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  1. Modelling Irish Railways by Johnston & O'Rourke - good condition - €5 plus postage Three copies of NIR's Rail Issues magazine - €3 plus postage or can be collected from Enniscorthy or Dublin (adjacent to Connolly Station).
  2. 16mm Today - 9 copies + Modelling In 16mm (members guide). Issues are as follows: 2006 - No.118 - November 2007 - Nos.120/121/122 2008 - Nos.123/124 2009 - Nos.127/128/129 All in mint condition - €12 for the lot. Too heavy to post but can be collected from Enniscorthy or Dublin (adjacent to Connolly Station - payment in advance!)
  3. Just bumping this - surely somebody must want? JUST SOLD.
  4. A few more pics. Thurles Beet Factory Sidings Knock special at Youghal circa 1983 The Railway Bar, Lixnaw from the LC.
  5. Tralee - Fenit. The GSRPS/CIE inspection car trip 28th January 1987 - how could I forget! Of course, I can't put my hand on any photographs - probably disposed of on eBay. Happy New Year everybody.
  6. Although very definitely an ex.enthusiast I'm looking forward to getting hold of a copy of this.
  7. Other long gone lines that I was luck enough to travel over include Tuam Bfs Thurles Bfs Mallow Bfs Above: 1987/88 GSRPS volunteers recovering sleepers. Dun Laoghaire – Dun Laoghaire Pier (an RSPI tour was my last trip over the pier line) Athlone – Mullingar – regular services, specials. Sligo – Sligo Quay (RPSI) Athenry – Claremorris – Knock specials, enthusiast specials and a loose coupled beet to Tuam. Cahir Railway Museum Dromod – Clooncolry (unlikely to reopen. I drove the first loco into Dromod Shed since the line closed! Roosky Supermarket Private Railway (2ft) REGRETS – lines that were intact when I became an enthusiast but were already closed. Cork City Railway Ardee Loughrea branch Castleisland branch NO REGRETS Tralee – Blennerville (unlikely to reopen) but I never travelled on.
  8. North Kerry (incl.Foynes) spray trains. By the early 1980’s the last ‘exciting’ railroading left in Ireland was the annual traversing of the North Kerry line between Ballingrane Junction/Tralee by the weedspraying train. Overlooked by most enthusiasts this train was the only movement of any sort over the line from one end of the year to the next. Due to the heavily overgrown nature of the line and poor condition of the permanent way 5-6 hours was usually allowed for the 53 mile long journey. I was fortunate to make the trip on three occasions the first, and most memorable, was in June 1982. A fellow enthusiast from Scotland, Andy Grant, and I had travelled down to Foynes the previous evening to pick up the Spray Train, armed with our ‘rarer than hen’s teeth’ footplate passes. Overnight accommodation was offered to us in one of the two sleeping vans attached to the train and was gratefully accepted, before adjourning to a nearby pub for the night. The next morning we awoke with a heightened sense of expectation and following a hearty breakfast laid on by train guard, Liam Cronin, we set out for Ballingrane Junction some 9½ miles distant. Aside from Foynes station there was little of interest on the branch and we were glad when Ballingrane came into view. After running-round the train and signing the cabin register to say we were entering the Ballingrane/Tralee section we set out and effectively disappeared off the railway map. Our first obstacle was encountered not far from the junction when we arrived at a level crossing recently tarred over by the County Council. Half an hour’s work with crowbars and picks saw us on our way and we are soon through Rathkeale station with its signal cabin shattered but still standing guard on a scene of desolation. With plenty of horn blowing at the numerous accommodation crossings and occasional frantic hand signals from the footplate crew to those in the spray van to shut off the sprayer as crossing keeper’s gardens were approached. Newcastle West with its twin arched bridge and double set of gantry semaphores made a fine sight but sadly this once extensive double terminal station is now a wreck, and a vandalised point lock almost prevents our entry into the station. Running round in the dense undergrowth provided excellent photographic opportunities with freshly painted Metrovick 209 soon sporting quite a collection of camouflage! After a poke around in the remains of the station we were soon on our way and climbing the notorious Barnagh Bank - scene of several runaways involving loose coupled goods trains. Just before the summit is the Barnagh tunnel - narrow and very wet - and we are glad to find no obstruction here. On through a deep cutting and past the derelict Barnagh station with its diminutive goods shed... We now slipped into a routine whereby the train would stop outside each station allowing us to get down from the footplate and walk ahead to photograph the trains arrival. The loco driver that day was the late Paddy Neville who had had charge of the weedspray train over the entire CIE system for years. Paddy was an amiable character and it took no great effort to persuade him that we should lay over at Lixnaw station for an hour long lunch break at the adjacent Railway Bar. This set a precedent for the next couple of years! The Railway Bar, then untouched since its building in the 1890’s was a rare gem and its owner Jack McCarthy a mine of information of local railway folklore - his uncle had been General Manager of the Listowel & Ballybunion Railway for almost its entire existence. An ancient semaphore signal, long defunct, with two arms on opposite sides of the same post stood guard at the station level crossing. Above: Lixnaw with train crew and locals posing for the camera. We were sorry to leave but promised to call again the following year and we were off. All too soon we passed through Ardfert and the outskirts of Tralee appeared in the distance. On our right the derelict line from Fenit trailed in and ran parallel for the remaining 1½ miles into Tralee. At Rock Street level crossing a van was blocking the gates but its owner was soon traced and we entered the old North Kerry yard (now Dunnes Stores). Although our train was now visible from (Tralee) Edward Street signal box the driver was obliged to walk ahead and sign the cabin register to say we had arrived before being allowed to proceed into Tralee station. Newcastle West on another spray train - possibly 1983?
  9. Navan - Kingscourt Just the one time and that was on "The Cavan Coup" railtour. Also Dundalk – to Dundalk NW yard - trial runs with GNR Qs 131 before she was hauled to Mallow. Sadly I never managed to get to Dundalk (Barrack Street).
  10. Waterford – Ballinacourty – Spray Trains, IRRS Farewell, Engineering trains Above: at Ballinacourty: can't remember the date of this one either. Waterford – New Ross – Spray train and various specials Waterford – Rosslare Strand Rosslare Harbour – Rosslare Pier (including the tiny pub out at the end of the pier!)
  11. Collooney – Claremorris – inspection car. 30th November 1981. The Burma Road is a 47 mile long line linking Claremorris to Collooney Junction (on the Dublin/Sligo line). Nicknamed after the notorious railway built by Japanese POW’s during World War II the line has always been unpopular with railwaymen due to its numerous level crossings, gradients and switchback nature Closed to passenger traffic as far back as 1963 and to freight in 1975 the line literally owes its continued survival to divine intervention! This takes the form of Fr.Micheal McGreil S.J., who has tirelessly campaigned to have the line re-opened since the late 1970’s. Although this hasn’t happened to date the line remains in situ which is more than can be said for many of the other lines mothballed at the same time. By good luck I had met Fr.McGreil some months earlier and managed to wangle an invitation for the big day - a trip over the entire line in an inspection car. On the outward journey 11 officials from CIE and members of the Mayo/Galway Regional Development Organisation packed into the nominally 7 seat inspection car. On the outward journey from Claremorris I travelled by road with two permanent way inspectors to open the level crossing gates and to take photographs. The weather was atrocious, and the rain teemed down in a way that it only seems to in Mayo. At Collooney an Expressway bus whisked the VIP’s away for a feed/meeting in Sligo, and I made my way into town to buy a towel for myself and, more importantly, for my cameras. Back at Collooney (GSWR station) I boarded the inspection car for a quick brew-up before setting off for Claremorris at 13.15. There were only five of us for the return journey so I was able to enjoy a front seat ride in the company of Chief PW inspector John Cronan, Driver Patrick Conroy, Platelayer Noel Armstrong (Claremorris) and PW inspector Jerry Dwyer (Claremorris). Good time was made despite having to stop to remove illegal fences replaced since the outward run. Only in cuttings had vegetation encroached to any extent and in some places it was difficult to believe that the line hadn’t been sprayed or maintained for years! However, many of the stations had suffered considerable vandalism. Following a brief photographic stop at Kiltimagh, and a grisly encounter with some sheep we reached Claremorris at approximately 16.00. The line is still intact today - the last movement over it being on the 24/9/88 when two carriages were delivered by rail to the Folk Museum at Kiltimagh station. Sadly, I sold my Super 8 movie some years ago, and my stills were lost by a processing lab while the local photographer in Claremorris lost his negatives. On a positive note I found this video yesterday which shows some footage of the outward Claremorris/Kiltimagh part of the inspection run.
  12. Upton (2ft gauge) – “The Upton Rocket” Midleton – Youghal – Knock Specials, Summer Sundays, Cork 800. Irish Steel Haulbowline (4ft 8.5") - IRRS tour sometime in 1980s.
  13. Lisburn – Antrim Belfast (York Road) – various destinations Shane’s Castle – Last day of operation. Picture is from a postcard and ticket from last day - forget date. Foyle Valley Railway to end of the line at its furthest extent.
  14. TALLOW ROAD When I looked at it in 1989 it was a burnt out wreck with cows sheltering inside but the owner wouldn't sell. Whoever bought it must have spent a fortune on it as there's a big extension to the house and the goods shed (?) is also brand new. In 1992 I had sale agreed on the even more impressive station at Lismore (on 11 acres) for 55,000 pounds! Both stations were originally paid for by the Duke of Devonshire. Tallow Road would be a lonely spot and you would need security on it 24/7 these days.
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  16. Good copy of this elusive book, but no dustwrapper. €20 including p+p.
  17. Three ultra rare reports of the 1908 Vice Regal Commission into Irish Railways plus two superb coloured maps - see extract photo. Contains hundreds of pages of fascinating details from a myriad of Irish railways. In very good condition having been rebound for the Pennsylvania State Library. The text pages are in mint condition - almost unread. The maps are very bright and clean but would be best extracted and framed. Very heavy - can be collected from Enniscorthy or left in central Dublin (opp.Connolly Station). €120 if delivered to Dublin €100 if collected from Enniscorthy. Payment in advance if I deliver to Dublin.
  18. The whole thing is so bloody typical of the way things are done down here and that's why we are left with nothing. The Fry Collection would be better sent north of the border where they know how to do things. Cultra, Downpatrick and soon Whitehead - all with museums - and we have a hay shed in Howth. I'm truly glad to be completely removed from the railway scene these days. Incidentally, anybody with half a brain would think that bringing the Fry Collection back to Inchicore Works would be worth considering, but don't hold your breath.
  19. The damaged station. I never attempted anything but sticking it back together, and somebody good at weathering should have no problem with this. There is also an undamaged platform waiting room that comes with this. If I didn't mention it previously, there's very little, if any, play-wear on any of the items listed.
  20. It's the end of the line for yet another failed project! Time to de-clutter. I would prefer to sell as one lot and collection from Enniscorthy preferred but delivery to Connolly Station area possible. OO Gauge Bachmann 30-015 Local Suburban Train Set containing 0-6-2 BR green Class 56XX Tank Loco No.6622, 2 x BR crimson and cream Collett Coaches (Composite and Brake Composite) along with controller with wall mounted transformer and oval of track with point and siding, contents appear unused and in Excellent condition in good but faded box. * NOT actual box - mine is better. Hornby Skaledale - R8534 – Signal Box – long discontinued and quite Irish in appearance. Boxed. Hornby – R8536 - Single Road Locomotive Shed. Boxed. Hornby Skaledale - R8639 – Stone Water Tower. Boxed. Hornby Skaledale - R8521 – Strawsons Warehouse. Boxed. Hornby Skaledale Wooden Bus Shelter R8680. Boxed. “Percy” Loco.6. from Thomas the Tank Engine series. “Bill” Loco from Thomas the Tank Engine series. Skaledale- R8646 - Low relief terrace shop 'Smeeton's. Boxed. Hornby Thomas the Tank Engine and carriages “Annie” and “Clarabel”. 11 misc. freight wagons 4 LIMA bogie wagons including 2 bogie coal wagons. 2 ‘foreign’ bogie carriages Quantity of track including long straights and additional points. Skaledale platform. Good condition. CIE Road Freight artic vehicle - mint. Skaledale Goods Shed R8582 - Irish in style BOXED. Damaged Skaledale Station - MORE PICTURES SHORTLY. €200 THE LOT IF DONE BY THIS WEEKEND - A BARGAIN!
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