April 2001. We were surprised by supposedly retired Ae8/8 273 which had been re-instated to power work trains up to the Base Tunnel site at Goppenstein. This is a video still near Lalden and a better shot at Brig later that day.

Late running International trains have always been a problem. I was at Buchs intending to travel on a train from Vienna Austria which ran on to Zurich and Brugg where I was staying and eventually Basel. However it was several hours late and another traveller began to panic that she was going to miss her flight from Zurich. The driver of a goods train heard of her plight and invited the dozen awaiting passengers to climb aboard his Ae6/6 loco and he could take us on to Sargans where we could catch a Chur to Zurich Flughafen express. I made a bee-line for the front cab along with 4 or 5 others and started videoing. Off we went to Sargans but unfortunately the Express got there before us and didn't wait. Never mind, all aboard the goods train again and we sped off to Ziegelbrucke where the station staff escorted us over the running lines to an awaiting 450 set. The good old days!.

GNRI Fintona Junction & Fintona Tram today. 26J104 GNRI Fintona Junctio 12 . Sept 1957. 26J105 GNRI Fintona Junction UG 49 Sept 1957. 26J106 GNRI Fintona Horse Tram ca 1957. 26J103 GNRI Fintona Tram Sept 1957.

CIE 1955-04-13 Cobh Junc. RMC83244 Cas25092. CIE 1955-04-13 Poss at Cobh Junc poss coach 3m RMC83239 Cas25090. CIE 1955-04-14 Cahirciveen, 127 RMC83280 Cas25104. CIE 1955-04-12 Waterford yard 116. RMC26018 RMC 83187.

Checked out the Journal Article and a photograph in it appears to confirm that there was not a turntable or siding to it just some bushes. The article says that a turntable was planned but never built.

I would ignore this trackplan it bears little resemblance to that in the photographs. The goods shed, main platform, loco shed siding are all in the wrong place and it also shows another loop. l also have on flickr the station building after closure which shows the platform construction details and also the door/window details of the building originaly hidden by the overall roof.

Another 7 images of the Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway today - trying to get the uploading queue down - worse than the NHS (well no!) 26J073 L&LSR Bridge End station ca1950. 26J074 L&LSR 20 Graving Dock ca1950. 26J077 L&LSR Pennyburn yard ca1950. 26J075 L&LSR Tooban Junction ca 1950. 26J085 L&LSR Tooban Junction ca1950. 26J087 L&LSR Fahan ca1950 4-8-4t on goods. 26J088 L&LSR Buncrana ca1950.

The Geohive 25" Map for ca1900 doesn't show the line but I have a neg taken by a tourist. The photo doesn't show the total track plan. Here is a rather poor blow-up of a negative taken in 1938 from the Hill. There was a further siding serving a cattle bank (cattle wagons on it) plus a loco shed at the station throat. I am not sure if that is a hedge to the left of the shed or another siding possibly with a small turmtable hidden by the shed

GNRI + SLNCR today. 26J094 GNRI Clones 205 Sept 1957. 26J096 GNRI Enniskillen 203 Double heads with another 2nd batch U Sept 1957. 26J098 GNRI Bundoran 201 Sept 1957. 26J091 SLNC Manorhamilton Sept 1957.

There is this map copyright of Geohive, the trackplan probably didn't change over the years. The IRRS Archive has a number of photos by Graham Hoare.

Kenmare & Headford Junction today. 26J126 CIE Kenmare 130 ca 1957.. 26J128 CIE Kenmare 130 ca 1957. 26J125 CIE Headford Junction 130 ca 1957. 26J127 CIE Headford Junction 130 ca 1957.

26J182 CBSC Skibbereen 432 1954-09-04 KC orig.. 26J185 CIE Enniscorthy 124+poss132 +027s 1987-06-24 26J184 CIE Enniscorthy 124+poss132 +027s 1987-06-24.

It's the hot flushes that get me down , especially in the current heat waves! Roll on the Winter when I should have had the radiotherapy and be off the hormones! I've had my moneys worth out of the NHS in the last few years.

CIE 1955-04-14 Cobh, coach 9m RMC83249 Cas25093. 26J005 CIE 1955-04-25 Dublin Harcourt St 603 on Bray train RMC83640. 26J143 CIE Dublin Harcourt Street ca1957. 26J145 CIE Dundrum ca1957.

CIE 1967 241a PW van.CA 25j+084. yj180 CIE 1982-xx Ballina 158sa yj180. yj185 CIE 1981-06-05 Waterford 152 yj185. yj182 CIE 1982-06-28 Athlone MGW, 141 yj182.

26J178 CBSC Clonakilty shed, F6 33, 1954-09-03. K Cooper ORIG. NCC 1959-05-07 Randalstown, 13 on Cookstown Goods JGD591101. GMK077 CIE 1955-xx Cobh Cler Lav Brake Compo semi open DTC'3'3'L BK 854 . ref324. GMK082 CIE 1955-xx Cork, 6 whl 3rd 244.

There are 3 internal views in JIC Boyd's Schull & Skibbereen book.Pages 196,201 & 204 plus the drawins previously posted on here.

A couple of interesting prints from my collection, as I do not have copyright I won't upload them to flickr. The prints were in John Dewings' collection but I know that they were taken on a trip to Ireland in April 1940 with his quote 'my oldest friend Frank Jones away from war torn Britain before both joind up' The prints have the initials FKHJ on the reverse, I wonder whether the negatives and/ or Mr Jones survived. Castlegregory Junction , No 6 on Tralee bound goods train 11 April 1940. Tralee station same date.

I have a couple of John Dewing prints but not the negatives which possibly do not now exist as in the his later life he cut up various negatives or threw them out. As I do not have copyright I will not upload them to flickr and as far as I am aware they have not appeared anyway in the media etc. before. The first one is dated 14 Sept 1936 with No 3s on a train leaving Skibbereen. The sceond one is of No. 4s just outside Skibbereen station 9 April 1940. Does anyone know if the negatives are still extant and who has them.

Fingers crossed for you!! Brings back memories from the 1980's which is a bit worrying because I can't remember much from last week!

Letterkenny.

Londonderry & Lough Swilly ca 1950-1953 26J084 L&LSR Buncrana ca1953. 26J078 L&LSR Buncrana ca1953. 26J082 L&LSR Graving Dock sdgs with exit over road to Pennyburn ca1953. 26J079 L&LSR Pennyburn yard ca1953 Coach 10.

CIE 1955-04-15 Mountain Stage. RMC26083 RMC 83283a. CIE 1955-04-14 near Gleensk . RMC26093 RMC 83271. CIE 1955-04-14 Valentia Harbour, 127. RMC26095 RMC 83275. CIE 1955-04-15 Morleys Bridge 133 RMC83289 0r10 Cas25108.