RTE Nationwide CDR

[airfixfan]

This Monday 17th Nationwide doing a feature on railways of Donegal and Derry

[Westcorkrailway]

7 minutes ago, airfixfan said:

This Monday 17th Nationwide doing a feature on railways of Donegal and Derry

Remind us on this thread on the day so I don’t forget to tune in!

[airfixfan]

On at 19.00 next Monday. Will.do

[jhb171achill]

Let's hope it's better researched than some of their railway-themed programmes in the past........

Look out for an authentic clip of a 141 class with ferts leaving Stranorlar in, oh, I'd say some time in the 1850s, as the colour in the film isn't great..... or a nice view of the Wexford Goods in the Barnesmore Gap, to the tune of "Are ye right there Michael are ye right".........  and learn how, as the last narrow gauge railway (with just three yards between the rails), it closed down on 31st December 1970..........

[airfixfan]

Was interviewed in Derry and there is good coverage of the return of Drumboe in 2021

[spudfan]

Saw some stills from it at the talk tonight. Look out for the red steam engine on the back of a low loader going through Barnesmore gap. The red really stands out! 

[airfixfan]

Thanks looks promising

[irishrailways52]

at least its not another greenway program

[jhb171achill]

"......an' de Achill branch was a narra gauge line built to take emigrants to Scotland, and shure the Connemara express ran along it...somewhere.....an' the last train carried all the dead of Mayo after the famine......."

[airfixfan]

Reminder see footage of Drumboe returning to Donegal Town plus a few familiar faces on RTE Nationwide at 7pm tonight!

[minister_for_hardship]

Usual RTE thrown together effort with archive footage from railways hundreds of miles from Donegal!

[airfixfan]

Any other responses did not see this programme myself.

[skinner75]

Only remembered when I was down the pub last night! Oh well, at least I can watch it on the RTE Player later this evening (link below)

https://www.rte.ie/player/series/nationwide/SI0000001172?epguid=IH10000974-23-0041

[Westcorkrailway]

Something of note is that it seems the poor presenter had to travel all the way to Belfast in a 29k 

[jhb171achill]

19 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

Something of note is that it seems the poor presenter had to travel all the way to Belfast in a 29k 

Someone told me at some stage that the presenter, the excellent Anne Cassin, had relatives on the railway herself........... yes, she seems to have travelled on a 29. Mad things to put on the Enterprise - why not an ICR?

RTE included a shot of Inchicore Works, footgae of T & D cattle trains at Castlegregory junction, and interior shots of a driver in a West Clare "F" class diesel. Typical lazy research. Airfixfan, of this parish, was of course featured, along with several of our good colleagues from the Donegal Railway Heritage Centre and RPSI Whitehead.

Why, oh why, oh why, though, have they a black dome on "Drumboe"! Fix it, lads, fix it before I run outta smelling salts..........!

[Galteemore]

Putting the camera in Drumboe’s cab did give a nice little segment of footage near Cloghan Point. Could almost have been the Barnesmore Gap but for the sea! 

Edited April 18, 2023 by Galteemore

[Bob229]

Surprised to see 29k in Belfast, the show takes the train to Derry very scenic route and after it shows Drumboe return to Donegal stopping at various points of the former railway line, good to see some railway heritage on Rte

[minister_for_hardship]

1 hour ago, jhb171achill said:

RTE included a shot of Inchicore Works, footgae of T & D cattle trains at Castlegregory junction, and interior shots of a driver in a West Clare "F" class diesel. Typical lazy research.

At least it didn't have A4 Pacifics this time!

Another blooper was mention of 'two railway companies in Donegal', they forgot about the poor old GNR.

They had some excellent ACTUAL CDR/LSR footage. I wouldn't mind but there isn't really a shortage of still CDR/LSR images they could've used instead of stock 'old timey train' footage trotted out for such features.

Imagine the uproar if they had gotten sports teams and personalities from different counties mixed up!

[airfixfan]

They were offered archive film and photos of both the Swilly and the CDR. TG 4 are showing a programme soon on the Fintown Railway.

[jhb171achill]

39 minutes ago, airfixfan said:

They were offered archive film and photos of both the Swilly and the CDR. TG 4 are showing a programme soon on the Fintown Railway.

I wonder will it show a South African 12AR threading its way through the Finntown area, or a West Cork 4.6.0T?

[airfixfan]

Discovered this evening that TG 4 let us know  today that it was shown on Sunday 16th on the Tourism Show. On TG Iplayer for a month!

Edited April 18, 2023 by airfixfan