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Good photograph of a PW wagon on page 67 of the UTA in Colour and lots of film of UTA and CIE goods wagons in volume DVD by John Laird. Checking through my own stuff the UTA patched/done up a lot of ex GNR 10 ton and ex NCC 12 ton wagons in the early-mid 1960s mainly for the Courtalds traffic. They were painted bauxite read and numbered from C1 to C300 but most were gone by the late 1960s. There is very little published on this area and it is a great pity that Volume 3 of the Northern Counties book was unpublished although I have been told that a finished manuscript exists, does anyone know for sure?

In the Colourail Story there is a picture on page 121 of a 6 wheeler in Black and Tan livery which is immaculate.

Feature on BBC NI news last Thursday showed some of the Belmond coaches being done up by MIVAN near Antrim. On the Ballykelly story the new site owners told one of the local press that they planned to reopen the Ballykelly base as an airport. Maybe they think that the Derry line is closed or they have a rail problem!

NIR has Castlerock in daily use and Portrush as required. They also have a number of disused cabins that have not been demolished and many of them have all their gear inside.

You will not get any answer to their number! A visit to the Donegal Railway Centre and the Diffin Lake Railway could be also be arranged?

Only one of the raspberry ripple DD sets in service on Saturday. NIR trying to find places to hide DD coaches at York Road. Posters are still to be seen promoting the completion of the Enterprise refurbishment programme by Autumn 2015! Lol

The raspberry ripple livery is not attractive either!

Good photos and spotted 749 in one photo and is it still hiding in York Road?

The official closure date of the LPHC is 1962 but the steam locos appear to have been last used in 1959 with road tractors shunting the declining freight traffic from 1959 to 1962.

There were 2 LPHC No 2s and the first one was ex LLSR and was quite short lived. From my research the second No 2 was identical to LPHC No 1 built by RS in 1896 and withdrawn in 1928 being replaced by the RPSI No 3 which was built in 1928. Therein lies the mystery!

Looks very like RPSI No 3 and will update details on LPHC No 2 tomorrow.

The LPHC operated mixed gauge trains along the Cityside quays and see Saga by Rail Ireland. There were two no 2's but they were gone by the 1920s

Hi Maitland the Derry photograph was taken on the Cityside where the LPHC line in the photo ran alongside the Quays on one side and commercial buildings and warehouses etc on the other side of the line which fell out of use by 1962. The last 2 steam locos from the LPHC are both preserved NO 1 is at Cultra and No 3 is owned by the RPSI. Finally from which book did you get those photos from?

752 converted 4/82 and 753 converted by 5/84 and in early 2000 752 was sent to Glasgow works as one of the 80 class fleet sent for life extension work due to severe corrosion issues.

When is the model railway day and what is happening with the Donegal stuff locked up in Derry?

Went past York Road yesterday and 90 was at the top of the reformed Sandite set Where did 749 go?

The new Enterprise livery has been called the raspberry ripple livery by some members of NIR staff!

The 4 car Sandite set is back in its usual place after some TLC last week in York Road works to help it through its last Sandite season. There are 2 Power cars spare in York Road and Ballymena and a Driving Trailer still around.

Museum at Foyle Road in Derry has been left unmanned and abandoned since the end of March 2015 and is surrounded by an air of untidiness and a group of anti-social young people and other dubious groups when I was there a few weeks ago. Also visited the railway at the Giants Causeway at the end of July and was not impressed and the horrible replica tram was in operation that day. The 2 steam engines were in storage and had not been used for a while was the response to a few basic questions from myself.

Sorry have checked that date and according to Locos of GSR 184 retained double doors until 1948 and it was the last J15 to retain them.

184 was the last J15 to keep the older double doors till about 1940 and came across a lovely photo of 184 repainted in GSWR green in the late 1950s which is one of the reasons why it was picked to be preserved by CIE.

Also mixed gauge track at Strabane and Carnlough as well and even mixed gauge turntables at those 2 locations and Derry.

The 6 C class GMs were bought by NIR for the proposed lignite traffic from near Ballymoney to the power stations at Kilroot and possibly Ballylumford. This also involved serious plans to reopen the"back line" from Monkstown to Greenisland, which by way has never officially been formally abandoned as a railway to my best knowledge!

Great stuff Raymond all the rain on Tuesday gave you the perfect excuse to avoid gardening duties!

There were about 6 miles of dual gauge track in Derry with mixed gauge trains as well. Dual gauge track in Larne and Ballymena as well.