Ernies Massive Irish 1930's to 2005 Photo Archive

[Irishswissernie]

Coleraine 25 August 1962.

Dunloy same date.

Derry ex GNRI same date.

 

[airfixfan]

Foyle Road is interesting as it shows that the LPHC lines have just been cleared. The steam coaches on the left are for the extra service to Belfast on a weekly basis

  By this stage all other regular passenger services were Railcar operated.

[airfixfan]

LPHC was officially closed about June 1962

[Irishswissernie]

Dromod B135 on up train, 19-04-1968.

CDRJC Lough Eske station ca 1952.

Courtmacsherry & Ballinascarthy 5 November 1960. The guys on the right appear to be loading beets by hand, counting each one to make sure they get fully paid

 

Edited November 11, 2022 by Irishswissernie

[popeye]

Interesting signal cabin at Dromod with the chimney at the front.

I'm sure there was others like that.

[Westcorkrailway]

8 hours ago, Irishswissernie said:

Courtmacsherry & Ballinascarthy 5 November 1960. The guys on the right appear to be loading beets by hand, counting each one to make sure they get fully paid

 

 

It’s mad how that C class was so new at that stage and yet looked so old

[Irishswissernie]

A couple of views at Warrenpoint 24 August 1962.

 

[Galteemore]

Thanks Ernie - nice  to see ‘normal’ traffic. So many Warrenpoint photos, naturally enough, show the place clogged with excursion traffic. 

[Mayner]

On 12/11/2022 at 6:21 AM, popeye said:

Interesting signal cabin at Dromod with the chimney at the front.

I'm sure there was others like that.

Quite common, MGWR standard design to replace cabins destroyed as a result of the Civil War. "Rock faced" concrete block base, internal staircase and frame placed at the rear of the  cabin.

 

[LARNE CABIN]

Love those photos of Warrenpoint, Ernie. Brings back memories of Sunday School Trips, walking from our home in Gilford to Tanderagee Station to get train to Warrenpoint. Tea and a buns on arrival. Warrenpoint was one option I considered when trying to decide on my model location. GNR(I) is absolutely my favourite company.

[BSGSV]

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[Lambeg man]

11 hours ago, LARNE CABIN said:

Warrenpoint was one option I considered when trying to decide on my model location.

Yes I too had a crack at doing Warrenpoint back about 1982 after reading the second Mac Arnold GNR book. I recall get getting into a complete mess by trying to model the actual dock sidings by putting Polyfilla in between the rails of my track. Chunky Triang wheels could not cope!

I have a very loose connection with Warrenpoint in that our next door neighbour in 1960's Lambeg was one Jim Walker. I was delighted when he informed me that his dad was the signalman at Warrenpoint up until the closure. Lo and behold a T.V. programme rocks up last year (might have been the Rob Bell one) and they discuss Warrenpoint. I immediately turned to my wife and said "our old next door neighbour in Lambeg's dad was the signalman there", whereupon Jim Walker's sister appears in the programme to talk about their dad's time at Warrenpoint. Small auld world. 

Edited November 14, 2022 by Lambeg man

[Irishswissernie]

I'll start with the adverts this morning! 3 Boxes of unused/never out of the box Cement bubbles listed in the Classifieds. Thanks to Brexsh1t will only post to UK though.

ex GNRI Belfast Victoria Street. Looks like a converted Cattle Wagon second vehicle in train. June 1963.

West Clare. A poor negative of Miltown Malbay ca 1952.

Ennis. Ex Tralee & Dingle Coach 39 same date.

 

[Galteemore]

Lovely Ernie. Think it’s a vented van - you have a pic in your SLNC album of a similar one at Manorhamilton c1950

[Niles]

3 hours ago, Irishswissernie said:

 

Ennis. Ex Tralee & Dingle Coach 39 same date.

  

 

 now that does whet the appetite for the return of 7T.

[Lambeg man]

4 hours ago, Irishswissernie said:

Looks like a converted Cattle Wagon second vehicle in train.

Fitted ventilated van given the coaching stock classification 'Y 9' by the GNR. First built 1881 and numbered initially in the goods vehicle series, in 1924 they were renumbered in the coaching fitted vans '700' series, their numbers running through into the '800's as per the one seen above at Manorhamilton. A significant number were rebuilt in the 1944-46 period. Originally fitted with roof ventilators, these were removed from some (though clearly not all as again the above photo) to allow passage through the Queens Bridge subway in Belfast. It appears the UTA added a '6' to their GNR numbers.

Edited November 16, 2022 by Lambeg man

[Lambeg man]

6 hours ago, Irishswissernie said:

ex GNRI Belfast Victoria Street

I should add that the locomotive is ex-GNR 'T 2', UTA No. 5X on station pilot duty. 

[Galteemore]

1 hour ago, Lambeg man said:

I should add that the locomotive is ex-GNR 'T 2', UTA No. 5X on station pilot duty. 

Very capable locos, the Glover tanks, with bogie brakes unusual for Ireland - must have helped snappy stopping for suburban working. Regular runners on Antrim branch until its closure. Thankfully, after a 20 year gap, rails returned to that spot…… You can see the same building in both shots…..http://briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/2014/10/05/ni-railways-belfast/

Edited November 16, 2022 by Galteemore

[Irishswissernie]

Ex CB&SCR today.

Cork Albert Quay station, 4 November 1960.

Ballinhassig 5 November 1960.

 

[Westcorkrailway]

43 minutes ago, Irishswissernie said:

Ex CB&SCR today.

Cork Albert Quay station, 4 November 1960.

Ballinhassig 5 November 1960.

 

Fun fact. Every single nameboard on the west cork railway has survived…..except for bandon! Which curiously escaped preservation 

 

last time it was seen was at the very very end of Brian bakers film on the subject where 2 of them are lying on the floor of Albert quay platform with rails that had been lifted. As far as I’m concerned they have disappeared since

[Irishswissernie]

Bray, 12 July 1955 650.

Athlone 7 July 1955 600.

Ballaghaderreen 27 May 1957 655.

 

[Irishswissernie]

NCC today.

Derry Waterside, 60 24 June 1937

Waterside, 55 20 Apr 1953.

NCC Tablet Catcher 30 June 1952 Location? EDIT Magheramorne.

 

Edited November 20, 2022 by Irishswissernie

[Galteemore]

Got to be north of Ballymena or Whitehead if single track in 52. Signalling looks like a branch rather than just sidings running in from the left. Angle of approach doesn’t look quite right for Limavady Jct. I’m guessing Macfin but probably wrong ! 

Edited November 20, 2022 by Galteemore

[airfixfan]

Magheramorne?

[Lambeg man]

25 minutes ago, airfixfan said:

Magheramorne?

Agree, it is Magheramorne.

[Galteemore]

This 1929 view - Britain from the Air - seems to confirm that. My own memories of Magheramorne are too dominated by its dereliction to imagine what it once was! No one imagined in 1952 that No 52 and her sisters would nolonger run through that loop at speed but spend their final years hauling spoil from there to Belfast…..
 

 

Edited November 20, 2022 by Galteemore

[Lambeg man]

With acknowledgement to Colourpoint books - Note the two buildings and starter signal on the right of the picture compared with Ernie's photo

Edited November 20, 2022 by Lambeg man

[Irishswissernie]

Some images taken by the late Alex Ford Copyright Transport Library today. Dromod 13L 30 June 1950 first 2 views and then passing exchange sidings same date.

 

[Irishswissernie]

Ex GNRI Victoria Bridge station 14 August 1959.

Cobh 173 16 August 1994.

Dublin Heuston, 185 6 August 1995.

 

[airfixfan]

Great shot of Victoria Bridge

[Galteemore]

Showed this to my dad, as it looked shabbier than I remembered in later pics. Apparently UTA painted in 62-63 - just in time before closing it! 

Edited November 24, 2022 by Galteemore

[Lambeg man]

3 hours ago, Irishswissernie said:

Ex GNRI Victoria Bridge station 14 August 1959.

Hi Ernie, Great photo. Am I right in thinking it is a 'U' class 4-4-0? LM

Edited November 24, 2022 by Lambeg man

[airfixfan]

Could be a Strabane local. All stations on the Derry Road were repainted about 1963 to increase the losses quoted by the UTA@

[Lambeg man]

20 minutes ago, airfixfan said:

Could be a Strabane local.

I think you'll find it is a Belfast service. Post 1958 the GN section of the  UTA frequently deployed 'U' class locomotives on Belfast-Derry services, something they were not entirely suited to. Note also the "express" headlamp code.

[jhb171achill]

On 14/11/2022 at 9:02 AM, Mayner said:

Quite common, MGWR standard design to replace cabins destroyed as a result of the Civil War. "Rock faced" concrete block base, internal staircase and frame placed at the rear of the  cabin.

 

Attymon was a good example of that.

1 hour ago, Lambeg man said:

I think you'll find it is a Belfast service. Post 1958 the GN section of the  UTA frequently deployed 'U' class locomotives on Belfast-Derry services, something they were not entirely suited to. Note also the "express" headlamp code.

 

1 hour ago, airfixfan said:

Could be a Strabane local. All stations on the Derry Road were repainted about 1963 to increase the losses quoted by the UTA@

Yes, it's a Belfast train. The local wouldn't have that many carriages either.