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As someone involved with the County Donegal at present would love an update on the situation now. Also was told that Ragstone Models are producing a Class 5 CDR tank. What do you guys know about this?
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Check out a photo on the IRRS Facebook page now.
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Check out Disused Stations website for a detailed history of the NG branch from Derry to Strabane released yesterday.
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Was 64 indeed
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LOBITOS Petrol/Oil Storage Tanks at Larne
airfixfan replied to LARNE CABIN's question in Questions & Answers
The CDR had 9 oil tank wagons in total built in 1923 by the MRC&W Company. 337 to 340 were initially Shell and 341 to 345 were Esso when ordered. -
LOBITOS Petrol/Oil Storage Tanks at Larne
airfixfan replied to LARNE CABIN's question in Questions & Answers
See below
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LOBITOS Petrol/Oil Storage Tanks at Larne
airfixfan replied to LARNE CABIN's question in Questions & Answers
There was a lot of oil traffic from the 1920s from Victoria Road to County Donegal in the CDR. You often see photos of steam trains at Victoria Road with a couple of oil wagons behind a 2 coach train to Strabane. -
Lots of rolling stock moved today at Donegal Railway Heritage Centre to get ready for the return of Drumboe soon.
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The Donegal Railway Heritage Centre has a special limited edition badge of Drumboe on sale just now. All funds raised go towards the restoration of Drumboe by the RPSI at Whitehead with work due to start soon.
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All CDR road passenger and freight services ceased from July 12 1971. However after Bernard Curran left the CDR in 1965 it came steadily under more CIE influence.
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Yes that is the same Cooper collection but trying to gain access is almost impossible! With phone calls and emails being ignored and trying to get a booking to visit is more difficult than seeing your doctor. Just 38 images out of over 3,000 photos are online and they have had this collection for 30 years.
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Yes thanks guys working on Strabane and your details tally with other photos from that time. We have some good photos of CDR buses and lorries still using the CDR side if the station until the UTA closure of the Derry Road. That date makes sense as it was the last weekend of the Derry Road before complete closure. Most of the track in CDR side of station gone by end of 1961 apart from stock purchased by Dr Cox.
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The Burtonport Extension Railway! Epic
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Thanks seeing as goods services officially ended about January 5th 1965 could be late 1964 onwards?
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Yes JHB on a line they claimed had little freight traffic! Do we have a date for that photo?
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As you well know Chris I have been searching for any photos of that goods yard as well. The GNR I goods yard beside Railway Street would appear to have been the site of the first station opened in 1847 by the L&E. Trying to access the Cooper photo collection at PRONI is not helped by their outdated record keeping and the lack of digitalised photo archive.
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Have been trying since July to do some research. PRONI has reopened about 2weeks ago but what limited slots there are seem to be booked up into October and beyond. Trying to look at the Cooper photo archive of over 3000 photos and only 38 are available online with vague captions!
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mgwr preserved railway Connemara Railway project.
airfixfan replied to ttc0169's topic in What's happening on the network?
Anything planned for the public at this new railway Centre next month? -
Once Drumboe is back in Donegal Town it will boost local support to reopen part of the former railway. When something happens on that front it aids chances of completing the final stage of restoration plans for Drumboe.
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Ernies Massive Irish 1930's to 2005 Photo Archive
airfixfan replied to Glenderg's topic in Photos & Videos of the Prototype
Great stuff and new Burtonport photos are most welcome. The IRRS Photo archive is brilliant -
Sounds familiar aware from another project to reopen where 1 or 2 landowners have blocked a serious railway project because of a NIMBY attitude. Another example was where the landowner demanded an extortionate amount for a small but vital strip of land. Offers to take them and key Council officials to Wales to see the potential were also instantly rejected.
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Correct 19 was lying stored in Maysfield Yard by early 1963.and its duties had effectively been replaced by the arrival of 27. Loco 18 had went by June 1956 and was the only loco built by Bagnall to operate in Ireland on the Broad Gauge. 18 was LMS 7456 and 19 LMS 7553 built by Hunslet.
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1st generation Donegal diesels at Malahide
airfixfan replied to jhb171achill's topic in Irish Models
My mistake meant 1932 not 1942 and did not enter service until Jan 1933 After closure of the CDR Phoenix was used to lift the line from Lifford only to Strabane. Only believed that story when I acquired a photo of that recently -
There was a slip coach operation from 1908 that appeared to have ended and never resumed after WW1. The morning train at 07.55 connecting with the ferry from Larne Harbour would slip a mail van at Larne Town NG to give the Ballymena train a charge at Inver bank!
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Nice film of UTA steam to illustrate slip coaches on the Dublin -Cork line even including a Jeep hauling a failed MPD set! No mention of the only NG slip coach on the Ballymena and Larne.
