ERNIE's Irish Railway Archive, photos from ca 1900 to the 2000's

[Irishswissernie]

HC Casserley from the 30's + Richard Casserley from 1955.

SLNC 1929-09-20 Sligo 'Lissadell' HCC Glass 6323 Cas25008.

GSR 1934-07-17 Westport. 530 HCC11201 Cas25166.

DB&ST 1932-06-05 Embankment HCC8723  Cas25126.

CIE 1955-04-14 Glenbeigh , 127. RMC83267 Cas25099.

 

 

[Irishswissernie]

CIE 1961-06-05 Fenit Pier yj313.

CIE 1961-06 Athlone West Junction Cabin yj328.

CIE 1966-05-14  Ardee B159 yj321.

 

 

[Patrick Davey]

Lovely shots Ernie.  The Athlone cabin almost looks Great Northern!

[Irishswissernie]

GMK035 CIE 1961-04-xx Inchicore Up Home signal with square Board S4.

GMK022 CIE 1961-04-xx Inchicore 'Sambo' L28.

GMK010 CIE 1961-04-xx Inchicore TD112.

 

 

[David Holman]

That signal is certainly different! A one off? Somebody out there will know.

[Mol_PMB]

36 minutes ago, David Holman said:

That signal is certainly different! A one off? Somebody out there will know.

Definitely an odd one. It looks more like a shunt dolly, elevated for better visibility. 

Note also the track circuit diamond on the post.

Would be interesting to work out where exactly this was, and what move this signal was for.

Could it be signal 13 on this diagram?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/49761789231

 

[Horsetan]

2 hours ago, Mol_PMB said:

Definitely an odd one. It looks more like a shunt dolly, elevated for better visibility. 

Note also the track circuit diamond on the post.

Would be interesting to work out where exactly this was, and what move this signal was for.

Could it be signal 13 on this diagram?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/49761789231

 

The improvised use of a square board for what is ostensibly a main arm certainly suggests sighting purposes.

Definitely one for those who worked in CIE's S&T department. How many improvised signals like these were there on the network?

Interesting that the white bar is missing from the red "arm", so was it actually for a shunt move? I wouldn't have thought that S&T was so short of equipment that they couldn't find a spare shunting disc in the stores, though....

[Irishswissernie]

A couple of interesting workings through Haltwhistle today, a welcome change from the usual diet of 156, 158 DMU's & Class 66 Locos.

Sir Nigel Gresley & Royal Scots Grey. They were working to Newcastle Heaton Depot which is having an Open Weekend on the 20/21 September. as part of the Railways 200 years Celebrations.

No need to go now ! I've seen the 2 that I might have gone to see. Last weekend I went to the Tanfield Railway which is actually celebrating its 300 years and says its is the World oldest as it still operates over part of the original trackbed (wooden wagonway then.)

 

[David Holman]

Great to see two iconic Easy Coast Mainline racehorses looking in fine fettle. Give me  green diesels rather than blue anyday!

[Irishswissernie]

Sligo Leitrim & Northern Counties today.

SLNC 1929-09-20 Sligo 'Blacklion' ex GNRI 118 HCC Glass 6324 Cas25007.

SLNC 1950-05-18 Enniskillen 'Fermanagh' oou HCC72983 Cas25081.

SLNC 1929-09-19 Manorhamilton ' Lough Gill '' HCC Glass 6322 Cas25005.

SLNC 1929-09-19 Manorhamilton Coach No12 ,Asbbury 1899. HCC Glass 6320 Cas25010

 

 

[airfixfan]

Lovely photos of another railway with character

[David Holman]

Amazing how wide the track looks in that third photo. Makes me think I should be using Code 75, or even 55, instead of 100...

 What a railway!

[Horsetan]

2 hours ago, David Holman said:

Amazing how wide the track looks in that third photo. Makes me think I should be using Code 75, or even 55, instead of 100...

I'm not sure when the SL&NC started to fall into arrears of maintenance in relation to condition of the rails, but most of the photos I've seen suggest they were running on some quite ropey metals...

[Mol_PMB]

I do rather like the look of Black Lion, which is very diminutive for a 4-4-0. It's almost dwarfed by the open wagon behind it.

This image on the Transports of Delight website has a human for scale.

 

[airfixfan]

37 minutes ago, Horsetan said:

I'm not sure when the SL&NC started to fall into arrears of maintenance in relation to condition of the rails, but most of the photos I've seen suggest they were running on some quite ropey metals...

Mainly due to an extreme shortage of funds or help from Belfast and Dublin from about 1947/8 in particular

[Galteemore]

36 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said:

I do rather like the look of Black Lion, which is very diminutive for a 4-4-0. It's almost dwarfed by the open wagon behind it.

This image on the Transports of Delight website has a human for scale.

 

It’s tiny. Having built the chassis for it in 7mm (awaiting body etches) it is simply dwarfed by a PP (not a giant itself)