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Desmond Coakham photographed a CVR passenger brake van at Strabane (Narrow Gauge Rolling Stock Page 64 top photo) in 1947, which he says did not appear in any writings on either line. numbered 14. Looks very similar. Ernie

Here is a 5 minute video taken at Waterford October 2003 (also includes a short train of bubbles hauled by 148) Video shows fork lift picking up casks using a special attachment and placing them in cages. The 'attachment whatsit' could be removed and the forklift then used to load lorries or wagons as shown. Thinking back I think the railway wagons would be unloaded and then the cages put into the compound where they could then be sorted before loading onto lorries doing the pub rounds. Empties would again make there way back to the compound where cages could be filled before loading back onto wagons to go back to Dublin. The video is aspect 4:3 so double click on the picture for it to play /display correctly otherwise you won't see the bottom bit of the video.

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Been busy planting trees, bushes grass and weeds today

A couple of Mike Shannon views 13Feb65 WT8 at Omagh and S60 at Strabane plus a WT at Omagh in 1964. They are the only WT's on the Derry Road I have photos of so certainly uncommon. S Class 60 seems to be the other regular 4-4-0 Ernie

Needs editing re some of the facts. I'm pretty sure the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee had nowt to do with operating it and the Great Northern Railway didn't close the line. Unfortunately I havn't got time at present to check this out. Went to see an old German friend very ill on his last legs today and he was very excited to see me and then passed away. His last words were Du stehst auf meiner Sauerstoffleitung! I need to find out what this means, might be some money to get some Guinness Keg wagons! Better get back on topic St Johnston 14 Feb 1965

Some 141/121 ends for comparison. Sods Law says I can't find a direct side on shot for comparison but the model looks fine EDITED Sods Law also states that you will find a side on shot just after you have posted! . I will add this one also as it is roughly the same aspect as the model photo and conveys the same impression re the heights.

Super Train above Black per Murphy or Black and Tan per CIE

Yes it went to Dundalk Barrack Street. Several views in my GNRI album https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/albums/72157626756740602/with/5736727396/ of the special at Ardee, Dromin and Dundalk

Wills scenecraft SS57 Varigirder. I think I used 2 packs, they also do a kit for the brick piers, I would have preferred stone but I don't think they do one.

This is another JG Dewing negative taken in 1960 at (I think) Thurles . Van A 15 which appears to be still lettered for the Great Southern & Western! Someone has cleaned round the letters. It doesn't look like a re-lettering .

Weathering on the bubbles was done by my son Alan who also built them a few years before the IRM models appeared. Dapol Prestwin chassis plus 3D printed bodies he designed. Weathering was mainly acrylics but with other materials added including tooth paste which developed an interesting greenish mould over the years. I tend to use oil based, water and acrylics paints applied at the same time as the 3 tend to separate out and create interesting patterns etc. A bit of progress on the embankment and Mart site yesterday.

Easons were a well known company who had a large number of kiosks on railway stations including one at Stranorlar, this looks like the kiosk. They were basically newsagents selling papers and magazines as can be seen from the titles on the invoice and I doubt that they sold railway books as such but probably had a selection of tourist oriented guides etc. Ernie

Four more recently acquired negs. Cork 406 5 March 1949 looking quite smart!

Its on 00 Works web site now https://ooworks.co.uk/ Ernie

Its easier to describe embankment construction in photos.

Work has re-started on Glengarriff !

Well here in Haltwhistle Centre of Britain, netty, bog or toilet rolls are still like gold dust. Our Sainsburys and Co-op have been decimated by Townies from Newcastle driving here and buying everything. The locals are talking of putting up the barricades and self -isolating the whole town! Ernie

One of my offspring gave me this for my birthday some years ago. Now do I flog it, do I use it or do I do the puzzles during the coming 3 months of self isolation first and hope I can solve each puzzle before I need the next sheet?

I received the attached email today from 00 Works. GSR ex CBSC 472 was a 0-6-0st scrapped in 1940 so a bit of an odd prototype to select but very similar to the LSWR 0330 saddle tank also mentioned. This was essentially a Beyer Peacock standard design. The advert wasn't attached Ernie

Britain from Above covers the Republic and other countries as well https://britainfromabove.org.uk/en Ernie

Just found another photo of Tralee plus loco 7 was shedded at Tralee in 1945 so yes you are correct. Many thanks. Ernie

Thanks, the open top cattle wagon is in the second last photo. 4 down, four to go! The negs have scanned a bit better than what I thought .

OK Anyone know the location of the following, all from around 1950. Captions refer to the photo below. Identified Tralee, D19, 7 Identified, Belfast Queens Quay after the demise of the County Down Class 1, 218 Confirmed as Rocksavage , I think the loco is G1 No 423 This seems to be out in the wilds but locos look like OOU J26, 557 This was at Thurles 1945 and it could well be where this photo is. T'm pretty sure this is Limerick coal stage J15, 181 Possibly Limerick J11, 219 Not much to go on this one but the open top Cattle wagon is interesting! loco E1, 279 Identified as Inchicore 42

Here are a couple more. Ballinamore C&L 1956 JGD Thurles A45 + 309 5June 1956 from a print with copyright. One bit of good news or maybe not - they have cancelled the Eurovision song contest! Ernie