Ernies Massive Irish 1930's to 2005 Photo Archive

[Galteemore]

The happy days before track permits! Look at the two jokers on the tender….according to Galteemore snr, it was standing room only on the tender that trip. Lovely winter sunshine at Stranorlar too, which my dad also liked - he managed two trips in 59 before it shut. Looks like an ex Ballymena coach at stage left 

Edited April 30, 2022 by Galteemore

[Irishswissernie]

3 from Alex Ford/Transport Library today. All from 1950.

Dublin, Amiens Street 541 arriving from the West passing a couple of the GNR's articulated railcars.

West Clare at Ennis, 5C departs on a train of 6 wheeled coaches.

Ennis 10C in the Works..

 

[Old Blarney]

I note the Great Northern Railway has a mixture of inside and outside keys on their track.  For those with an interest in such matters look at the sixth sleeper to the North of the Telegraph Pole. The keys toward the Station change to inside keys there. The point is a mixture of inside and outside keys.

A pleasant reminder too of the articulated railcars. They look as if they are F and G? I note they both carry the white tail square, which I believe noted the rear of a train.  I remenber, with fondness, my excursions to Howth or Sutton on the GNR railcars, and then, a trip on the Hill Trams.  The sounds of the Trolley passing beneath the wire, the clank of the wheels passing over the DUT and GNR Crossing at Sutton Cross and the removal of the trolley from the overhead as one decended from the top of the Hill toward Howth Station. 

[Irishswissernie]

A couple of "where" today; ideas anyone.

June 1963 closed station. IDENTIFIED AS BLACKROCK on the CB&P

2 June 1958

Banteer 5 June 1961

 

 

Edited May 2, 2022 by Irishswissernie

[Irishswissernie]

Found another 'where' Same location as the closed one above identified as Blackrock on the CB&P

 

Edited May 2, 2022 by Irishswissernie

[Joe Keegan]

The station reminds me of just outside Newcastle West heading for Castleisland.

 In the old days, just as you got over the long drive to the top of the hill driving towards Castleisland the station was in the cutting to your right hand side.

[Galteemore]

1 hour ago, Irishswissernie said:

Found another 'where' Same location as the closed one above

 

The dereliction is clearly well advanced by 1963, suggesting a closure some considerable time before. Blackrock on the C B and P ? 

[Irishswissernie]

 

43 minutes ago, Joe Keegan said:

The station reminds me of just outside Newcastle West heading for Castleisland.

 In the old days, just as you got over the long drive to the top of the hill driving towards Castleisland the station was in the cutting to your right hand side.

I think you are probably referring to Barnagh but this station was still open to goods in 1963 and the above photos have a footbridge indicating that it had at one time a passing loop. This was Barnagh

 

30 minutes ago, Galteemore said:

The dereliction is clearly well advanced by 1963, suggesting a closure some considerable time before. Blackrock on the C B and P ? 

I'm thinking its somewhere in County Cork and an early closure too.

Edited May 2, 2022 by Irishswissernie

[Galteemore]

Think it must be Blackrock - and plans are afoot in Cork to restore the footbridge. The red brick station building can be seen in both the historic and contemporary photos, even if greenery has camouflaged much else.

 

https://www.corkcity.ie/en/council-services/news-room/press-releases/work-to-begin-on-blackrock-station-refurbishment.html

Edited May 2, 2022 by Galteemore

[Irishswissernie]

'Spot on' I think. I think the photographer also took this shot of Blarney on the Cork & Muskerry during an earlier visit.

 

[connollystn]

I recall the above Blarney Railway Station featuring in an episode of 'Great Railway Journeys' with Michael Portillo.

[Westcorkrailway]

2 hours ago, Galteemore said:

The dereliction is clearly well advanced by 1963, suggesting a closure some considerable time before. Blackrock on the C B and P ? 

It is Blackrock. This would have been just under 30 years after closure I have a photo of Ballymartle which taken a similar time after it’s closure and it looks much the same 

 

Of course this is now part of the passage greenway and could become part of the “Cork Luas”

Edited May 2, 2022 by Westcorkrailway

[Irishswissernie]

To use my native tongue "Wey man I'm stowed oot wi these C n L negs that are in wor pending tray so I've bunged 7 of em on flicka today" 

3 of them below . All 14 Mar 1959 at Ballinamore. The second one looks as if 6T  was being coaled with best Arigna er duff!

 

[Galteemore]

Lovely Ernie. Let us hope that one day you discover a similarly large cache of SLNC snaps which merits a similar Flickr blitz! The Lawderdale one is a lovely cameo. 

Edited May 3, 2022 by Galteemore

[BSGSV]

On 2/5/2022 at 7:44 AM, Irishswissernie said:

2 June 1958

 

 

I don't know, but the silver pole on the left is distinctive.

[Irishswissernie]

Horse & Jockey station 2 June 1958.

Thurles 2 June 1958.

CDRJC, Castlefinn 15 May 1959.

 

[jhb171achill]

Wonder why the CDRJC trains always seemed to cross on the "wrong lines" at Castlefinn?

A westbound railcar is to be seen on the right, with the eastbound goods on the left. The customs had a table on the westbound side, which is the only reason I can think of - but passenger trains used the other platform too.

[jhb171achill]

On 2/5/2022 at 12:08 PM, Westcorkrailway said:

It is Blackrock. This would have been just under 30 years after closure I have a photo of Ballymartle which taken a similar time after it’s closure and it looks much the same 

 

Of course this is now part of the passage greenway and could become part of the “Cork Luas”

Sadly, if it becomes a greenway, we can kiss goodbye to any C.Luas..... once the Lycra Taliban get their greenways, nothing will shift them.

Re. Ballymartle & the Passage line in terms of closures - the Kinsale branch was the first line to be targetted by the GSR for economy - in 1930. The Cork, Blackrock & Passage line closed in 1932, the Crosshaven extension a few months before the rest of it. Even then, it was missed.

[airfixfan]

The goods sidings at Castlefinn were to the left of the train in yet another CDR new photo. Thanks Ernie yet again.

[Irishswissernie]

Clara 18 March 1963.

Waterford, old 6 whl former passenger coaches.

Arigna branch 13 March 1959

 

[Irishswissernie]

Oldcastle 3 June 1961 IRRS SPL .

Castleisland June 1961.

Sutton, Dublin tramcars await scrapping. 15 March 1959.

 

[connollystn]

The photograph of the trams at Sutton awaiting scrappage is certainly a very sad sight.

[Old Blarney]

1 hour ago, connollystn said:

The photograph of the trams at Sutton awaiting scrappage is certainly a very sad sight.

It was intended these three tramcars be preserved. They were stored at Sutton for this purpose. Unfortunately, vandals destroyed them.

The Pullman Car, Luxury Car, the most modern looking of the three was refurbished in the GNR sheds prior to it use as a static Information Office during the, 1953, An Tóstal festival in Dublin.  It was positioned on the North side of Nelson Pillar.  (See it at 2minutes 44 seconds.) I remember visiting it, and my astonishment that it was there as our Dublin Trams had been withdrawn in July 1949. It was devoid of its internal fixture and fitting, if my memory serves me correctly.

The trams were not brought to this location for scrapping, they were there with the intention of saving them for preservation. The vandals destroyed them and they were eventually buried in an adjacent quarry, as far as I'm aware. I'm open to correction on this point.

 

 

[Old Blarney]

Waterford - Old six wheel passenger coaches.

Curiosity got the better of me as far as this photograph is concerned.  I wondered if I might be able to decipher the writing on each of these coaches?

 "Curiosity killed the Cat, Information made him Fat,"  that is, according to my Maternal Grandmother, born in 1887.  For anyone interested!

Coach to left of picture -

No 32A - ACCIDENT VAN - GSWR - LOCO DEPT - CORK - 32A

Coach to right of picture -

Left side of photograph - WATERFORD

I cannot decipher to writing to on the right hand side of the Coach, but, suspect it is WATERFORRD!

Ernie, again, thank you for your photographs. Please take care of your health.

Best wishes,

Old Blarney.

 

Edited May 6, 2022 by Old Blarney

[Irishswissernie]

Dublin Heuston, 18 March 1963.

Ballaghaderreen through the undergrowth! 8 June 1961

Letterkenny 5 December 1959

 

[Irishswissernie]

GNRI Derry shed 17 Sept 1958.

Mullingar 8 June 1961.

CDRJC Letterkenny 5 Dec 1959.

 

[Galteemore]

The Upperlands ones on your actual Flickr site today are also lovely - glad someone captured that just before it all vanished 

[Irishswissernie]

Belfast Central 18 June 1987.

Streamstown, 18 March 1963.

Rathmines & Raneleigh, 15 March 1959.

 

[Irishswissernie]

Limerick , 219 ,5July 1950.

Inchicore shed K1, 391 28 June 1950.

Inchicore Works, C3 458 28 June 1950

 

[Irishswissernie]

Cavan & Leitrim today.

Belturbet, 14 March 1959.

Arigna. 13 March 1959 x 2

 

[Irishswissernie]

Kildare 31 May 1958.

Belfast GVS June 1963.

Hill of Howth, Car No 4 at Summit 15 March 1959.

 

[Irishswissernie]

Navan, 3 June 1961.

Mullingar 18 March 1963.

Cork, Glanmire Road 2 June 1958

 

[Westcorkrailway]

27 minutes ago, Irishswissernie said:

Navan, 3 June 1961.

Mullingar 18 March 1963.

Cork, Glanmire Road 2 June 1958

 

I do love those sort of square cabs the Ivatt GSWR tank engines had 

[Irishswissernie]

I have finally finished sorting out the late TE Rounthwaite's negatives and have acquired for my labours nearly 500 . Unfortunately for Ireland there are only 2 out of over 4000 images however these are of some interest although there are no details on the prints.

I think No 59 is probably at Londonderry Waterside and I believe it was rebuilt in 1924 so prior to then.

The second is U2 No 81 which was built 1925 , any ideas on the location - I'm thinking Portrush and the loco is partly on a turntable.

Ideas anyone?

 

[Galteemore]

Looks like you’re right on both Ernie. Looks like Derry city in backdrop of pic 1. Classic 1930s boarding house background in pic 2 suggests Portrush. The table here was a fair way out near Metropole Corner and I think may still slumber under the weeds. 

Edited May 13, 2022 by Galteemore