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In the latest neg arrivals is a large glass plate said to be at Inchicore. I don't think so! My thoughts are Derby Works with an NCC Class W under construction which would explain why its is being built on a Well Wagon because of the difference in gauges. The wagon behind is nothing to do with the loco as it appears to be standing on the track. That could be the frame for a tender on blocks next to the loco. The cab is behind the gentleman on the right. It is possible that the loco is being partly dismantled prior to being shipped to Northern Ireland. The Cab and top boiler fittings would need removal to fit the LMS loading gauge on its way to a west coast port - Heysham maybe. Thoughts anyone!

Yes its Albert Quay, identified by the building on the left and the top of the gas holder just showing on the right hand side.

Another 300 negatives have arrived this week and I am busy scanning them while the plaster sets on Four Masters Bridge. They are of varying quality and interest but the following 3 are definitely on the 'retained' list. The narrow gauge loco is Cork & Muskerry No 1K on 15 June 1934, a rather poor neg but very interesting and I think a very handsome loco. The other 2 are Belfast & County Down Railway almost certainly pre WW11 . 2-4-0 No 6 a glass neg , location unknown. and 4-4-2t No 17 at Queens Quay sheds. The majority of the others are from 1959 , varying quality but a fair number of CDRJC and C&L views.

This view of Inspection Car No 2 in 1961 at Kildare I uploaded a couple of days ago has gone down well on Flickr. Its been picked up by the International Group 'In Explore' and now has over 6000 hits and 112 favourites. I particularly like the leather plush seats and what appears to be a starting handle on the front! I wonder what happened to it. Might have to persuade Alan to build me one.

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Getting plastered at the Drowes River

I reckon you are right , it should be Ashtown Halt. All my negs of Ashtown were taken by Gerald T Robinson and he only made one visit to Ireland and recorded the name in his log as Ashdown. Thanks for pointing this out.

I also uploaded this Cavan & Leitrim negative today . A couple of original 4-4-0ts at Ballinamore. I was looking at the negative fault and then started to notice the detail differences on the 2 locomotives Domes , safety valves, cab windows, pipework mountings.. Rivets on smokebox wrapper. Its like a spot the difference game! Oh and Chimneys!

Uploaded to Flickr today are Inspection Car No 2 at Kildare A22 at Waterford 1960 B107 Waterford 1960 One of my favourite JG Dewing shots CDRJC at Donegal Town Railcar 19 May 1959 Originally Posted in wrong topic -!

Posted in wrong topic re-done in me Massive Archive

Any of my DNGR in the mag Jim. They are supposed to be sending me a copy plus a cheque!

Well they never said it was confidential! So lines they were looking for photos were Dundalk, Newry & Greenore, Lough Swilly, Achill-Westport, Giants Causeway & West Clare plus the Dungarvan one. I have this one, not yet uploaded to Flickr, on the Bandon to alleviate your suffering. A well photographed Special 17 March 1961

Its not on the list I have been given for what is hopefully a first series. I have provided views for the Lough Swilly programme but don't know how many will survive the 'cutting room' I doubt that I will be able to view the series here in the "Centre of Britain"

Title amended, the late photographer TJ Saunders was more a devotee of the Great Western Railway! At least he didn't describe it as probably a West Clare 2 WHEEL coach.

The last photo though is actually narrow gauge West Clare railway No 5, possibly the " W C" initials fooled the Editor/Author!

Progress at Four Masters. Building up the embankments etc

A couple of JG Dewing images added to Flickr today. These 2 of D4 346 near Rathdrum date according to his records from the same day 20 April 1955

I did 32 years with Midland Bank and got out when HSBC took over. If it had been 6 months later when I was 50 I could have had a full pension . As it was at 49 i had to settle for 32 years redundancy instead, but I put all the redundancy payment over 30K into the pension fund to avoid income tax and then took my pension at age 50 but at 50% of the normal retirement pension. In the good old days Bank pensions were none-contributory ie nowt was deducted off your salary when you were working. I then worked part-time for Nat Worst bank for another 10 years thereby accumulating another none contributory pension. I didn't want to end up like my late father who worked until he was 65 in the Blood Transfusion Service and in the evenings on week days taught Haematology to medical students. He always told my mother that when he retired they could go out and enjoy the fruits of his labours, however 6 months after he retired was diagnosed with Stomach Cancer spent most of his time in hospital and passed away 3 years later.

You have one in a million there

I have 1400 followers on Flickr ERNIE's Railway Archive. A fair number of these seem to be Eastern European or Asian young maidens!

Our late Border collie Chumbawallah Pondicherry still has a facebook account created by my daughters . One of their facebook friends regularly corresponded with him for 6 months before she realised he was a dog!

I am not a fan of Faecesbook either. I mainly use it to chat to the offspring as my cheapo Tesco Pay as you Go mobile doesn't support WhatsUp and I am only a member of various Groups to keep an eye on what photos they have nicked off my flickr and doctored to get rid of the copyright overlays. There are just too many Groups basically churning out the same stuff or in some cases perpetuating false or flawed information. Now does anyone remember a Group I had years ago when, I think it was Microsoft, had some site (MY Daughter says it was MSN Groups!) where you could form a Group. Mine was Irish Railway something - I can't even remember what its Title was . Any way Microsoft or whatever decided to pull the plug on MSN and I closed it down. Shortly after IRM started up and I joined here instead. Some of the lads on here were members, H Gricer was one. My memory is definitely getting worse!

Found this on Facebook Tony. https://www.facebook.com/RailOmagh This has a lot of Archive images on it. You can post your photos (where you have copyright or the copyright holders permission) etc on there if you join Facebook yourself (I think) Ernie

Its a Tank engine and therefore carries its water in the saddle tank and coal in the bunker behind the cab rather than having a separate tender. Looking at the instructions (I don't use DCC) there is space in the boiler to fit a chip which will need to be cold wired, OO Works do not provide this service. I notice that whilst the loco comes with a 12 month guarantee for manufacturing faults fitting a DCC chip also voids the guarantee.

It is. He has listed them on E Bay (all 3 liveries) at £280 which is a £1 more than his web site but then on E Bay I get 280 Nectar points so save 40P! Postage £9 UK Special Delivery. He has listed 2 more green ones available. Purchased Thursday, posted friday, left on the step this morning as the van roared off into the distance. I don't know how clued up OO Works are on selling to the EU so deducting VAT (They may be too small to be VAT registered even) So it may be an idea for someone in the EU to check out if E Bay does this on the Global Shipping Program for this particular model. Nice heavy loco which negotiates 17 inch curves and points.