Chris_w

Corrections: c.1907 = photo is dated May 1921.

I bought 2 of the former and 1 of the latter in digital form. Hardly anything of relevance in the bus magazine. An unexpected side was mention of 2 ex-South Down coaches. I do remember seeing South Down buses when I was very young in Lancing / Brighton. The anonymous photo collection looks interesting. I’ll email you separately about that.

Has anyone got early photos of L&LSR Pennyburn before the mid 1920s - preferably WWI and earlier?

Can anyone help with questions on this attached infographic? I’ve only found one photo of the ‘mystery’ siding. Hard to date, but definitely before WWII. Also found no evidence of that coach body being located by the water tank earlier than 1948. Any help welcomed; especially photographs.

Thanks

Can you let me know when it’s available? Is this one of your articles??

I have thought about Letterkenny; even got some extra OS plans, etc. BUT, still got a lot to do on Derry. Need that information from Derry Archives.

You know the OSNI plans (1:1250 & 1:2500) have spot heights in metres. Earlier OS (1940s) we’re probably in feet. So, it’s possible to get a general idea of levels.

Thank you . Hope you’ve seen my plans on Strabane and Derry-Londonderry on separate threads. Currently working on Derry-Londonderry. A Guide has been finished. Plans showing the whole of City (railway parts) are finished except the earliest. Now working on the individual stations, allowing for more detailed evolution. This is taking a long time, hence my publishing on this site. After that…. Return to original intention of producing plans showing the evolution of CDRJC (and constitutes). Next will either be Donegal or Letterkenny. Don’t hold your breath .

Following my publishing Strabane station evolution plans on that thread, I’m now doing the same for Stranorlar.

Decided to upload complete set of Strabane

Hi, Happy New Year. Do you know if any of the 500 have anything on Derry-Londonderry?

A request…. Can anyone help trying to find an original of the 1848 map / plan of Derry-Londonderry drawn by the Ordnance Survey for the Corporation? I believe the National Archive of Ireland may have one. There response for making a copy is difficult for me. If anyone is ever there, could they use a digital camera (smartphone) to photograph the small section of the plan? Although there is an online digital copy labelled 1848; it is in fact a revised version dating from c.1856. I’m attaching an infographic to illustrate these comments and identify the area required. It would be the only railway in Derry-Londonderry at the time. The ‘Gallows Strand’ terminus.

Scale…. That’s actually a difficult one. They are based OS plans 1:2500, but they are not reproduced to any particular scale. Each complete plan (map) does have a dimension scale so that you can measure. That’s the best I can do for you. This is the bottom half of the complete plan.

Strabane 1947 (CRA 2020) viewable on Flickr.

Reference "Victoria Road" station. Attached is an extract of a plan I’ve produced (CRA 2020) for 1948-49. Reference "Graving Dock" / Pennyburn. Another extract (CRA 2020) for 1953. Considering that the authors actually visited these places they didn’t get a lot of the details right, especially the L&LSR. Hope they’re useful.

My painstakingly slow progress on Derry-Londonderry plans showing evolution of railways in the City have been finished (I hope) for early 1960s and late 1940s. Currently working on 1908. Attached are extracts from my work on Waterside, showing locations of the turntable at different times. The OS 1908 scale 1:1056 plans are the only ones that show dual-gauge track with 3 rails. Basically, it’s a revision of the 1873 1:500 scale plans; reduced to 1:1056. Sadly it doesn’t cover Pennyburn, but that’s another story. Hope these help.

OK, I stand corrected. Sorry about that. Must be the heat and having so many photos.

Thanks. However, it’s not another Britain from the Air photo. There aren’t a huge number of those and most are limited to NI. The best source of other aerial photos is found on the website of the National Library of Ireland. I think I’ve only found ~4 aerial photos from BfA. Most of the rest are NLI. There are also some newspaper ones (based in Belfast) - can’t remember the name off hand.

LOCATION SOLVED………

Hi, would you be willing to share them online or privately?

Maybe…. Done some drawing / photo comparisons…. What do you think? Close up of track drawing….

Should have included key. Don’t know. Need more photos……

Thanks Galteemore

Sorry, what’s a PM?