Ernies Massive Irish 1930's to 2005 Photo Archive

[Irishswissernie]

West Clare Rly, 3 November 1960, Ennis F503 on a wet day, note the cattle wagon at the head of the train.

2 views at Newry Edward Street 24 August 1962. Note on the second view the reference to the Greenore bus service which replaced the old D&NGR trains and also mention of the long gone service to Armagh.

 

[Irishswissernie]

Dublin Inchicore Works early to mid 1960's.

B113

E415

 

[Irishswissernie]

GNRI steam at Amiens Street 28 June 1959.

SG3 48. What was what looks like a rope or a pipe hanging from the cab for?

48 again & T2 143 from Howth.

U class 199.

 

Edited September 22, 2022 by Irishswissernie

[Galteemore]

Pep pipe ? For hosing down footplate and damping coal dust with a hot water/steam wash

Edited September 22, 2022 by Galteemore

[Mike 84C]

On the WR it had an r in it as in prep pipe. For loco preparation, have heard it called the dagger pipe by several ex GC/LNE men. Wonder if there is a special CIE name for it?

[Irishswissernie]

Yes I should have realised that; although up here in the ancestral home of the railway back in the last century I can't remember seeing one left dangling over the cab side.

[jhb171achill]

Re. the shot of B113, I never noticed the Sulzer makers plate beside the cab door before. Also, looks like that loco has got a wallop of some sort!

 

[Irishswissernie]

3 'Posers' for you today. They are all 12/13 April 1968 and the spoil train and probably the railcar are on the Larne line. The station is probably in that area too. Locations anyone?

[LARNE CABIN]

I would say the spoil train is on the Magheramorne side of Ballycarry Station. The 70 Class looks as though it's on the Whitehead side of Ballycarry Station. The station therefore may be Ballycarry, but I don't recognise it as such. I stand to be corrected by more knowledgeable experts!

[Irishswissernie]

I don.t think the station image is Ballycarry image below

Edited September 23, 2022 by Irishswissernie

[leslie10646]

The top photo is at one end of Old Mill Bay, I think it's the Magheramorne end with a loaded train.

If I've compared photos correctly, this is the rear engine and he's not exerting himself! The photographer seems to be standing on the East side of the line. The line was crossed by the electricity lines from Ballylumford Power Station. One of the giant pylons is clearly visible in your photo. Lance King took a lot of shots in this area (from the West side, which seems to have given him better light), but while he had the signal in the photo and the actual wires, he managed to keep the pylon out of the shot!

[LARNE CABIN]

Hi Leslie, just looked up Old Mill Bay on map, so agree with you, but surely the bracket signal is 'off', so surely that is the lead engine and the train is about to pass under the bridge into Ballycarry Station!

[Irishswissernie]

Achill station 17 April 1968 some 30 years after closure.

 

[Dhu Varren]

18 hours ago, Irishswissernie said:

 

 

 

I believe this location could be the approach to the Belfast end of Limavady Junction station. The sharp curve on the approach, and through the station, is characteristic of that station. The large building in the extreme background is still there.

[Patrick Davey]

19 hours ago, Irishswissernie said:

3 'Posers' for you today. They are all 12/13 April 1968 and the spoil train and probably the railcar are on the Larne line. The station is probably in that area too. Locations anyone?

The middle photo here is Fahan on the Lough Swilly, quite a bit west of Ballycarry!  The photographer is standing on the former trackbed and behind is a stone overbridge.  The station building is now a pub/restaurant.

[Irishswissernie]

 

14 minutes ago, Patrick Davey said:

The middle photo here is Fahan on the Lough Swilly, quite a bit west of Ballycarry!

Fahan! Yes! I thought it looked familiar but just couldn't place it. Many thanks.

[Irishswissernie]

I have also amended the Class 70 location to Limavady Junction today.

[Irishswissernie]

Inchicore 130 ends its days somewhat 'butchered' early 1960's.

A couple on the Cavan & Leitrim CA1952 , Cattle wagon 142L at Ballinamore and a poor neg of Belturbet transhipment sidings and shed.

 

 

[Irishswissernie]

Ballinascarthy, junction of the Timoleague & Courtmacsherry Light Railway and the CB&SCR 5 November 1960. 552 collecting mts plus a load of what looks like sugar beet 'waste' after processing which would be used as fertiliser/feed by the farmers. 

 

[Horsetan]

On 19/9/2022 at 8:09 AM, Irishswissernie said:

West Clare Rly, 3 November 1960, Ennis F503 on a wet day, note the cattle wagon at the head of the train....

 

That's quite a mixed train - there are three railcar trailers forming the passenger section, and then another van and cattle wagon behind those.

Note also the platform lattice signal post which has long been reused to carry telegraph/telephone cables.

[BSGSV]

4 hours ago, Horsetan said:

Note also the platform lattice signal post which has long been reused to carry telegraph/telephone cables.

I think they are electric wires going to the signal lamps, instead of having oil.

On 27/9/2022 at 9:56 AM, Irishswissernie said:

Inchicore 130 ends its days somewhat 'butchered' early 1960's.

A couple on the Cavan & Leitrim CA1952 , Cattle wagon 142L at Ballinamore and a poor neg of Belturbet transhipment sidings and shed.

 

 

 

That looks like B234 in the background. If so, it's late-60's rather than early?

[Irishswissernie]

56 minutes ago, BSGSV said:

That looks like B234 in the background. If so, it's late-60's rather than early?

Probably around 1964-5, there are no dates (nor any other info) with this batch of negatives. 

[Irishswissernie]

Working through some more closed station views today. These 5 are all ex Cavan & Leitrim Railway 19 April 1968.

First one Ballinamore; this had me puzzled for a while as post closure the owner had moved a door and also bricked in the glazed area. All to no avail as I think this may now under the bypass.

Next Drumshanbo where the bypass now runs along the trackbed but most of the buildings including the water tower are still there. The washing line however is probably another 'fatality'. 

Next is a former road crossing, I think this is on the Arigna Extension as there are gate posts on the railway. Probably the R285 road and the cottage is buried in the undergrowth on Google Earth. EDIT The cottage is Arigna station with the extension to the mines crossing the road; thanks Andy!

The last two are Dromod and I think Kiltubrid.

 

 

Edited September 29, 2022 by Irishswissernie

[Galteemore]

Think it’s indeed Kiltubrid Ernie. That’s the one I tried to model in 3mm scale anyway! 
 

Edited September 29, 2022 by Galteemore

[Andy Cundick]

Its not the Arigna extension it is fact Arigna the line crossing is the extension to the mines the building being Arigna station building,been modelled that,Andy.

[Irishswissernie]

Guess what I found when I checked the Scans not yet uploaded file! Arigna 20 March 1959.

Whilst I think on Remember Irish Narrow Gauge on Zoom tonight at 7.30pm IRRS Webinar meeting. Mysteries of the WEST CLARE and Walker Railcars overseas.

 

Edited September 29, 2022 by Irishswissernie

[jhb171achill]

2 hours ago, Irishswissernie said:

Probably around 1964-5, there are no dates (nor any other info) with this batch of negatives. 

Barry Carse's Metrovick book has C234 becoming B234 in December 1965, so I'd go for 1966. J15 130 was one of the last steam locos on CIE's books, only OFFICIALLY withdrawn in 1965, though no steam locos at all operated* after March 1963, including 130.

(*Other than as stationary boilers).

[jhb171achill]

2 hours ago, Irishswissernie said:

 

 

 

This is interesting; why, I wonder, are there several UTA buses parked up there? Possibly the UTA had sold them off to a local school bus or other type of private operator?

[minister_for_hardship]

1 hour ago, jhb171achill said:

Barry Carse's Metrovick book has C234 becoming B234 in December 1965, so I'd go for 1966. J15 130 was one of the last steam locos on CIE's books, only OFFICIALLY withdrawn in 1965, though no steam locos at all operated* after March 1963, including 130.

(*Other than as stationary boilers).

What were stationary boilers supposed to do?

[Horsetan]

11 minutes ago, minister_for_hardship said:

What were stationary boilers supposed to do?

Mostly to provide steam to either drive other machinery or provide heat

[Westcorkrailway]

When was the last time a steam loco was used as a stationary boiler? 

[jhb171achill]

3 hours ago, minister_for_hardship said:

What were stationary boilers supposed to do?

 

2 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said:

When was the last time a steam loco was used as a stationary boiler? 

I think about 1965.

[Westcorkrailway]

13 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

 

I think about 1965.

Any idea what the last locomotive used as a stationary boiler was? I recall 463 and 464 were used as stationary boilers at the time. We’re J-15s and such used for that purpose? 

[Niles]

10 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

Any idea what the last locomotive used as a stationary boiler was? I recall 463 and 464 were used as stationary boilers at the time. We’re J-15s and such used for that purpose? 

Someone will know the exact number, but I'm pretty certain I've read of a J15 being used as a stationary boiler in Cork after steam had officially ended.

[Galteemore]

Rowledge lists a number of 0-6-0s as being in CIE stock until 1965, some of which may have been boilers. Generally speaking, I suspect that there would have been little demand for such things post-steam : the stationary boiler was largely an adjunct to steam operations, facilitating such matters as boiler washouts, tube cleaning etc. 

Edited September 30, 2022 by Galteemore