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Cornishman

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  1. Thanks for the information, Leslie. I was puzzled by the Belfast - Dublin stopping trains in the 1963 - 64 UTA Winter timetable which shows three southbound (ex Belfast 08:15, 14:15 and 18:20) and just two back (09:15 and 14:45). I rather imagined the CIE carriage sidings getting fuller and fuller! I presume no passengers were allowed on the newspaper train. In March 1964 I saw NCC W class 2-6-0s 91 and 97 as well as WTs on the Belfast -Dublin trains. Leslie, you said they were often used on the Derry Road at that time. 4-4-0s 170 and 171 were very active on 24 March 1963 and at Adelaide late afternoon 170 passed going South (I believe on on the 17:00 to Derry) and shortly afterwards 171 went Belfast bound ( I think this must have been the 15:45 from Omagh - is this likely?) If you have any timings or loco details for the 24/26/26 March 1964, I would be very interested to see them. Thanks again.
  2. Thanks for the information. I take it then that the non-stop Enterprise (ex Gt Victoria St at 10:30 and 4:45 and ex Amiens Street 11:00 and 5:30) were really non-stop and CIE diesel hauled throughout.
  3. I attached this question to an old posting so it was probably missed but I would be interested if others with long memories could help me with a question. I took a number of colour photos of UTA and Guiness Dublin steam in 1963 and 1964 and my question is about international trains which I photographed at Portadown and Dunmurry on 25 and 26 March 1964 (the week after the Beatles "Can't Buy Me Love" was released, to follow up on the Rolling Stones comment). As they were taken in daylight (in March) I believe that they were WT 56 on the 09.15 Belfast to Dublin, and 57 on the 12.30 ex Dublin on Wednesday 25 March and W class 97 (with its higher capacity tender) and an unidentified WT on the same trains the following day. All four trains have a mixture of green and black and tan C I E stock. At the time I noted the trains as the Enterprise rather than the stopping trains I now believe that they were. Would The UTA locomotives have been replaced by CIE diesels at Dundalk? So my question is, were the non-stop Enterprises already CIE diesel hauled all the way at that date or were some of them still UTA steam hauled to Dublin (97 was, after all, adapted to do this)? Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help me with this.
  4. It is rather a long time after the original posting but I would be interested if others with long memories could help me with a question. I took a number of colour photos of UTA and Guiness Dublin steam in 1963 and 1964 and my question is about international trains which I photographed at Portadown and Dunmurry on 25 and 26 March 1964 (the week after the Beatles "Can't Buy Me Love" was released, to follow up on the Rolling Stones comment). As they were taken in ďaylight I believe that they were WT 56 on the 09.15 Belfast to Dublin, and 57 on the 12.30 ex Dublin on Wednesday 25 March and W class 97 (with its higher capacity tender) and an unidentified WT on the same trains the following day. All four trains have a mixture of green and black and tan C I E stock. At the time I noted the trains as the Enterprise rather than the stopping trains I now believe that they were. The UTA locomoties would have been replaced by CIE diesels at Dundalk. So my question is, were the non-stop Enterprises already CIE diesel hauled all the way at that date or were some of them still UTA steam hauled to Dublin (97 was, after all, adapted to do this)? Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help me with this.
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