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GNRI 1957-09-23 Cavan Railbus 2, 1.50pm to Clones WACS2633 GNRI 1957-09-23 Cavan, SG3 41 goods ex Clones WACS2120 Limerick City, Junction shuttle service ca 2000-2003 j063 Limerick City ca 2000-2003 j097

CIE 1961-06-05 Gortatlea ds t051 CDRJC 1959-08-14 Lough Eske station x168 CDRJC 1957-05-26 Ballyshannon R'Car 15 JDG5777

2023 done! As at 31 December the number of hits on the Archive since the beginning in 2009 amounted to over 60 million (60183344) Now if I had received just a penny a hit that would have amounted to £601,833-44 and I could have probably just funded an RTR 00 scale GNRI VS 4-4-0. Back in the real world if one had to pay 1P per hit the total number would probably be closer 60183! Ah Well! back to reality. I have approx 450 images still to upload but there is very little in the pipeline or on the horizon, but you never know what might materialise in future. Four views today. C&L 1953-06-08 3L on the Arigna branch train which hit a car x151. The LRTL Special of 1953. Connolly 072 probably on a Rosslare Harbour train ca 2000-2005. j211 GNRI 1953-09-24 Ballyhaise 4.55pm ex Belturbet JT 90. Mck002 GNRI 1956-09-13 Oldcastle Loco shed LN401 A hurried snapshot a bit out of focus unfortunately.

A little bit of progress on Conwy Falls with construction begun on the station building plus a second hand Scenecraft water tower has appeared. Blanche & Linda were purchased at their launch during the Ffestiniog Bygones Gala in October.

GNRI 1957-06-08 Enniskillen 203 LN1105 GNRI 1957-06-07 Strabane 6 goods LN1073 GNRI 1957-06-05 Clones 203 + 127 LN1006

Mallow ,160 +124 bogie cements ca 2000-2005 J225. Limerick ca2000-2005 j130 Ballina 080 ca 2000-2005 j086

Thurles ca 2000-2005 j205, 232 . CIE 1984-xx-CA Cork shed A Class 003s. CIE 1961-06-08 Ballaghaderreen B132 (Tour substitute) jp t035.

CDRJC 1957-06-07 Raphoe 'Erne' LN1066. GNRI 1956-04-02 Ballyhaise 107 , 5.15pm Cavan - Clones WACS2123 SLNCR 1957-09-21 Enniskillen at Enniskillen WACS2118

I can't get much done on the modelling front at the moment as the house is being renovated . Construction should start on the new layout next year but I usually can find time at Christmas/New Year for a bit of peace and quiet modelling; however I will have to make do with looking at a few images. Here are a couple from Glengarriff in March 2023 a few months before closure.

No reason really! I definitely didn't get off (that includes the train I was on!)

CDRJC 1959-08-14 Lifford station & Foyle bridge x166 GNRI 1956-04-03 Bundoran Junction , 46 8.45 Enniskillen - Bundoran WACS2250

CAPTIONS invited for this one! The delightfully named Sins station in Switzerland back in May 1988, I don't know how I missed the possible 'interpretations' here when I took it, probably because I was far more interested in 10970. The loco and the old (possibly just exhausted) chap are probably no longer with us but the lady could well be so I have obscured her face.

Waterford 2001-10-12 128 + 133 j149 Ennis 184 ca 2000-2005 j032

3 views from ca2000 - 2005 today. No information with the negatives unfortunately. Limerick Junction j099 Limerick Junction j036 Larne Harbour j161

GNRI 1957-06 Drogheda Railbus 1 LN140 GNRI 1956-09-14 Ballyhaise, 91 to Belturbet & Railbus 2 to Cavan LN394 Ballina ITG Special 2005-10-05 j046

Yes it was, I have several more negs of the 2 trains crossing at Glenfarne.

SLNCR 1957-06-08 Glenfarne 'Enniskillen' LN1115 Kildare 088 Cement, ca2000+ j109 GNRI 1960-05-18 Adelaide shed, VS 210 reno UTA59 'Erne' JGD600413

Yes its more Central Junction than Adelaide, Dewing recorded it as Adelaide. I wonder what that official looking Board on the right said?

GNRI 1963-05-28 Approaching Adelaide, Belfast ex GN UTA 43 JGD630615 GNRI 1960-05-18 Aldergrove UTA '64' JGD600428 Manulla Junction 187 ca 2000+j070

I'm not sure if these are Bulleid LB flats but a bit of variety on this CCR Trip, Tractor ,Van and car. No doubt the LB's would have seen the same variety.

A bit of a disaster this week; the Royal Mail managed to mangle a letter containing some CDRJC negatives, JG Dewing slides probably duplicates but there could have been the odd original and also some UK NER area infrastructure slides. Luckily the CDRJC envelope made it but the rest have been lost somewhere on their 300 mile journey. Here are 2 of the CDRJC negatives, Doorin Road Halt 15 August 1959 and Castlefin probably same date with a Strabane bound Railcars 10 and either 19 or 20 (Edited ID'd as 20) hauling 3 coaches and a van. Railcar 10 being checked over by the Driver. Lastly NIR 112 stabled at Limerick Junction early 2000's

Built in 1937 by Met Vickers & Met Cammell C&W as a joint venture under licernce from Hungarian Co Ganz. Initially tested on LMS between Euston & Tring, further tested in the North East (probably where the LNER ref comes from. No orders for production vehicles came from this and it appears to have spent WWII in the Metro Cammell, Birmingham Works. Later it was re-gauged and sold to the UTA in 1951. Double ended and (initially at any rate) 36 3rd Class and 18 First Class seats. Info from W Scott's Locos of the LMS NCC tome.

UTA 1954-07-17 Belfast York Road Met'Ganz Railcar No 5. Mck037 UTA 1955-05 ca Belfast, York Road WT 8 LGM006 Limerick City 131 Shuttle to Junction Ca2000+ j014 Limerick City Station 229 ca2000+ j013 neg fault on this one.

The 3 images are there. 2 at Clones and 1 at GVS

West Clare 1953-06-10 Lahinch 5C on LRTL waits to depart for Ennisx155 SLNCR 1957-06-08 Enniskillen, 'Lough Melvin' goods LN1111 Dublin Connolly yard , 165 ca2000+ J078