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

[David Holman]

Lovely stuff, as usual - though initially thought Mount Pleasant track was third rail electric until I zoomed in and saw the sleepers. A modelling opportunity for someone, msybe?

[Irishswissernie]

NCC 1937-06-22 Larne Harbour 78 HCC 13999 Cas25045.

West Clare. WC 1934-07-15 Ennistymon station HCC11155 Cas25158.

WC 1934-07-15 Kilkee 11C HCC11156 Cas25160.

WC 1934-07-15 Kilkee 11C HCC11158 Cas25159.

 

 

[Irishswissernie]

Missed this one. UTA Larne Harbour.

UTA 1961-xx-CA Larne Harbour PFF387

 

[Mol_PMB]

1 hour ago, Irishswissernie said:

Missed this one. UTA Larne Harbour.

UTA 1961-xx-CA Larne Harbour PFF387

 

Interesting to see the Lobitos oil storage tanks on the right. I don't recall seeing any photos of Lobitos rail tank wagons in Ireland, although they had some in GB.

Later, Lobitos merged with Burmah, who of course did have rail tank wagons in Ireland, though the terminal was in Cork and I don't think they ever ventured north of the border.

[Irishswissernie]

1976-11-xx Ballysodare yj065.

CIE 1964-xx CA Waterford shed yj060.

IR 1985-04CA Westport yj061.

1976-11ca Bord na Mona where yj062.

 

 

[Irishswissernie]

CBSC 1957 - + Clonakilty Junction AEC 2603 on Bantry service. PFF184.

CBSC 1957 - + Clonakilty Junction lkg east from road Bridge. PFF182.

CBSC 1957 - + Clonakilty Junction lkg east from Hill. PFF183.

CBSC 1957 - + Clonakilty Junction AEC railcar towing a cattle wagon on up service. PFF185.

 

 

[Mol_PMB]

Super photos as ever! Thank you.

I particularly like the last one with tail traffic on the railcar set. The (distant) leading car is a Bulleid wedgehead.

[leslie10646]

40 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said:

Super photos as ever! Thank you.

I particularly like the last one with tail traffic on the railcar set. The (distant) leading car is a Bulleid wedgehead.

Thanks, Ernie, lovely clear photos for CBSCR fans. Why on earth, though, have two crossovers side by side on a LOOP? 

Naturally, @Mol_PMB I like the tail traffic too - one of my CIE cattle wagons!

[Horsetan]

46 minutes ago, leslie10646 said:

..... Why on earth, though, have two crossovers side by side on a LOOP? ....

I'd like to see a signal diagram for Clonakilty Junction - it might explain the double crossover.... And it is supposed to be a junction, no?

[Irishswissernie]

The 2 tracks in the foreground are 2 seperate single track routes, left to/from Bantry and Baltimore and right to/from Clonakilty so the crossovers are access for each route to the different platforms. Clonakilty had routes to or from  3 platforms whereas the Bantry route only had the 2 lefthand platform lines.

 

Edited Sunday at 11:32 by Irishswissernie

[airfixfan]

The Bandon always did things differently 

[Mol_PMB]

7 minutes ago, Irishswissernie said:

The 2 tracks in the foreground are 2 seperate routes, left to Bantry and Baltimore and right to Clonakilty so the crossovers are access for each route to the different platforms.

Using a couple of your other photos, here's a view looking the other way:

The lines diverged after the bridge, as shown in this IRRS photo taken from the bridge:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/53813452669/

 

[Irishswissernie]

Here is a snip from the Geohive IE Map always a useful source for track plans. THe 'Arrow ' on the bridge handily shows the where the photo was taken from.

Edited Sunday at 10:40 by Irishswissernie

[Flying Snail]

On 20/11/2025 at 9:06 AM, Irishswissernie said:

1976-11ca Bord na Mona where yj062.   

 

That looks very like the Slieve Blooms in the background when viewed from the Portlaoise area.  Picture could be taken out near Clonkeen (Coolnamona) looking toward Ballyfin.

[leslie10646]

Thank you @Irishswissernie and @Mol_PMB, that's crystal clear and makes sense - although I wonder how often they were used ........

 

[David Holman]

Interesting to see how tidy and, especially litter free the 1950s pictures are. These days we are plagued by the stuff, most of it take away food packaging. Which only goes to show how society has changed in recent years and, let's face it, how lazy society has become...

[Branchline121]

I'm sure there would've been just as much litter as there is now had there been the same amount of plastic bottles/packaging.