Dromore Station Co.Down

[Moogie-69]

Edited October 19 by Moogie-69

[Galteemore]

Dromore ? Possibly Hillsborough.  Very nice either way!

[Moogie-69]

Yes Dromore.

A bit more done today.

 

[Moogie-69]

An old photo of Dromore station i found on a post card. The image was very small so its a bit blurry.

 

[Moogie-69]

Little bit more done tonight.

 

[Patrick Davey]

Interesting!!  Is this for a layout project?

[Moogie-69]

1 hour ago, Patrick Davey said:

Interesting!!  Is this for a layout project?

That's the idea, but i have to floor a roof space first. It's going to take a bit of room to fit a viaduct. 

[leslie10646]

At least the vaiduct is sitting there still to be photographed!

[jhb171achill]

Ooooh boy. Looking forward top seeing this progress! A less well known place, deep in GNR-land!

[Moogie-69]

Many hours later, the goods shed is almost complete.

[Moogie-69]

A few recent photos of Dromore station.

Ticket hatch still in use, about the only surviving part inside the building.

not much left of the platform, really just the front edge.

Front door step is well worn after 160+ years of use.

Metal bracket for outside light ?

A bit of sofit detail.

A view along the top of the viaduct.

Not a very good photo, but if you look closely the window sill it has scallops cut in to the edge. This is where the porter sharpened his knife. If anyone wants i can get a bitter photo.

 

[jhb171achill]

Senior was the very last person to cross that viaduct by rail. He deliberately stood at the very back of the last wagon on the lifting train in 1958! He was the engineer in charge that day. Due to a set of circumstances too random to bore people with, he ended his almost century of life in a nursing home in that town 11 years ago...  

[Moogie-69]

My brother-in-laws great grandfather, Bob Elliott was a signal man at Dromore and now my sister owns the children's nursery in the station. My other connection to the railways is my great grandfather was a fireman on the BCDR and then a driver on the Canadian National Railway.

Edited Friday at 01:50 by Moogie-69

[jhb171achill]

59 minutes ago, Moogie-69 said:

My brother-in-laws great grandfather, Bob Elliott was a signal man at Dromore and now my sister owns the child nursery in the station. My other connection to the railways is my great grandfather was a fireman on the BCDR and then a driver on the Canadian National Railway.

Superb history there!

[Moogie-69]

A big thank you to Patrick for supplying me with a set of Engineers drawings for the GNRi signal cabins.

After a few hours work the main walls are done. Still lots of details to go.

 

Edited Saturday at 22:00 by Moogie-69

[Patrick Davey]

Great work!  I think the cabin at DM was mounted on the platform though so the base will probably need reduced in size.

[Moogie-69]

Don't think too much needs to be removed according to these photos of Dromore but they aren't the best quality,  it's hard finding any decent photos of the station. There seems to be like a low wall or something at the base of the steps to the cabin, can't quite make out what it is.

 

Edited yesterday at 01:32 by Moogie-69

[Moogie-69]

Anyone have any ideas what this hut/shed/storage bunker might be? 

[Patrick Davey]

Excellent - I forgot about Britain from Above, it's a gold mine!!!  The location of the cabin reminds me of that at Killylea in Co. Armagh, in that it appears to be platform-mounted but is actually full height behind, maybe even a bit taller than the normal standalone cabin.  Here are some photos of the cabin at Killylea which I took back in 2013, the setup looks similar to Dromore.

 

Edited 17 hours ago by Patrick Davey