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I have been giving a fair bit of thought as to how the new layout progresses. I really miss the ability to run trains on a circuit as per the original Glengarriff layout plus I would like  a small NG7 layout for shunting. The solution appears to be to replace the part built Mullaghmore terminus with an NG7 /O-16.5 layout but attached to the exiting Irish OO with a new OO drop board across the door and behind the OO9 layout to connect up with the  Irish fiddle yard. When I am running the Irish layout the trains will then run through the NG7 board to complete the circuit.

I have acquired a new 4K video camera with a 20x zoom. This was used by the Driver of A30 who with the assistance of his jet pack took the photo below.

Some well known original slides of the CDRJC today, 

CDRJC 1959-05-09 Letterkenny 'Drumboe' Xing L&LSR trackbed JGD590727.

CDRJC 1958-10-02 Castlefinn 'Erne' JGD581803

CDRJC 1958-10-02 Strabane Railcar 18 poss JGD580230.

CDRJC 1958-10-02 Strabane 'Erne' JGD580228

The latest batch of acquisitions are the work of GMK, former editor of the Model Railway Constructor and he also wrote several books on BR coaches. There are some Irish views mainly from 1955 and 1961 with approx 30 coach negatives among the 90 odd negatives.

GMK040 CIE 1961-04-xx Inchicore ex GNRI JT 91 L25.

GMK058 CIE 1961-04-29 Westland Row A52 TI548.

GMK051 CIE1955-xx  Cork 385 A1, trackbed of the former line to Summerhill terminus above the tunnel.

GMK081 CIE 1955-xx Cork, 6whl tri compo 159m . 253.

GNRI 1957-06-08 Enniskillen 40 + railbus 2 LN1106.

GNRI 1957-06-08 Enniskillen 205 LN1109.

GNRI 1957-06-08 Bundoran Junction 202 LN1103.

3 WAC Smith negatives today.

GNRI 1956-04-02 Clones, 204 4.30pm Dundalk - Enniskillen & 127, 6.30pm to Belfast WACS2122.

GNRI 1956-04-02 Belturbet JT 90 5.20 to Ballyhaise WACS916.

GNRI 1956-04-03 Strabane, 191 2.10pm Belfast-Derry. CDRJC 12 on 4.45pm to Stranorlar on right. WACS2252

A couple from the Archives which probably havn't featured on this topic before as they were uploaded many years ago.

I was looking for CIE stock in the North so this one at Newry appears to feature H Vans the first one being fitted although whether the livery is actually brown which hasn't weathered well over the original grey or its just rusty. I think this is ca1964.

Second view is Strabane 13 feb 1965 with a tin van on the left hand line.

In the pipeline arriving this week are approx 100 negs ca 1951 -1961, content as yet unknown!

4 JG Dewing colour slides from 1960 today, 3 feature 184 in the green livery it sported at the time.

CIE 1960-05-27 Islandbridge Jc JGD600632.

CIE 1960-07-09 Ballylinnan IRRS Spl JGD600806.

CIE 1960-07-09 Enniscorthy 184 IRRS Spl. JGD 600829.

CIE 1960-07-09 Enniscorthy Officers Saloon 352 on IRRS SPL JGD600826

This is the 25" plan copyrighht Geohive.

I have about 16 photos on Ernie's Railway Archive mainly late 1950's This  Link  hopefully will bring up my Kilfree Junction images on flickr

https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=45127721%40N05&sort=date-taken-desc&text=Kilfree+Junction&view_all=1

The trip to Wales was remarkable in that we had no rain (well just the odd drizzle between stops)l for the 5 days. In Tywyn I examined the Tralee & Dingle book and purchased it as we didn't have time for a trip.

CDRJC 1957-06-08 Donegal Town 19 +20 LN1085.

CDRJC 1958-05-11 Donegal  .I think this is 'Erne' not 'Drumboe' as recorded by JGD  JGD580131.

GNRI 1962-05-17 Narrow Water UTA 43 JGD620535

Off to Wales tomorrow so this is the last offering until next weekend.

John G Dewing must have been taken with this as this is his third slide of 'Enniskillen' at Manorhamilton  SLNCR 1957-05-27 'Enniskillen' at Manorhamilton JGD570123

GNRI 1957-05-31 Drogheda 208 JGD570235

A well documented IRRS Special on the Cork City Railway, this is JG Dewing's contribution. CBSC 1961-03-17 Cork City Rly IRRS SPL JGD610313

C&L 1958-05-13 Drumshanbo 3T JGD580117. I had problems restoring this one as JGD had somehow spilt blue ink all over it. In the end I resorted to a quick wash under the cold tap which diluted it enough to make it less obvious. Not to be reccomended though!.

C&L 1958-05-13 Mohill JGD580116

I have also uploaded a few views of diesels at Limerick Junction ca 2000-2005 to flickr

Neil Young is usually playing when I'm working on the layout or watching Swiss Cab rides. This is my favourite at the moment.

GNRI today .

GNRI 1957-09-23 Clones 79 2.30pm to Dundalk WACS2121

GNRI 1957-06-08 Enniskillen shed 199 and railbus 2 LN1104

GNRI 1957-06-07 Strabane 71 goods LN1074

GNRI 1957-06-05 Belturbet station Yard LN1000 Just noticed the tip of the ex C& L siding  on the right.

Three more JG Dewing today, 2 CIE and one ex GNRI.

CIE 1961-03-15 Limerick Railcar 26xx JGD610228

CIE 1961-03-14 Loughrea Branch JGD610111

GNRI 1960-05-20 Strabane 68 JGD600436

11 hours ago, Brack said:

Make sure the track clearances are wide enough for the bachmann quarry hunslet...

Too late! However I could build a new NG7 layout in my 'den' but it would have to be at a height of 6 feet above floor level so rather than standing on me Till Box I will need a pair of steps to operate it. It would be at eye level viewing for you however.

Just thinking your Mother did say I could build a layout on the landing though .............

I painted the sky backdrop yesterday and have also roughly painted the rails so a bit of progress at Mullaghmore Town station. The backdrop grey areas at baseboard level will all be hidden when the scenery etc is added.

2 hours ago, leslie10646 said:

Not sure about the caravan

Same here I've never stayed in a caravan before so I'm not looking forward to it however before Covid I used to go by myself to the FR and WHR Galas as well as travelling on the 'Subscribers' Special every October. My favourites were roaming the hills above Dduallt and Rhydd Dhu but I am past doing that and this pastime has been banned by the family!

Madame says I should get out more , I'm not sure what she means as I have had several Doctors and Hospital appointments recently. However to keep her quiet (fat chance) my youngest daughter and husband are taking me to Porthmadog for a week in a caravan next weekend so I can travel on the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland. That's if I can find a train, I'm not a fan of their current timetable system  and much prefer a normal  one. My sons have also er forced me to book a trip to the Statfold Barn Railway Gala on 8 June.

If I can get some peace I intend to upload quite a few images to Flickr in the next few days.

Todays offering is the County Donegal Railways , 3 views of Strabane , sadly two are after closure and illustrate the road on the Letterkenny line trackbed built over the River Foyle Bridge to Lifford as the road bridge wasn't in a fit state to take the replacement road services. Also a view of Castlefin station with 'Blanche' on the Stranorlar Goods. These JG Dewing original slides were all in a bit of a state but I have done my best to clean them up.

CDRJC 1958-10-2 Strabane ,Goods from Letterkenny JGD

CDRJC 1960-05-20 Road on Letterkenny branch to Lifford JGD600501

CDRJC 1960 Strabane JGD60507

CDRJC 1959-05-08 Castlefinn 'Blanche' JGD590719

9 hours ago, leslie10646 said:

Ernie, please forgive my impertinence in correcting the account of the Dunlavin photo.

Thanks Leslie, I remember (but probably not for long!), that was the case now.

That Triumph Herald in the foreground takes me back to 1960 when my father passed his Driving Test in his mid forties and he started saving to buy a car. He hadn't saved enough to buy his preferred car which was the Herald so we bought him one for Christmas. Unfortunately ours was a slightly smaller version being a Dinky Toy in green and white. He  looked at it and put it away in its box which I didn't see again until his death in 1987. Untouched, boxed and in pristine condition the model could well be worth nowadays as much as the real thing was then. My brother got it!

NCC/UTA today.

NCC 1937-xx CA Belfast, York Rd.Railcar 4 .Loco on left 28 wdn 1938. This negative had been damaged by JGD in his declining years hence the odd size.

NCC 1963-05-xx Belfast York Road, Class W Boiler according to his caption.

NCC 1960-05-17 Belfast York Road NCC symbol JGD600402

5 JG Dewing slides today, I have also uploaded another 4 'from the cab views' on Aghadavoyle Bank to Flickr.

GNRI 1964-05-29 Near Aghadavoyle summit 207 14.15 Dublin - Belfast JGD640335

CIE 1959-03-15 Dunlavin 171 IRRS Spl to Tullow JGD590105. The Special was also used to retrieve the long rake of cattle wagons on the rear of the train.

CIE 1959-05-17 Killiney & Ballybrack JGD590727

CIE 1959-xx-xx Dublin - Belfast nameboard in Erse

CIE 1959-xx-xx Dublin - Belfast nameboard in English

Three views taken on DIA Dema film from August 1965 of UG 48 on a trip from Central Junction across the Shaky Bridge to Queens Quay.

I thought it may have been Westport when I first saw it on E Bay as the location wasn't mentioned. However when the slide arrived it was marked as Athlone 65 1 which I have taken to mean 1965 possibly January.

Comparison with a number of views I have of Athlone confirmed the location and also the exact 'spot', the junction for Westport is just in front of the box in the distance and not very apparent on the slide.

CIE 1961-06-03 Drumree ex M&GW 132 IRRS Spl JGD610719

CIE 1961-06-03 Drumree ex M&GW JGD610720

 Picked up this one off E Bay,CIE 1965-01-xx Athlone C204.

Lastly 082 & 207 at Connolly early 2000's

Three well known views from John G Dewing today. These are scanned from the original slides which I have now acquired.

The first 2 are Cavan & Leitrim views which have appeared in print before and duplicates were available in the past from Colourail and should have been deleted from their catalogue when the originals were returned to JGD.

C&L 1959-03-16 Dereen 6T JGD590526

C&L 1959-03-16 Shannon Bridge, Arigna 3T JGD590535

CBSC 1961-03-17 Dunmanway IRRS SPL JGD610332