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THanks, probably a special from Rossnowlagh, Title amended. The slide is annotated as from Strabane but the low sunshine from the west suggests its a returning excursion.

I have now identified most of a recently acquired collection of rather crxppy negatives with no information attached. 9 appear to be of the Tralee and Dingle railway ca 1947-48 and I have added them to Flickr forming a new Tralee & Dingle album together with images of the line formerly in the Irish Narrow Gauge Railways Album. https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/albums/72177720320528647/ Here are 3 of the (slightly) better quality ones. The first took a while to identify mainly because the location at the 'country' end of Tralee station is now totally built over. The only buildings still standing today are the higher house behind the row of cottages (now demolished) and in the distance a single storey rendered (then a shop) building next to the line. Photo 2 is at Dingle with a solitary open wagon. yj038 T&D 1948-CA Dingle station with solitary wagon. yj038 Last one is Horse Box 1T in slightly better condition than other photos taken a few years later. yj017 T&D 1947-8 CA Tralee Horse Box 1T

CDRJC 1959-08-03 Donegal Town ,Meenglas from Strabane yj047 CIE 1982-06-27 Littleisland 021 Amonia to Arklow yj160 CIE 1982-09-13 Connolly 111 yj172

Locomotives were scrapped at Sutton in the 1950's I have some negatives on flickr of ex DN&G locos being there then so perhaps these locos stored in the old tram shed had been purchased by the Scrapman. CIE 1963-05-18 Hill of Howth,Sutton Tram shed 562 yj194 .

Ardnacrusha Hydro Electric Station with a Special September 1962, 3 views.

Worked on a few more images this afternoon. Tralee and Dingle Bogie van 39T's location was a puzzler but I reckon its on a spur off the line to the exchange yard just opposite to the present main line station. T&D 1948-CA Tralee Exchange sidings opposite Main station. Bogie van 39T yj010 CB&SC 1968-06-xx Cork City Railway, Albert Quay Trip C209 yj126. CB&SC 1958-05-xx Courtmacsherry C232 Excursion from Cork yj123. EDIT I need to do a bit more cleaning up on this one!

I have acquired 3 lots of Irish slides and negatives in a recent Auction and am busy sorting them out. One Lot is of 41 poor quality un-identified negatives but the subjects are of some interest and include Tralee & Dingle, West Clare, CDRJC and Lought Swilly images (plus some Ffestiniog , Isle of Man and Welshpool and Llanfair!) and are all CA 1950. The other 2 Lots are Irish slides one Lot being all Originals. The other of approx 470 slides was said to contain 150 odd Coulourail Duplicates but actually has over 250 with some duplicates over-written as originals by John Edgington whereas a large number are actually by other photographers where I already have the original Kodachrome slides. Duplicates are useless in my case as I won't use them on the Internet not having possession of the Copyright. Being somewhat peed off at first I have dumped the duplicates in a box but actually the remainder contain some interesting images and there actually are some John Edgington original Kodachromes amongst them. Here are 6 featuring a trip on the Banteer-Newmarket branch with G601 in May 1958. CIE had tried to close the branch by then only open for Goods but after representations by the local Communities agree to retain a daily goods until February 1963. I think there were some attempts to preserve the line but these failed. An interesting prototype, you can get kits for the loco but I would be in the queue for a ready to run model or 2! 1.) CIE 1958-05-xx Banteer, Newmarket Trip wkg. G601 yj129. 2.) & 3.) CIE 1958-05 Kanturk G601 yj130 Views 4 to 6 are at Newmarket.

CIE Ca 1965-67 Wexford North 2608. CIE 1965-1967 Wexford South 2608 (1). GMK033 CIE 1955-xx Dublin Heuston 2621. D171.

Bank Holiday bonus upload today. I was lucky at the Auction yesterday so should be approx 400 + slides /negs in the pipeline. CB&SC 1954-09-04 Drimoleague shed 470 KC CIE 1959-ca Mullingar y003 C&L 1938- xx ca Ballinamore No 1 'Isabel' JDG

A few more acquisitions this week. EDITED I am told that this is also probably at Poyntzpass,where the people are, the siding for ballast wagons was installed later so probably also 9 September 1967. 186 was shunted here to let the train past. (Photo 5) 2nd one. I think this one is 9 Sept 1967 and at Poyntzpass on a Belfast service. 3rd one. CIE 1965-1967 Wexford South 2608 . Fouth one. My favourite and the Ken Cooper Original off E Bay. CB&SC 1953-08-03 Clonakilty Jc C7 37 on branch train KC NIR 1967-09-09 Poyntzpass 186 SPL y042

GNRI 1963-05-29 nr Aghadavoyle JGD630718. GNRI 1962-05-19 Dundalk QGS 152 JGD620609. Waterford 2001-10-12 128 j113.

SLNCR 1957-09-21 Enniskillen Railcar 'B' 4.20pm from Sligo. 7.20pm mixed on right WACS950. I originally missed uploading this one because of the nasty scratch which I thought might have been a hair on the scanner. I then forgot about it until today when unfortunately it does turn out to be a fault on the film itself. West Clare 1960-03-24 Lahinch F501 JGD600124. UTA 1967-05-26 Belfast Queens Quay. Mallow 166 ca 2001

CDRJC 1959-05-11 Donegal Railcar 19 Arriving JGD590735. CDRJC 1959-05-09 Letterkenny R'car 16 Xing L&LSR trackbed JGD590726. CIE 1950-CA Athlone 583. Connolly 082 ca 2001.

Dublin Connolly184 ca 2001 j244. GNRI 1956-09-14 Belturbet JT91 LN418. GNRI 1957-06-05 Ballyhaise 107 +91 LN1005

I didn't realise that GMK took another photo of 1001 shunting at Heuston Goods. The containers both small and large were in the wagons. I have also enlarged the view in the second upload.

Ballasting underway although there won't be much actual ballast on view at the end. At this stage in a layout's construction I always have to remind myself with the thought that 'relax this is probably layout number 40 odd you are constructing and it will be ok' I have also re-titled the layout 'Pen - Y - Bryn' which is a hill to the south west of Penmachno.

4 John Dewing slides today. It appears that GNRI practice on the Dublin-Belfast Main re ballasting was to pack the sleepers with ballast underneath the chairs/rail but leave a depression on plain track in the middle possibly to assist drainage. Interesting detail to model along with a line of new or re-placed sleepers (its hard to tell which) on the last photo. GNRI 1963-05-19 Wellington Bank 91 JGD630606. GNRI 1963-05-28 Belfast GVS WT54 JGD630620. GNRI 1965-07-11 Laytown JGD651110. GNRI 1964-06-02 Mount Pleasant 54 JGD640425.

Yes ,the photos are of the locos being used on the RHTT (Rail Head Treatment Trains) during October to December. It only takes a few days for the locos to get covered in muck. 2023-10-23 Melkridge 68022 + 68017 RHTT in action.

GNRI 1956-09-13 Beauparc, 18 on goods crossing Railcar A, LN399. GMK092 CIE 1961-04 Inchicore 2637 refTD112. GMK086 CIE 1955-xx Youghal GSWR open 3rd gas lit C194.

Ballybrophy 148 on Limerick via Nenagh ca 2002. C&L 1956-09-14 Bawnboy Road, 4.20pm Belturbet -Ballinamore mixed. LN415. C&L 1957-06 Ballinamore shed 8L 4T LN175.

Is it this one jim? Farewell the Derry Road by Eric Challoner, Page 66, 705 + Brake Compo 396 at Bundoran Junction August 1957 (nc Simmons)

Drogheda 187 ca 2004-5. SLNCR 1957-06-08 Glenfarne 'Lough Melvin' LN1113. GNRI 1957-09-21 Enniskillen 12, 6.40pm to Omagh WACS2249. GNRI 1957-09-21 Enniskillen shed 162, 100 & 12 WACS2119.

GNRI 1957-06-09 Warrenpoint 21 LN1129. GNRI 1957-06-07 Omagh 204 LN1044. GNRI 1957-06-05 Belturbet station JT91 on Ballyhaise train LN1004. Tralee 077 ca 2000

I Have added the new NG7 layout 'Machno Yard' to this topic as the layout represents the Penmachno Slate Co's mineral line from the Llanwrst & Penmachno Railway up the valley to its quarry at Blaen Glasgwm. This is modelled in RG7 or 0-16.5 scale rather than the 009 Conway Falls Layout and represents the Quarry Company's shed and yard to the north of the village of Penmachno. Track laying and electrics are now complete and the attached photos show the general layout of the scene. The through track is also used by the Irish 00 layout 'Four Masters Bridge' to complete circular access to the joint fiddle yards via a removable drop board. across the doorway.

Rails Sheffield have already sold out on the Sound equipped Quarry Hunslets and also the slate wagons (My fault there!) Meanwhile a couple more views of S&DJR 9 ex GNRI 149, on the morning passenger. First view shows the new scenic area to be developed in the background