Irishswissernie

Impressive, looks like 25 x 4 car EMU's; the RhB is now well into Railcars for its passenger services. I much preferred it back in the 1990's when most trains were loco hauled and the freight traffic amounted to over a million tons per year. At my time of life I don't think I will be back, my travelling days to Switzerland are over, however I have over 200 hours of video and 14000 slides and negatives to remind me of the 25 trips I made between 1988 and 2009. The snow could be fairly deep in the Mountains Ospizio Bernina on the RhB Bernina line 9 April 2001.

Only to Fort William now as Lynemouth was closed ca 2014. On a brighter note the Alcan Power station which provided the Lynemouth smelter with electricity has eventually been converted to burn biomass and has been re-opened by its new owner. Usually 2 2000 ton biomass trains are railed to the Power station each day from Port of Tyne Terminal when the Power station is 'on-stream'. At present the company is making more money selling the Biomass at Port of Tyne to other Power stations as in the current mild climate demand for electricity is low. Rail shipments and electricity generation are predicted to re-start once colder weather comes next month.

County Donegal Railways today, I have uploaded 6 as I seem to have a few in the pipeline to go on. Stranorlar 21 April 1953. Van 19, Trailer 3. Railcar 12. Meenglas on shed. Strabane 23 August 1954. Railcar 18. Trailer 3. I have also put a couple of 8 minute Swiss Video segments from October 2003 take adjacent to Hardbrucke station which is on the approach to Zurich Main station The action was non stop with fly shunting, mail , infrastructure and freight trains well in evidence as well as numerous passenger services.. I have added 2 links to the segments. Click on the black picture and it will play.

Dublin, Broadstone shed J15 143, 23 Oct 1960. Liffey Junction J5, 640 same date as above. Cherryville 226, 9.30 Dublin-Waterford 7 June 2008.

Ballater ex Great North of Scotland Railway and the terminus for Balmoral. The line actually went further towards Balmoral and was intended originally to extend past Balmoral to Braemar but the line was only completed for a mile or so past Ballater before the project was abandoned. Rumour at the time was that Queen Victoria didn't want a railway that close to the Estate.

Limerick G3 291 5 July 1955. Athlone shed 587 6 July 1955.

A set of the Hattons 'Generic' 6 wheel coaches arrived today which will be re-lettered for the Sligo & Donegal Junction.

2 views at Portstewart 25 August 1962. Dromod, 073 9 May 2005.

Dublin Connolly WT 54 28 October 1966. Donegal Town ca1952, Van 294 and Ballast wagon 214 (ex Paulings 1904). Finally a different view of Killybegs ca1952 in somewhat contrasting light showing the exit from the goods yard to the pier.

Bandon 5 November 1960. Hill of Howth Tower Car 29 June 1959. Aldergrove va1955. Broadstone shed 1955.

Inchicore Shed , a JG Dewing negative but his records do not have the date, probably around 1950. Limerick 133 5 July 1955. Connolly 185 on a single bogie container wagon 6 March 1992.

Newry, Dublin Bridge. 24 August 1962. Lisburn 18 June 1987.

The freight train is at Barmouth and is mainly composed of gunpowder wagons + barrier vans probably working to Penrhynduedraeth for loading. The narrow gauge is the Vale of Rheidol line at Aberystwyth.

I would examine the photograph more closely and you will see that the photo has been doctored

Strabane 24 August 1962. Westport 186 5 October 1985 Inchicore Works late 1960's probably.

Top one is at what remains of Saltburn station. Coaches were 4 wheeled junk heaps which we had to put up for years on the Haltwhistle to Newcastle line, this particular class (143) were all transfered away from the North East to the South West and Bristol area but their close sisters the Class 142 soldiered on until a few years ago.

This one has been hiding in the wrong file. B&CDR Belfast Queens Quay 2-4-2t No 5 18 April 1946. JGD468.

County Donegal Railways wagons at Donegal Town ca1952.

Londonderry & Lough Swilly Tooban Junction 20 April 1953. Inchicore mid 1960's B234 & G615

Stirling station I think.

Yes I agree, the photographer took photos along the Warrenpoint branch and has captioned this neg wrongly. I have amended the title. Thanks for pointing it out.

I had better add some Irish images as a penance for the Scottish one I put on IRM this morning! West Clare Railway, Corofin 4 November 1960, I think the train was shunting a cattle wagon into the siding judging by other views from the same day. Next Newry Edward Street & Goraghwood 24 August 1962. EDITED Clonakilty 5 November 1960. Drimoleague same date.

Back in the early 1980's traffic to Stranraer was still quite heavy with through trains from London Euston as well as Newcastle and the regular service from Glasgow. Here is the overnight Boat train from Euston at Glenwhilly where we used to kip down for the night. I caught the day Euston service one day and the guard told me that the train only had some 64 passengers on it.

Stranraer Harbour station. Still open today but I think all the ferry services now go from Cairn Ryan on the other side of the Loch, and the Harbour station isn't very convenient for the town being half a mile out on the end of a spit of land. It would make far more sense to build a new station at the old shore end to cater for the town's inhabitants who are probably the only potential travellers today.

Ex Caledonian Railway shed at Perth . Locos are Pickersgill 0-6-0 and 4-4-0's.