Irishswissernie

A few arrivals this week, a friend gave me some 80 Northern Ireland slides from the the mid 1960's and today a mixed bag arrived including some JG Dewing negatives. This one caught my eye. I'm pretty sure that the bogie coach is one of DNGR Tri-Composites 23 or 24 built for the Greenore- Belfast Boat trains in 1899. Please correct me if it isn't! EDITed to The bogie carriage is a GNRI vehicle, number 130, (a one off), originally H2 2nd/3rd class, downgraded in 1941 to all 3rd and allocated K21. Thanks Paul. I thought that if it was the ex D&NGR Tri-Composite it would have retained the 'LNWR' livery. DN&GR 1949-05 CA Newry Bridge Street station, Greenore train JT94 and GNRI bogie + DNG 6 whl stock. JGD490903

https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/XAW027572 The above is a link to an aerial view of Enniskillen in the Britain from the Air site. I always thought that the canopy by the SLNCR Bay extended as far as the station and footbridge but it didn't even reach the terminal end of the bay platform

Yes I noticed that in your Topic; I did a check through the scans that havn't been uploaded to flickr yet, the only other relevant one is a B&W negative of the colour image that is already uploaded.

SLNCR 1957-06-08 Enniskillen, 'Lough Melvin' LN1110. W&T 1960-11-03 Waterford Manor (2). UTA 1967-08-23 Portstewart 'WT54' recorded by photographer but could be 55! JGD67093

CDRJC 1959-05-10 Donegal Town, Notice JGD590727a. CDRJC 1959-08-14 Letterkenny, Mixed for Strabane x169. CIE 1954-07-06 Cork Glanmire Road shed Mck034. CIE 1952-06-10 Ennis, West Clare Bay etc Mck027.

GNRI 1960-05-17 Finaghy Railcar xx JGD600328. GNRI 1961-05-31 Adelaide 62 JGD610703 GNRI 1960's CA Belfast GVS UG 82 later UTA 47 x032

GNRI 1963-05-29 Aghadavoyle WT 57 JGD630706 GNRI 1961-06-01 Aghadavoyle WT 57 on 14.15 Dublin - Belfast JGD610708 GNRI 1963-05-31 Aghadavoyle bank SG3 UTA 35 JGD630815

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?