Each loco had a driver and fireman with regular crews allocated to each loco by 1967. From 1967 the Jeeps top and tailed with locos usually running bunker first for thr easier run with the empty train to Magheramorne. There were occasional exceptions to the rule for example in Irish Railways in Colour there is a photo at Whitehead in August 1967 of 2 Jeeps double headed on an empty spoil train.
Working on this very topic at the minute. The last photo I can find with a brake van at the back of a top and tailed spoil train is late February 1967.
There is a direct link on the home page of the website for the Donegal Railway Heritage Centre for all donations. The Centre is a registered charity and like all Heritage groups the Centre has suffered from the financial effects of the Covid crisis since March.
Drumboe will not be a cosmetic restoration as Phase 1 as announced will make it a running chassis. Phase 2 after it returns to Donegal Town would be the firebox/boiler and ironically of the 3 Class 5 tanks Drumboe is in the best condition of the 3 survivors. Talks are taking place with the Local Council over parts of the tracked under their control. All donations to bridge a small gap are most welcome.
Donegal Railway Heritage Centre have announced today that they have secured a major grant towards the completion of restoration work on Drumboe by the RPSI. Drumboe is one of the Class 5 tanks preserved and is currently stored at Whitehead. Drumboe will be returning to Donegal Town soon.All donations welcomed and contact info@donegalrailway.com
Interested in that article on Larne. Order that magazine direct from Kelsey publishing with free p&p in the UK. Good articles on the Cavan and Leitrim, County Donegal railcars and the West Clare. Many great archive colour photos by Geoff Lumb.
Great to see a photo of Alice which has just left Cullion station in the background. Photos of Cullion and Ballyheather are the rarest stations on the Derry NG branch. Cullion station still exists today.
Sorry guys from the photos posted on Facebook earlier this week all the ex CIE stock appeared to have been well trashed with photos inside coaches and Diesel locos for example.
The photos posted on Facebook were taken this week and showed a lot of severe vandalism to the mainly ex CIE rolling stock with many tarpaulins removed or damaged.
Seen some photos on Facebook showing a lot of graffiti and vandalism of the main line stock stored there. Any one know what is happening and is the West Clare running again?
Cracking photographs of Strabane which I have been working on for the last few weeks. In regards to the Jeeps most kept their UTA crest until the end and only a small number gained the NIR symbol as shown in the photo of 56. Good shot of Ballycaryy which is unrecognisable today.
There is a real shortage on the carriage and wagon records of the LMS NCC. Remember mention on IRM about 3/4 years ago of plans by the IRRS to publish the unpublished manuscript by JR Currie of Volume 3 of his NCC History. Anyone out there can help?
According to the UTA NCC Carriage diagram book these were class V12. NCC 401-403 were ex DNGR 24-26 and were 50ft long and 9ft 9 wide after rebuilding in 1933. Built at Wolverton 1899/1900 and 403 destroyed by Belfast Blitz 1941 and 401/2 later became 605/6 and seem to have gone by early 1960s.