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  1. David book.now available from the RPSI website as well
  2. Some new photos of these incredible locos in my new book The Lough Swilly Remembered. Published by the Donegal Railway Heritage Centre will all monies raised supporting our preservation work. Book is 64 pages and costs 11£ or 13€ plus P and P, you can order from donegalrailway.com
  3. That is the point indeed as NI under the protocol is still inside the EU. So no.additional fees should be changed sending stuff to the EU
  4. Only yesterday our railway group had 2 items posted in NI to Germany and Spain returned due to.unpaid EU duties. Have took them.back to the Post Office this morning which apologised and tells us that outside Ireland people are completely ignorant of the NI Protocol. Have sent more new books out yesterday so shall see what happens!
  5. Bookmark but we are doing book.launches next week at 18.30 in Central Library Derry on the 15th and in the Railway Tavern Fahan on the 16th( former Lough Swilly station)
  6. After a few delays collected this from the printers in Letterkenny and we placed on sale in the local shopping centre. Book.is 64 pages and published by the Donegal Railway Heritage Centre with all monies raised supporting our preservation work. Book.costs 11£ or 13€ and can be ordered from our website donegalrailway.com.
  7. Will be through Dundalk tomorrow
  8. The ex NIR Gatwick coaches at Dundalk were noted to be in very poor condition now on Wednesfay
  9. Two superb photos especially the bottom photo
  10. The HMRS sent me a pile of photos yesterday of Irish stuff to sort out for another project. Will sift through this later today and check my own DNGR stuff for information There was a Two Part article on the DNGR earlier this year in Railway Bylines.
  11. Correct Michael the Dutch Baltic tanks were an attractive and successful design. Thanks to input from the BCDR their Baltic tanks based in this design were as much use as a condom machine in a nunnery! The most successful Baltic tanks in the British Isles were possibly the CDR Class 4 locos such as Erne sadly lost in 1968?
  12. Beyer Peacock built very similar Baltic tank locos for the Dutch State Railways. They were more successful as they were designed minus any interference by the staff in Manchester!
  13. CDR 155vwas one of three tranship wagons converted to other things bu the 1930s Only 155 appeared to receive this treatment and survive until closure. Thanks
  14. Scarce but a very good book ahead of it's time!
  15. 155 a rare beast built in 1900 by Oldbury as a Covered Tranship wagon/van Appears to be a one off showing the patched up repair job often used towards the end at Stranorlsr.
  16. 84 had been converted to a Belpaire fitted boiler in September 1947. The UG Class had started to arrive in February 1948.
  17. The Bluebell.updated their website recently meaning that you have more work to do to track down photos of the locations you are looking for in particular. Going through the CDR stuff I had a similar problem where some photos appeared under a different name/title etc!
  18. My.photo of 56 ex works with NIR logo is dated August 28 1967
  19. Agree David current issue of Railway Bylines has a photo feature on the Lough Swilly. In my article I only used some superb photos from the JJ Smith collection with permission of the Bluebell Museum Railway Archive. Have spent the last few days going through his CDR photos for another project.
  20. Add 50 to your list JHB
  21. Indeed 56 was the first Jeep to carry the NIR logo. Have photos of 56 with the new logo dated 1967.
  22. Colour photos of the ubiquitous NCC Brown Van in Green are as rare as hens teeth. Great work Darius about a rarely modelled period on NIR that I remember so well!
  23. Yes book is 13 Euro plus 4 Euro for postage. For UK orders it is 11£ plus postage. Book is 64 pages about 200×240mm in size.
  24. The section in the Barnesmore Gap being looked at is around where the pub at Biddys is located today. Do try and track down a copy of the visitors guide to the County Donegal Railway printed 25 years ago? We hope to update this book for 2022.
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