Ernies Massive Irish 1930's to 2005 Photo Archive

[Irishswissernie]

Back on the Forum after a weekend in North Wales.

NCC 22 June 1937, Belfast York Road 50 &  4

Rosslare Harbour 175 + 128 1 December 2001

 

[Galteemore]

Not the NCC No 4 we automatically think of! Interesting to see that the number plate was not re-used. The WT has a much plainer style of font.

[MikeO]

The NCC No 4 in the picture is a U1 class called Glenariff. It was renumbered to 4A in 1947 to make way for the new WT class and with drawn in 1949. Info per Colin Boocock Locomotive Compendium Ireland page 90.

[Irishswissernie]

Dublin Connolly 131 on NIR stock (I think, eyes not so good today) 6 March 1992. I have also uploaded to flickr 129 & 131 at Connolly today as well.

Dundalk 15 May 1948 37 former INW 44 withdrawn the following month.

Monaghan , 14 arriving on a goods ca 1955. I like the footbridge with the stone abutments and girder construction on Plantation Walk. It would make a good scenic break/exit on a layout.

 

Edited July 5, 2022 by Irishswissernie

[Galteemore]

Always a treat Ernie. BCDR wagon with no 37, too.

[minister_for_hardship]

22 hours ago, Galteemore said:

Not the NCC No 4 we automatically think of! Interesting to see that the number plate was not re-used. The WT has a much plainer style of font.

The old B&NCR house style on the older No 4.

[Galteemore]

12 minutes ago, minister_for_hardship said:

The old B&NCR house style on the older No 4.

Yes, a most attractive style. Interestingly the NCC used it on some of the Moguls but not others. 

[Irishswissernie]

CDRJC/NCC Londonderry Victoria Road. Very low black clouds but only on this faulty Casserley negative 19 April 1948.

Dundalk 187 17 September 1991.

Longford 185, 18 September 1991.

 

[connollystn]

@irishswisernie - The last photograph reminds of the good aul days when Longford was a busy rail freight terminal. The houses situated in the background is where I grew up.

[Irishswissernie]

CDRJC  4 & 6 arriving on the Letterkenny branch CA1955.

9 June 1961 , Boyne Bridge 85 heads north on a Tour.

8 June 1961 Mullingar 719

 

[airfixfan]

Most unusual to see two Class 5 tan

ks on the Letterkenny branch

[jhb171achill]

Still a MGWR enamel sign at Mullingar in the bottom pic - plus a black rather than grey 0.6.0. Few of the locos which were repainted black from the mid-50s on, and including this one, had the "snail" on the tender - only some of them. A tender which is so grubby that it's impossible to tell whether it was actually painted black or dark grey - WITH a snail - would have a greater chance of being originally grey.

With a realistic layer of weathering, a steam loco seen in 1959-62 might as well be painted lime green, tartan and fluorescent pink, such was the layer of soot, oil, brake dust, rust and general gunk......

[Irishswissernie]

Cavan & Leitrim today.

A superb JG Dewing view of 6T on the Dromod turntable 16 March 1959.

Ballinamore shed ca 1955 with an ex T&D tank having its chimney 'capped' with what looks like a collection of old boiler suits!

Adoon , 4T on the 12.20 train to Ballinamore  4T 20 March 1959.

 

 

[Irishswissernie]

11 May 1990 Dublin Inchicore 208.

29 August 1956 Enniskillen 71 on Omagh train.

29 August 1956 Enniskillen shed 73.

 

[Galteemore]

Thanks Ernie. Lovely view from the platform - and 73 has had the Enniskillen cleaning treatment !

[Irishswissernie]

 County Donegal Railways. A couple of views from a goods at Castlefinn 3 July 1959 .

Castlerea 16 April 2000, 189.

Carrigaloe 3 April 1993, 177 on 8.25am Cobh-Cork.

 

[Irishswissernie]

Dublin Connolly 124 11 May 1990 & 131 May 1988.

Limerick Junction 129 12 May 1990.

 

[Irishswissernie]

Dublin Harcourt Street, D14 63 27 June 1950.

Broad & Narrow at Guiness Brewer 27 June 1950, 2 views.

 

 

 

[Irishswissernie]

This a recently acquired negative, not brilliant quality and no information. Ideas anyone?

I am thinking West Clare but maybe an import from one of the earlier closed lines. There is what looks like a D on the LH of the side but I think that's a red herring (literally not physically!) There is what could be the faint outline of a CIE snail, upper right middle pannel.

Edited July 12, 2022 by Irishswissernie

[airfixfan]

That is one for JHB!

[Andy Cundick]

Possibly West Clare though the doors on theirs were usually vertical planking the lack of vacuum brakes  fitted or piped narrows the field,ano ther pointer towards the West Clare,Andy.

[BSGSV]

I'm not sure about the wagon, but there is a section of trackbed still looking like that, with the sloped stone facing, not long after leaving Moyasta heading for Kilrush.

[Galteemore]

13 hours ago, Irishswissernie said:

Dublin Harcourt Street, D14 63 27 June 1950.

Broad & Narrow at Guiness Brewer 27 June 1950, 2 views.

 

 

Gorgeous. A vital missing link in Irish preservation ~ the southern 4-4-0. A different kind of elegance to her GNR counterparts - but imagine how she must have looked loping along at speed ! 

[Irishswissernie]

Navan, 22 July 1990 132 + 134 , 2 views.

Claremorris 16 April 2000, 212 on log mts stabled in the former Ballinrobe branch platform.

 

[Irishswissernie]

Here is a negative , unfortunately with a large fault but the faulty bit is interesting in that it is of wagon No 2 which is supposed to be an ex CVR red van but looks very similar to No 6 an ex CVBT Oldbury 1984 built wagon. The ex CVR red vans were Metropolitan C&W from 1887.

Any ideas Jim or Andy?

[Irishswissernie]

County Donegal Railways Railcar 16 Interior views  3 July 1959.

Belfast York Road ex IR 224 16 May 1988.

 

[Andy Cundick]

Its an oft repeated mistake that No2 in the Red wagon series was one of the Clogher vans i've got 3 photos of No2 (ex Castlederg) (been there modelled that).So the numbering for the opens start at No2,No1 being the much photographed Breakdown wagon,now it is usually stated that the opens were numbered 3 to 9 now we know that s wrong as the above photo shows,now the next problem is that  the above numbering allows for 7 opens,the problem is that the  Castlederg only had 7 opens and No 28 (the odd one) became No228 in the ordinary  wagon series,so that suggests that 8 and 9 were Clogher vehicles possibly the one counted as No2 and the rogue Clogher brake van which appeared on a Donegal chassis,which none of the books mention . Hope this is of interest Andy.

2 hours ago, Irishswissernie said:

County Donegal Railways Railcar 16 Interior views  3 July 1959.

Belfast York Road ex IR 224 16 May 1988.

 

 

[Lambeg man]

On 5/7/2022 at 8:28 AM, Irishswissernie said:

Monaghan , 14 arriving on a goods ca 1955. I like the footbridge with the stone abutments and girder construction on Plantation Walk. It would make a good scenic break/exit on a layout.

Hi Ernie,

Is there a possibility this was taken in December 1960? The reason I ask is that if it was 1955, the AEC Railcar on the left of the picture would be in GNR Blue/Cream livery. This one appears to be in all over CIE green, it therefore being the final Railtour? Goods services continued for another few weeks after the date of the Railtour. 

[Galteemore]

Interesting idea, but wouldn’t 14 have ‘CIE’ stencilled on the buffer beam? 

[Irishswissernie]

It may be December 1960 as there are faint marks on the negative which could be CIE on the buffer beam and the CIE lettering doesn't show up so well on other locos so stencilled.

[airfixfan]

There are some photos that show CDR rolling stock in service that were not recorded by Patterson. There is an ex CVR brake van from 1945 supplied by JHB Senior which will be in the new CDR book from the Donegal Railway Heritage Centre out at last next week.

[jhb171achill]

On 12/7/2022 at 9:45 AM, Irishswissernie said:

This a recently acquired negative, not brilliant quality and no information. Ideas anyone?

I am thinking West Clare but maybe an import from one of the earlier closed lines. There is what looks like a D on the LH of the side but I think that's a red herring (literally not physically!) There is what could be the faint outline of a CIE snail, upper right middle pannel.

West Clare, yes. Possibly a GS rebuold too, but (a) certainly not C & L, and (b) looks to be too large a loading gauge, and possibly chassis length (?) for T & D. My money's on West Clare.

[jhb171achill]

On 5/7/2022 at 8:28 AM, Irishswissernie said:

Dublin Connolly 131 on NIR stock (I think, eyes not so good today) 6 March 1992. I have also uploaded to flickr 129 & 131 at Connolly today as well.

Dundalk 15 May 1948 37 former INW 44 withdrawn the following month.

Monaghan , 14 arriving on a goods ca 1955. I like the footbridge with the stone abutments and girder construction on Plantation Walk. It would make a good scenic break/exit on a layout.

 

The Monaghan one - as alluded to elsewhere, the railcar DOES appear to be in CIE green, yet no "CIE" stencil appears to be on the buffer beam.  If the pic is indeed 1955, then it's a CIE railcar rather than a former GNR one painted green. If so, what's it doing there? I am unaware of ANY CIE railcar traversing the GNR in GNR days. If the pic IS later, and the railcar is an ex-GN one repainted, then it's almost certainly that 2-car AEC which the IRRS had on a farewell tour in 1960. And if that is the case, either the "CIE" stencil is covered in dirt, or they have not yeat applied it - by 1960, the latter is highly unlikely.

The pic of INWR 44 (GN37): note that it is shunting a distictive BCDR covered van.

[Irishswissernie]

On balance,  I am changing the date to 19 December 1959 the date of the last train IRRS special. I have several Roy Dennison slides as he was on the train and also  have 150 odd of his negatives so this is probably one of his as well. Railcar was 609. Thanks everyone for clarifying the date.

Edited July 14, 2022 by Irishswissernie

[airfixfan]

Roy Dennison spends a few days in early December 1959 on the CDR