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

[Galteemore]

5 minutes ago, cheesy_peas said:

Never knew they had a "balloon" water tank there. Relatively rare in Ireland.

More common in NI perhaps 

[Irishswissernie]

Londonderry & Lough Swilly ca 1950-1953

26J084  L&LSR Buncrana ca1953.

26J078  L&LSR Buncrana ca1953.

26J082 L&LSR Graving Dock sdgs with exit over road to Pennyburn ca1953.

26J079  L&LSR Pennyburn yard ca1953 Coach 10.

 

 

[airfixfan]

Some unusual views there. Great stuff as always

[west_clare_wanderer]

On 12/7/2026 at 7:52 AM, Colonel said:

That second photo is so dramatic - just look at the gradient!

What an incredible shot!

Edited Wednesday at 21:11 by west_clare_wanderer

[jhb171achill]

On 12/7/2026 at 9:32 AM, Galteemore said:

More common in NI perhaps 

Not so much, no. The GNR had a few, though, but on both sides if the border (as it didn't exist when these things were put up). Lisburn still has one.

[jhb171achill]

On 17/3/2026 at 8:13 AM, Galteemore said:

Think they were - with special piping to allow lubrication on the curves !

Yes, almost entirely J15s for most of its life.

 

[Galteemore]

6 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

Not so much, no. The GNR had a few, though, but on both sides if the border (as it didn't exist when these things were put up). Lisburn still has one.

Ballymena had 2, including an unusual one with double arms ; one SG and one NG.

[jhb171achill]

5 hours ago, Galteemore said:

Ballymena had 2, including an unusual one with double arms ; one SG and one NG.

Plus the oddball torpedo-shaped one at Ballycastle….

One or two in West Cork, I think. 

[Andy Cundick]

16 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Plus the oddball torpedo-shaped one at Ballycastle….

One or two in West Cork, I think. 

The "torpedo shaped" one was actually a second hand egg ended boiler repurposed.Andy

[jhb171achill]

3 minutes ago, Andy Cundick said:

The "torpedo shaped" one was actually a second hand egg ended boiler repurposed.Andy

From where?

[leslie10646]

On 22/6/2026 at 6:56 AM, Paul 34F said:

A wonderful shot of Bundoran Junction.  It would make an interesting layout, due to the arrangement accessing the Bundoran line, plus the associated shunting and splitting of trains.

Paul

Yes, Paul, what a remarkable place to make a layout of - it would take up an impressive amount of space with its sweeping curves and dealing with THREE entrances / exits, more or less at right angles. A challenge for someone with a very large house?

The late Norman Johnston and Charls Friel gave it ten pages in their brilliant book Fermanagh's Railways in Colour. COLOUR photographs of it should appear in a forthcoming book.

A couple of years ago you could have bought the building for under £200,000. The former tea room would have been perfect for a layout! The sale included the entire area of the triangular junction! I couldn't persuade my other half to up sticks - too far from the ROH, Covent Garden!

See:

https://www.eadiemcfarland.co.uk/bundoran-junction-station-house-43-old-junction-road-kilskeery/580626/slideshow/photo-2

Edited Thursday at 16:03 by leslie10646

[Paul 34F]

Leslie,

I had a look at the link.  It’s wonderful to see it as it now is.  It’s 69 years since the last train passed!

Paul

[lucas]

On 12/7/2026 at 9:26 AM, cheesy_peas said:

Never knew they had a "balloon" water tank there. Relatively rare in Ireland.

There's one still standing in the far corner of Kent station in Cork.

Picture taken from the Lower Glanmire Road earlier today. Had I been 30 seconds earlier with the camera you would've seen 2601/02 pass by in the background.

[Irishswissernie]

A couple of interesting prints from my collection, as I do not have copyright I won't upload them to flickr. The prints were in John Dewings' collection but I know that they were taken on a trip to Ireland in April 1940  with his quote 'my oldest friend Frank Jones away  from war torn Britain before both joind up' The prints have the initials FKHJ on the reverse, I wonder whether the negatives and/ or Mr Jones survived.

Castlegregory Junction , No 6 on Tralee bound goods train 11 April 1940.

Tralee station same date.

[Mayner]

22 minutes ago, Irishswissernie said:

A couple of interesting prints from my collection, as I do not have copyright I won't upload them to flickr. The prints were in John Dewings' collection but I know that they were taken on a trip to Ireland in April 1940  with his quote 'my oldest friend Frank Jones away  from war torn Britain before both joind up' The prints have the initials FKHJ on the reverse, I wonder whether the negatives and/ or Mr Jones survived.

Castlegregory Junction , No 6 on Tralee bound goods train 11 April 1940.

Tralee station same date.

 

Nice one Ernie, first photo I have seen of Castlegregory Junction viewed from the road side! Although passenger services ceased in 39 the daily goods complete with passenger brake appears to have continued to run until the 1947 fuel crisis.