Dromore Station Co.Down

Moogie-69 · October 17

Edited October 19 by Moogie-69

Galteemore · October 17

Dromore ? Possibly Hillsborough. Very nice either way!

Moogie-69 · October 17

Yes Dromore.

A bit more done today.

Moogie-69 · October 18

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

Moogie-69 · October 19

Little bit more done tonight.

Patrick Davey · October 19

Interesting!! Is this for a layout project?

Moogie-69 · October 19

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 · October 19

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

jhb171achill · October 19

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

Moogie-69 · October 22

Many hours later, the goods shed is almost complete.

Moogie-69 · October 22

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 · October 22

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 · October 22

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 October 23 by Moogie-69

jhb171achill · October 22

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 · Saturday at 21:20

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 · Saturday at 22:26

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 · Sunday at 01:02

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 Sunday at 01:32 by Moogie-69

Moogie-69 · Sunday at 01:10

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

Patrick Davey · Sunday at 08:27

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 Sunday at 08:28 by Patrick Davey