airfixfan Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Superb CDR photos as always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Cundick Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Nice shot of Railcar 10,interesting to see wagon 159 creep into the other shot Donegals solitary bogie open(as apposed to conversions) she didn't get photoed very often,Andy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Merry Christmas everyone! Its the calm before the storm here so I have added a number of views to flickr. Here's a taster. z023 CIE 1959-03-15 Dublin Harcourt Street z024 CIE 1959-03-15 Dublin Harcourt Street CIE 1962-xx-xxca ex GNR Dublin Connolly yards T2 No 3 CDRJC 1960-06-xx Killybegs 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixfan Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Merry Xmas to all and thanks for a nice post closure photo of Killybegs 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Thanks for all your efforts this year Ernie - this is one of the best threads on here. Have a really great Christmas. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Views taken by the late Alex Ford , now part of the Transport Library Archive today. As well as some Cavan & Leitrim images on flickr today here are 3 others. AF0006 GNRI Bundoran 'P' 25 1July1950 AF0031 CIE Dromod J19 594 30June1950 AF0014 CIE Sligo J26 562 2July1950 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 A trip along the Harcourt Street line today just before closure in 1958. z016 CIE 1958-12 Harcourt St Line WHICH STATION anyone. z014 CIE 1958-12 Rathmines & Raneleigh z018 CIE 1958-12 Shankill 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 My guess is Stillorgan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 I'm thinking Milltown looking south, Stillorgan has footbridge in wrong position and 4 upstairs windows rather than 3 with arched uppers. However I can't find a photo! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 (edited) Bonus today , along the Valencia Island branch 3 June 1958 from Killorglin through the mountains and above Dingle Bay, Gleensk viaduct to Cahersiveen viaduct. Edited December 28, 2021 by Irishswissernie 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 z076 CIE 1958-05-31 Macmine Junction z116 WC 1958-1959 ca Kilrush GNRI 1952-06-26 Omagh 197 040 I'm off to A&E shortly so may be off-line for a few days, I will get Alan to keep you posted. Here's hoping for a better 2022! 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphaph Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Look after yourself Ernie! Take care. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixfan Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Best wishes for a speedy recovery after your hospital.visit today for 2022! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Hope all goes well and wishing you complete and speedy recovery. Thanks for posting those amazing historic images. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Hope all goes well Ernie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB JOE Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Best Wishes Hope all goes well!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush and Lusk Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Hi Irishswissernie, Photography is also one of my varied interests. Can I ask what process you use for converting a slide image to a digital format ? - Your post of November 15, - 138 at Clonmel in 1960 is of excellent quality. Thanks, George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Thanks Guys, well I had my bag packed for a stay over the New Year festivities but after (for me) a record passage through Cramlington A&E/Ambulatory Care of 4 hours 25 minutes and 32 seconds - not that I was counting; I have been returned to Haltwhistle pending a further scan at Hexham Hospital tomorrow and a visit to the Doctors on friday. I also have a bagful of Antibiotics. 12 minutes ago, Rush and Lusk said: Photography is also one of my varied interests. Can I ask what process you use for converting a slide image to a digital format ? - Your post of November 15, - 138 at Clonmel in 1960 is of excellent quality. Thanks, Give me a few hours to recover George and I shall reply. That slide of 138 at Clonmel taken by John Dewing is of superb quality to start with - which was half or more of the 'battle' 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie10646 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Ernie Glad to see that they didn't keep you in and hope that the treatment is successful. John Dewing, a photographer of considerable note, left a note to the effect that the IRRS should have the use of his Irish collection of photographs, which Mrs Beryl Dewing handsomely incorporated in the agreement when the collection was sold to the Transport Library. Hence other photos of his which have appeared in the Journal recently, brilliantly presented by Ciaran Cooney. John was a delight to chat to over a pint (after IRRS London meetings). I was delighted to use his photo of No.133 entering Cahirciveen as the Frontispiece of Steaming in Three Centuries. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush and Lusk Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Ernie, Please my intrusion and inappropriate timing - my question is trivial in comparison to your medical condition and recovery. Ignore completely, and come back to it in a few weeks when you are well, embracing the lengthening days and a better year for us all. Thank you, George 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Rush and Lusk said: Can I ask what process you use for converting a slide image to a digital format ? 3 hours ago, Irishswissernie said: I have been returned to Haltwhistle pending a further scan at Hexham Hospital tomorrow He gets them done at Hexham Hospital. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 z105 CIE 1958-06-03 Valencia Harbour x 3 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieB Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 On 15/12/2021 at 11:15 AM, Irishswissernie said: A fair amount of negatives etc arrived whilst I was sampling Hospital hospitality and I am gradually working through them. There are approx 180 negs taken by the Roy Dennison and the CDRJC slides may also have been his work. CDRJC 1960-06-xx Barnesmore Gap CDRJC 1960-06-xx Strabane, these 2 post closure but before track lifting etc completed. CIE 1958-06-03 Valencia Harbour - I've acquired a donkey and cart for Glengarriff - just needs painting! The observant may have noticed that the tracks on the former Letterkenny line already been lifted so that the replacement bus service can use the former railway bridge to gain access to County Donegal. Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixfan Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 The Authorities discovered after they had approved the closure of the CDR that the road bridge over the river connecting Strabane to LIfford was too weak to carry replacement lorries and buses So for that reason for about Jan/Feb 1960 CDR kept running freight trains from Strabane to Stranorlar. The Letterkenny line over the river bridge to Lifford only was lifted as they were planned to convert this into a new road bridge as a temporary solution. This left Phoenix and Erne to.carry out the lifting on the Letterkenny branch. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 On 28/12/2021 at 9:07 AM, Galteemore said: My guess is Stillorgan Me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 (edited) 56 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: Me too Keep your hands off your wallets boys, Photo found it is Milltown https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000303654 O'dea Collection NLI (you might need to register with the NLI to see it) Edited December 30, 2021 by Irishswissernie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Cheers Ernie. Lived near it for three years so should have got that. Although in fairness it was demolished by then! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) When looking at the NLI Collections I spotted this one uploaded on 23 December under the title Woo Hoo Choo Choo!. A superb view of Bantry taken by Fergus O'Connor with the prototype of the OOWorks 0-6-0st on show. The signal box roof appears to still being slated. Click on the image to enlarge, you can even read the wagon numbers. Copyright NLI. Edited December 31, 2021 by Irishswissernie 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bufferstop Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 That is a stunning photograph. (Imagine if it was in colour!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) z074 1958-05-31 CIE Arklow z077 CIE 1958-05-31 New Ross z073 1958-06-02 CCR Cork Edited December 31, 2021 by Irishswissernie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Irishswissernie said: When looking at the NLI Collections I spotted this one uploaded on 23 December under the title Woo Hoo Choo Choo!. A superb view of Bantry taken by Fergus O'Connor with the prototype of the OOWorks 0-6-0st on show. The signal box roof appears to still being slated. Click on the image to enlarge, you can even read the wagon numbers. Copyright NLI. Cracking photo, there is a an ex-works Pickering photo of 399 an open wagon with tarp rail and raised ends apparently intended for grain traffic in Ernie Shepherds CBSCR book. Looks like some alterations taking place to the yard. Whitewashed coal stack on the left? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Agreed Mayner, a very inspirational picture, with masses of period detail. I love the font on the Terminus Hotel! Thanks for posting the link Ernie and hope you are on the mend! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) I think and I can't check this out because Madame is hoovering the stairs in preparation for the rabble er family arriving and access to the Railway Room is prohibited; that the railway was extended from the terminus on to a railway pier with platform for passengers and track alterations were made to accommodate this as can be seen by the odd track formations by the loco. Late 1890's/early 1900's I think. I will confirm this when the route to the railway room re-opens. Edited December 31, 2021 by Irishswissernie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 It looks as if some significant track work is indeed going on - the signal cabin is also being reconstructed (or built) and another small structure in process of building on the platform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) From Ernie Shepherd's CBSC book. 1903 work to lower the siding on to the railway pier to facilitate wagon working and in 1908 permission received to back passenger trains on to the pier to assist in the transfer of steamer passengers. Board of Trade would require siding to be interlocked with signalling for passenger trains I would have thought. Edited December 31, 2021 by Irishswissernie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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