connollystn Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Very sad to hear that Ernie isn't well. I recall mentioning sometime ago that this is my favourite thread. By regularly updating this thread with photographs and accompanying captions I've learned so much about Ireland's railways from the mid-twentieth century. This thread is a very important archive and I appreciate this very important resource. Sending my best wishes to Ernie for a speedy recovery. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Thanks for the update, @Brack. Please pass on the best wishes from all of us at IRM/Accurascale and we all hope he gets well very soon! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB JOE Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Get well soon Ernie!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Hi Brack, thanks for putting us in the picture. Please tell your Dad that the guys on IRM are thinking about him and wish him a speedy recovery. Heck we need those photies he keeps posting! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJR Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brack Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Thank you all for you kind words. He's still in there, 'enjoying' lots of scans. Looks like they might have found the cause of it all, and he's responding to the antibiotics. Not sure on the course of action just yet, but he'll likely be absent from the forum and flickr for a little while longer. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 It's good that the guarantee is still valid. Keep an eye on things and keep us informed - thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 A few pics while Ernie is recuperating From Cork I believe Ammonias and Bubbles last stand! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieB Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Sad sight. Stephen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scahalane Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Very interesting shots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Thanks for your messages guys, I am back but it may be awhile before I am up to speed. 15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixfan Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Glad to hear you are on the road to recovery. Get well soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 So good to ‘see’ you back here Ernie. Full cut off and light regulator for a while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphaph Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Good to have you back Ernie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 4 hours ago, Irishswissernie said: Thanks for your messages guys, I am back but it may be awhile before I am up to speed. Well done, Ernie, good to see you back, best wishes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 3 from 4 Jul 1959 at Dundalk 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Cheers Ernie. That must be one of the early Mogul trips down south. They had her very nicely turned out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 I have been working on getting the late Alex Ford's photos from 1950 processed with the copyright overlays I have agreed to put on in return for being able to use the views on flickr. Three more done today . 2 views of C2 456 at Greystones 29 June 1950 and J5 644 climbing the bank from Sligo Goods with a banker looking at the steam in the distance 31 June 1950 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieB Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 I particularly like the two views of Greystones station. I’ve a soft spot for the place. Thanks. Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 A couple of Casserley views today, Strabane GNRI 1948-04-20 Strabane North end 120 , 11.30 Belfast - Derry HCC51747 GNRI 1948-04-20 Strabane 121, 9.25 Derry-Belfast HCC51732 There are some 200 original negs/slides on there way to me plus an album of old photos of unknown origin so more material in the pipeline. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixfan Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Good to see you back on the road to recovery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Thanks Jim. There are some new Donegal views heading my way! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 3 more from the Alex Ford/Transport Library today. AF0123 SLNC Sligo Goods branch 'Lurganboy' 3 July 1950 AF0095 GNRI Dublin Amiens St. 126 'Bundoran Express' 25 June 1950 AF0092 CIE Dublin Amiens St. F1 438. 25 June 1950 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 (edited) Lovely classic mix Ernie - thanks ! The wagon at extreme right in the Bundoran express pic is most interesting. It contains a load from the Whiteabbey Bleaching Company - Henderson’s. This firm had a private siding, and one of the owning family is an excellent modeller of N scale Irish stuff. Edited December 11, 2021 by Galteemore 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Cundick Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 On 10/12/2021 at 8:14 AM, Irishswissernie said: A couple of Casserley views today, Strabane GNRI 1948-04-20 Strabane North end 120 , 11.30 Belfast - Derry HCC51747 GNRI 1948-04-20 Strabane 121, 9.25 Derry-Belfast HCC51732 There are some 200 original negs/slides on there way to me plus an album of old photos of unknown origin so more material in the pipeline. Nice to see Railcar No 8 creep into the corner of the photo,Andy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixfan Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 8 hours ago, Andy Cundick said: Nice to see Railcar No 8 creep into the corner of the photo,Andy. Well spotted Andy in the Strabane phono was thinking along similar lines! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 OK Jim 3 views of the Donegal from June/July 1960 after closure but whilst they were lifting the track and before the scrapping of stock etc. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Morning Ernie, good to see you back in the saddle, but don't goo overdoing it! Doctors often know best! I look at the date's on these photos and I am just too young to have witnessed the happenings of the subjects. Not wishing to wish my life away but to have seen what was happening would have been rather cool. As would being able to be to witness finding life of some sort in deep space, hey ho! Sorry for the hijack Ernie! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Cundick Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 7 hours ago, Irishswissernie said: OK Jim 3 views of the Donegal from June/July 1960 after closure but whilst they were lifting the track and before the scrapping of stock etc. The railcar is No12 and the wagon with it is 336 the 40' ex Ballymena Cushendall coach chassis,it must be down the Donegal end of the line as railcars 12 and 18 were based at Donegal during demolition,Andy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 On 11/12/2021 at 10:40 AM, Galteemore said: Lovely classic mix Ernie - thanks ! The wagon at extreme right in the Bundoran express pic is most interesting. It contains a load from the Whiteabbey Bleaching Company - Henderson’s. This firm had a private siding, and one of the owning family is an excellent modeller of N scale Irish stuff. N scale Irish? Pray tell us more....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixfan Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Very impressed with those photos you have posted Ernie. Have about 40 photos sent to.myself recently taken by someone who visited the CDR in 1960. He found he had missed the last lifting trains by steam between Strabane and Stranorlar by a week. Will do some delving into my archive in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 (edited) 27 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: N scale Irish? Pray tell us more....... You’ll know the gent, seen here at Whitehead Model Railway day….he’s part of the T track group with MikeO who posts here. Edited December 12, 2021 by Galteemore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Galteemore said: You’ll know the gent, seen here at Whitehead Model Railway day….he’s part of the T track group with MikeO who posts here. Ah! I see. No, don't know him, but looks impressive. What Irish stuff does he have? Edited December 12, 2021 by jhb171achill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 He’s built some nice diesels and a. WT etc - don’t have pics, sorry. It’s coach 50. And I think you know him - he’s been around the RPSI since about 1968! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 19 minutes ago, Galteemore said: He’s built some nice diesels and a. WT etc - don’t have pics, sorry. It’s coach 50. And I think you know him - he’s been around the RPSI since about 1968! Yes, I do know him.....indeed! In the 1980s he and i used to do sales stands for the RPSI all over Ireland. Whitehead, Larne, Donegal, Carlow and even Wishht Caaark! (Upton)... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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