Waterford mixed train at Wexford 1945

[Wexford70]

Great old photo from Facebook.

What type of loco?

 

[Galteemore]

4 minutes ago, Wexford70 said:

Great old photo from Facebook.

What type of loco?

 

Saturated J15

[Killian Keane]

appears to be flipped left to right too, Ive never seen a 101/J15 with the smokebox hinges on the left

[Wexford70]

10 hours ago, Killian Keane said:

appears to be flipped left to right too, Ive never seen a 101/J15 with the smokebox hinges on the left

I think you are right as it looks to be be going south but should be going north to Macmine junction.

[jhb171achill]

6 hours ago, Wexford70 said:

I think you are right as it looks to be be going south but should be going north to Macmine junction.

I don’t think the North Wexford trains ran straight into Wexford, but if the had gone, they’d have gone to the north station, thus not on the tramway. 

Instead, they turned back at Macmine. 

The loco is a J15 - most local workings in the south-east were handled by these at that time. 

Given the rolling stock, this train is almost certainly a Wexford - Rosslare working, not Waterford. 

[StevieB]

The original is a John Macartney Robbins photo in Classic Irish Steam published by the IRRS.

Stehen

[jhb171achill]

25 minutes ago, StevieB said:

The original is a John Macartney Robbins photo in Classic Irish Steam published by the IRRS.

Stehen

Was that his caption? Can’t see him making a mistake like that.

However, given the rolling stock and the fact that it’s on the quays, and it’s GSR (not GSWR) days, and it’s a string of six-wheelers, I would assume there are only two possibilities.

1. It’s a Rosslare - Wexford local, as I said, and which I think most likely. 

2. it’s a special of some sort. 

Felthouse Junction to Killinick was disused after 1912. 

However, when I get home I’ll peruse the WTTs for the 1925-45 period to see if there were passenger trains which reversed at Rosslare Strand. If so, that’s a possibility. There certainly WERE goods workings, well into modern diesel days between Waterford & Wexford, reversing at the Strand. Barry C and myself covered these in one of our books. 


 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by jhb171achill

[jhb171achill]

On 8/11/2026 at 8:52 AM, Wexford70 said:

Great old photo from Facebook.

What type of loco?

 

The right way round….

Just thinking too - J M Robbins’ photos didn’t always have captions. I copied two some years ago (for the Achill book) which had nothing written on the back… I wasn’t even aware until later whose photos they were. 

[StevieB]

A September 1944 scene on the quayside at Wexford sees J15 Class 0-6-0 No 133 making its way to Wexford North with a mixed train of passenger and goods stock from Rosslare Harbour. All of the 6-wheel carriages are in the Great Southern Railway’s maroon livery and the first vehicle is a TPO van. Just visible beside No 133’s tender is a ground frame which controlled access to a parallel siding on the quay, enabling cargo to be transferred between ships and wagons. Apart from a donkey cart there is a distinct lack of road vehicles, unlike tiday.