Irishswissernie

Glengarriff has a fair number of Set Track points in the fiddle yard etc so as I couldn't remember actually running a train with the Hattons 6 wheel coaches I have just given them a run out. The circuit off stage has 8 set track points. both facing and trailing on the curved route. No problems ( much to my amazement!)

NIR, Kilroot WT 51 ca 1968. Whitehead WT 3 on PW train ca 1968 GNRI Adelaide, QG 152 25 June 1952. Amiens Street 170 3 May 1952.

I don't think there are any showing any new 'view points'.

Mystery solved , I received a cheque with a copy of the December British Railways Illustrated but none of my photos were in it. Publishers should have sent a copy of Bylines.

A mixed bag today, I have about 500 Irish views scanned but not titled up and am scanning some 5000 Scottish and Northern England negatives and slides. A Graham Roose slide of 082 on an up train near Collooney 8 May 2005. Attymon Junction with the branch train ca 1958. Note the box of Rinso on the platform! It is possibly the photographers luggage, spent on his money on film and couldn't afford a suitcase/holdall. I didn't have a suitcase then either but then I was still in short trousers and at Primary School! Finally an original GNRI sign amended by the UTA at Portadown. October 1963. Shame its not in focus but then slide film speed in those days wasn't up to catching fast moving subjects

Several views of Glengarriff taken this morning during a'scanning' break.

'Dorothea' a Bachmann Quarry Hunslet arrived on the 23 December, although the same scale she is somewhat smaller than a Class 121.

Merry Christmas everyone! Todays selection. Guinness Brewery 29 June 1959. Moyasta Junction" 4 November 1960. Aghadavoyle WT57 1963 Dundalk WT8 1964. Adelaide A Class 28.

I think they are all in this Waterford & Tramore Album https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/albums/72157711590538817

GNRI today. U Class 197 at Amiens Street shed appears to have acquired a Dundalk built E type Tender 43 or 46 (I think). 28 June 1959. Great Victoria Street, 46 ca 1958. Back to Amiens St unid 4-4-2t + Van B431? 28 June 1959.

Tramore station 3 November 1960, 3 views.

3 more from the late Alec Ford/Transport Library. SLNCR Lurganboy 2 July 1950. Limerick shed D17 No 1 5 July 1950. GNRI, Amiens Street, PG102 28 June 1950

Ballaghaderreen 8 June 1961. B132 substituting for failed steam on special. CDRJC 19 at Clady 15 May 1959

Under construction at Derby 1933

Class 201 appear occasionally on the Sligo & Donegal line. Here is 203 with a Fertiliser Special crossing the Drowes River. I have decided to concentrate on 2 eras steam/early diesel and circa 1990-2000 so 3 Class A's and a 121 are for sale in the ADVERTS. The latest batch of fertilisers have finally arrived today in the UK outback; (unfortunately one wagon had a broken bogie pivot in the box so I will be contacting IRM to get it sorted.

3 HC Casserley negs from 22 June 1937 at Belfast York Road.

Belfast GVS 104, 24 August 1962. Bangor ex GNR 65 on a Tour 10 June 1961 (poor neg) Connolly 143 13 Nov 1995.

Athlone 600 6 July 1955. Ballinrobe ca 1959 Enfield 184 9 June 1961

GNRI today. All taken on 16 August 1953. Drogheda shed T2 64 . Dundalk Works 172 and P 88.

West Clare Railway Corofin & Kilkee 4 Nov 1960. Dungarvan 461 on a Tour 6 June 1961.

Dungannon 24 August 1962. Londonderry Waterside 25 August 1962. Coleraine same date.

Portadown 4 May 1968 WT56 , 2 views. Larne Harbour 16 May 1988, 456.

My copy arrived today in Haltwhistle, looks good. Came from Amazon UK £20-24 post free.

Its the same Customs fiasco Eire to the UK. I understand that my IRM Fertilisers and Tea Containers etc., order on IRM UK and Accurascale Irish are still stuck in UK Customs, it must be getting on for a month now.

4 views from Graham Roose today First 2 at Connolly 1995. 143 is heading a push pull set. Last 2 are Claremorris 16 April 2000.