Irishswissernie

I have uploaded a series of 13 views at Letterkenny CDRJC station taken after closure but with loco Erne in steam working on the demolition train. Here is a selection. They are on the last page of the Album which is now up to 472 images with a fair few more (63 just counted them) of the system still to be added. https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/albums/72157662649694575/

CIE 1964-06 Westport Quay 130 yj317. CIE 1982-06-28 Athlone MGW, 141 yj183. CIE 1982-06-28 Athlone 054 yj184.

Records say the date of the storm was in March 1962 so the date on the slide is a bit late as there are carriages in the bay on the B126 view.

CIE 1962-09 Youghal 262 yj199. CIE 1962-09-01 Bruree 183 TJE yj201. CIE 1962-09 Youghal B126 yj200

I have an arial view from the 1920's on the Archive which is probably a bit early.

Limerick May 2003 a815

GNRI 1957-06-07 Dungannon 130 LN1041. GMK066 GNRI 1955-xx 3rd ex Lav 3rd 12 .C337. GMK062 CIE 1961-04-xx Inchicore Buffet 2407. C381

I came across these when looking for something else! GNRI SG2 18 which was an un-powered 7mm model built to 36.75? track gauge and cost I think £20 but looked good when posed on my now defunct Enniskillen shed diorama. Also a photo of my other PP next to 18 on the diorama. Finally 2 ex Highland Railway Clan Goods also long moved on to pastures new. I really regret not hanging on to these 2 Jidenco kit models. Cest la vie!

CIE 1967 CA Galway A43 25j+083. CIE ca1965-7 Coach 1312. CIE ca1965-67 Lismore station

CIE 1964-06-xx Dublin Amiens St E413 yj342. CIE 1964-06-xx Dublin Amiens St E413 yj343. CDRJC 1957-xxCA Stranorlar East Box KB yj050.

CIE 1961-06-08 Dromod B129 yj211. GMK055 CIE 1955-xx Cobh Station . GMK056 CIE 1961-04-xx Dun Laoghaire C229.

Lots of things going on at the moment , the more pleasant being the large amount of material being proccessed. Here are a few 'tasters'. Waterford & Tramore ,Park Royal Driving Trailer. I have about 50 slides of demolition activities on the Donegal in 1960 covering Erne in steam at Letterkenny and Meenglas on the West Donegal through Barnesmore (not titled up yet) The UTA 1964 slides I started last year are still not sorted as I am awaiting the final batch of 60 but here's one at Finaghy with 171 arriving on the 8.15 to GVS

I got caught with this one as I ordered 2 packs of Bullieds and also used my Rewards points but at the last step the UK destination block came up so I couldn't complete and my Rewards have gone. Luckily I have other things including 3 Hospital Appointments in the last 10 days and 180 Irish slides/negatives to proccess to focus on.

Thanks! Careys Road Yard, there's a photo in Alan O'rourke's North Kerry Line book Page 185. Ernie

Well I'm stuck on the location for this one! Its a print with copyright as the negatives have been thrown out. I can't therefore enlarge the details much but the lines to the left are the problem as there seems to be a line of cattle wagons in the distance next to the building on the skyline at a height above the main sidings. Ideas anyone?

A couple ot poor but interesting negatives. CIE 1951ca Islandbridge, Dublin. Cork - Belfast 'Enterprise' B2 poss 407. (1 of 403,405 407 or 409) 25j+101. CIE 1951 ca Islandbridge, Dublin 25j+099. The onlookers seem to be possibly senior CIE Management especially the chap wearing the Homburg? and polished shoes. I have received quite a few and decent negatives and slides plus original prints where the original negatives have long gone. Its just a case of captioning when I have the time, scanning and cleaning is all done.

GMK059 CIE 1955 Between Westland Row and Amiens St TI515. GMK071 CIE 1955-xx Cork 6whl full brake C364. GMK065 CIE 1961-04-xx Inchicore GSW low roof gas lit 3rd (2nd) corridor 1124s C134

Its a poor negative so I have tried lighten it a bit

A few more Dewing negatives arrived this week. I had a postcard photo of this one years ago and now the negative has turned up. SLNC 1939-06-20 Sligo 'Lissadell' JGD ref 25j+009. Thurles Sugar Factory, an ignored forlorn no 3 sits out of steam as the lads admire their gleaming new Ruston shunter. Irish Sugar 1960-05-24 Thurles, JGD600905 ref 25j+008 Cork, Rocksavage , Ex Allman Bandon Distillers Peckett 495. GSR 1936-09-xx Cork, Rocksavage 495 P1556'20 ex Allman, Bandon purch 1930. JGD scan 25j+007

CIE 1965-07-10-xx Kingscourt Branch Ex SLNC Railcar 2509 yj099. CIE 1970 's Tullamore 073 yj088. C&L 1957-07-29 Ballyconnell yj074

CIE 1956-04-xx Cork, 109 yj138. CIE1956-04-26 Cork, 388 +307 Up passenger. yj139. GNRI 1956-04-03 Railcar A Oldcastle service yj137. I recently discovered that I have never uploaded photos from March 2004, March 2009 and September 2014 of the various Railroads around Salt Lake City , Ogden and along the ex DRGW over Soldier Summit to Helper in Utah. My daughter in 2014 had a house overlooking the ex UP line at Layton which has over 50 freights per day plus the UTA Front Runner service and I spent many hours just sitting on the veranda whilst the trains passed. I have started putting these on Flickr in an album https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/albums/72177720323304198 A bit different from Ireland!

Wexford rather than Claremorris, bridge over the river in the background.

x208 B&CDR 1965-08 Belfast Queens Quay cattle bank UG48. NIR Belfast Central 8098 j162. x234 GNRI 1965 CA Lurgan UG .

W&T 1956-04-24 Waterford Manor, ex Clayton Railcars in use as passenger coaches. yj141. CIE 1956-04-23 Cork,Kent ex DSE 223D yj144. CIE 1956-04-26 Cork, Kent ex GSW 878 yj142

I didn't think there was enough headroom for the elephants in the coaches (cars) but there is film footage on the web of 5 elephants of the smaller species (Indian?) de-training and then going for a walk along the highway plus several horses. The public were kept away from the animals as they walked by a team of handlers spaced out along a yellow rope whilst they kept pace with the procession.