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Irishswissernie replied to David Holman's topic in Irish Model Layouts
I took some video at Thomastown on 14 October 2003. This was when the Beets were being diverted via Kildare due to the Cement train crashing through the viaduct at Cahir. I caught the train from Waterford to Thomastown hoping to video a beet empty set from the bridge at the north end. The station and surrounding area was totally deserted although in the field by the over bridge was a herd of cows who seemed quite interested in my company especially when they learnt that these strange new trains were carrying sugar beet which probably tasted rather like sweet turnips. After what seemed like an hour but was probably nearer 3 hours a train materialised, unfortunately for the cows (but not for me) it was empty logs. There are some views of the station yard and also the appalling state of the running line. Its frightening to realise that its approaching 20 years ago! -
More Alex Ford/Transport Library views today. GNRI 28 June 1950 . 84 at Dublin Amiens Street with a couple of interesting wagons in the photo. A bogie van on the train but also an open slat sided wagon which reminds me of wagons to carry empty beer kegs/ milk churns etc . Next 5 July 1950 , 191 at a rather rural looking Limerick. Finally 27 June 1950 Dublin Harcourt Street, G2 657
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Not much progress in 2022 on Glengarriff & Four Masters Bridge due in part to various 'holidays' courtesy of the NHS but also because to keep me occupied I am cataloguing and identifying several thousand negatives from the 1930's to the 1960's where the information is recorded on the back of prints but with no links to the relative negative. This view shows the solution; I have scanned the negatives sleeve by sleeve to give me a positive which can be enlarged on the PC to assist in matching the print. Also in view is my study which has now been re-arranged to provide a 4 feet x 2' -6'' space for a 009 layout basically a roundy-roundy . 2 Ffestiniog Peco/kato small 0-4-0stt arrived yesterday to go with my Double Fairlie. Construction will have to wait until the prints/negs task is completed. Finally a couple of views of the Ballyshannon-Sligo Local behind 124 & 192 crossing the Drowes River.
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I have approx 40 Dewing original slides and 200 odd negatives, most will be on flickr but there may be some that have been missed due to the computer 'crash' Ballybay 19 Dec 1959 with the Last Day special. The date was also my 12th birthday and my birthday present was a Triang TT gauge 3f tank and goods train mounted on a 3 feet square board with no scope for adding sidings etc so interest in it soon palled! Strabane with S2 190 shunting, 15 May 1959 The last view is 132 on an IRRS Special along the Oldcastle branch, 3 June 1961