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The sun shone yesterday at Melkridge (just outside Haltwhistle) but back to rain today.

Here is 60090 on Gypsum mts from Newbiggin Cumbria to Tees Dock.

25 years ago in 1998 I walked from home to Melkridge to video 56123 loading coal. The siding and loop plus loader were taken out of use later in 1998 when the NIMBY's refused an extension to the Open Cast site with the argument that it was it was ancient moorland that was being destroyed although actually it was a Grouse Moor and would have been woodland if not maintained as open land for Grouse shooting. The link is the track and siding which are still there unused for 25 years and only 6 years old from when they were laid.

Enniskillen GNRI, 203 June 1957.

Looking at the first photo of No 500, the fifth vehicle appears to be some kind of van followed by another set of coaches. Each carriage set also seem  to be arranged in a descending order of 'modernity'.  I think therefore the train is composed of a couple or more portions for different destinations.

Approaching Inchicore 500 ,14 May 1953.

Guinness Brewery No 3 ca 1950.

D S M Barrie's book on the DN&GR says that the LNWR furnished the whole of the original rolling stock and specifically says that they constructed the locomotives and carriages at Crewe and Wolverton. However he doesn't state that the goods stock was built by them although it is extremely likely that it was rather than outside contractors.

Original (1872) goods stock provided is listed as  50 cattle trucks, 18 ft long, 10 bolster timber wagons, 40 open and 100 covered goods wagons and 2  goods brake vans.

18 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

I am sure i've a timetable for that line somewhere...

I have the 1947 WTT on flickr.

Also the fourth scan is the1917 GNRI WTT Barrack Street - Dundalk section which shows the Boat train 

Finally a GNRI A Class on the line with a cattle special pre WWII

Inchicore A50 8 April 1967.

Belfast York Road, Class W 103 'Thomas Somerset' May 1950.

Navan ex M& GW station 10 September 1950.

CDRJC 'Erne' at Raphoe June 1957.

Cavan & Leitrim, Drumshanbo station June 1957.

Ex B& CDR unid 2-4-2T at (I think) Belfast Queens Quay, 1950.

J G Dewing image of WT 57 at Aghadavoyle ca 1963.

I reckon its on the Dublin side of the station where the main line was double track with the goods train heading towards Dublin and the canal behind the low bank to the right of the train.

GNRI Bundoran Junction. 50 June 1957.

Clonsilla, 391 10 September 1950.

Near Bray G2 661 with an ancient and modern-ish passenger set . 18 Sept 1954.

County Donegal Railways, Railcars 20, 16 + 19 at Donegal Town June 1957, Pristine condition!

CB&SCR Cork Albert Quay, 464, 4 November 1960

I have a couple of 229 views on flickr in the B&CDR album.

Good Morning Leslie, I understand the photographer was a Nick Nicholson, I have about 70 of his original slides.

While I think on have you any SLNCR cattle wagon kits in stock again?

I would say that the planks are just weather beaten, probably accentuated by lime washing in the distant past.

A couple at Navan Junction, 10 September 1950, the second one has 638 arriving off the the Kingscourt line.

GNRI 135 but where, no information with this negative unfortunately.

No information for this one either but it looks like Bangor on the County Down and possibly pre WWII. No 11.

12 minutes ago, Horsetan said:

 

You couldn't imagine the Swiss doing that.

I always found the Swiss extremely accommodating! If you were travelling First Class then several times the railcar drivers if they saw you videoing etc, they would invite you to travel in the cab with them. At Buchs one day the train from Austria through to Zurich was delayed and a lady grew concerned that she would miss a flight from Zurich Airport. The Driver of an Ae6/6 powered freight overheard the passengers talking and offered to take us through to Ziegelbrucke (about halfway there) in the cabs of the loco. About 10 of us climbed aboard the loco and I managed to get a place in the front cab so I could video the trip. At Ziegelbrucke we transfered to a local train, the station staff ushering us all across the track rather than having to walk round via the subway.

I acquired a rather mixed bag of negatives recently, most somewhat scratched etc but there are some hidden gems.

This is Cashel in 1938 probably taken from the rock. You can see why the population of the town soon deserted the passenger trains!

I am pretty sure this one of JT 93 is at Greenore but there are no details with the negative.

This is probably at Inchicore ca 1960.

Strabane , Erne on the Letterkenny line June 1957 next to the NCC designed Signal Box. June 1957

The Photographer described this as being the last steam worked 'Enterprise' but was it?

209 June 1957.