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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.

There is a pipe sticking up with a knob on the end, on the inside of the tank on the third photo which corresponds with the pipe on the loco on the first photograph and its also the same number 2. The loco in the shed at Tuam nearest the camera has the pipe/ in a different position and is missing its cab plus I think the plates and number are in a lower position on the tank side. Casserley noted they were 1 and 3 so probably 1.

I have found another negative but don't know the location , I think its probably at Thurles Beet Factory.

I have uploaded a couple at Tuam today. Ind 1955-04-21 Tuam CSE, 2 RMC83500 Cas25185. Ind 1955-04-21 Tuam CSE 1 + 3 RMC83505 Cas25186.

CB&SCR today. CBSC 1957 - + Waterfall lkg east Railcar ex Cork. PFF212. CBSC 1958 - + Baltimore, crew wait for passengers. PFF202. CBSC 1958 - + Ballinascarthy 552. PFF199. Blurred! CBSC 1957- + Upton AEC railcar 2603 PFF176.

Another view of the same train, its at Dungarvan showing the first coach. . Dungarvan 461 Waterford - Mallow service 6June 1961 img113