Garfield Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 This topic is a popular one on several other forums, so I thought it would also make a nice addition here. Here's a photo I took at the weekend... can any of you guess the location? Feel free to add your own photos to keep us guessing! Quote
Noel Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) Nice photo and great idea. The sky in that pic is so atmospheric. Looks just west of Castlerock - Downhill? Lovely part of the coast. Edited October 28, 2014 by Noel Quote
Garfield Posted October 28, 2014 Author Posted October 28, 2014 Nice photo and great idea. The sky in that pic is so atmospheric. Looks just west of Castlerock - Downhill? Lovely part of the coast. Well that didn't take long... correct! Taken from right beside Mussenden Temple. Quote
DiveController Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 Was going to guess at NE Antrim coast with Scotland in the distance. Not a million miles off considering I am! Nice country! Quote
heirflick Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 nice pic Pat - now if only you waited in the wind and the rain to get a train on it!!! Quote
jhb171achill Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 Any passing Moguls or Jeeps......? Quote
heirflick Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 Fraid not Shem. Dam....and I was looking forward to my prize of a years sub to Irish Water! Quote
Glenderg Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 My turn. Any ideas? [ATTACH=CONFIG]15737[/ATTACH] Franno, put me out of my misery please - within 100 miles of Dublin is my only comment, the style of the cast iron is so fancy it can't be MGWR, stonework's not GNR(I), but the arched bricks are. Going into self combust mode....LNWRmy last guess before I need a reboot. Quote
Warbonnet Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 Franno, put me out of my misery please - within 100 miles of Dublin is my only comment, the style of the cast iron is so fancy it can't be MGWR, stonework's not GNR(I), but the arched bricks are. Going into self combust mode....LNWRmy last guess before I need a reboot. Will leave it up for a while man and see if anyone else can guess it. It is a tricky one I admit! Quote
Glenderg Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 *furiously bursts through Eiretrains using nothing but his architectural powers* Quote
Warbonnet Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 *furiously bursts through Eiretrains using nothing but his architectural powers* My only clue for you is that you wont find this gem on Eiretrains. Oh and yes, it's Irish based! I'm not pulling a fast one sticking up a foreign structure! Quote
Eiretrains Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 My turn. Any ideas? [ATTACH=CONFIG]15737[/ATTACH] Although I haven't been it doesn't preclude me from having a go, are we at Cootehill on the GNR(I)? Quote
Warbonnet Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 Although I haven't been it doesn't preclude me from having a go, are we at Cootehill on the GNR(I)? Bottle of champers for Eiretrains! Well done! Quote
Glenderg Posted November 4, 2014 Posted November 4, 2014 Eiretrain get's the answer right. Doesn't have Cootehill on Eiretrains. result - Quote
Eiretrains Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 I have planned in my mind to properly document the stations of GNR(I) Irish North West area of Clones/Cootehill/Dundalk etc., where there are many station 'gems' surviving, glad to know the Eiretrains site still retains interest. Quote
Warbonnet Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 I have planned in my mind to properly document the stations of GNR(I) Irish North West area of Clones/Cootehill/Dundalk etc., where there are many station 'gems' surviving, glad to know the Eiretrains site still retains interest. It absolutely does. I was just trying to lend Richie a helping hand in guessing the right answer. Still lots of Cootehill remaining. Must get some better shots of the overall station building though next time I'm there (usually twice a year). Plenty of detail photos, but none of the overall building! Quote
Mayner Posted November 6, 2014 Posted November 6, 2014 Taken with an Instamatic (I hadn't anything better) around 1980 wont find this one on Eiretrains Quote
Magpie1951 Posted November 6, 2014 Posted November 6, 2014 Taken with an Instamatic (I hadn't anything better) around 1980 wont find this one on Eiretrains [ATTACH=CONFIG]15760[/ATTACH] Tullow Co. Carlow? Quote
heirflick Posted November 6, 2014 Posted November 6, 2014 [ATTACH=CONFIG]15738[/ATTACH] Easy one Shem... ...Easy? Quote
Eiretrains Posted November 6, 2014 Posted November 6, 2014 Taken with an Instamatic (I hadn't anything better) around 1980 wont find this one on Eiretrains [ATTACH=CONFIG]15760[/ATTACH] Wished I'd be around to document that, a very nice station. Interesting to note since my visit a Celtic Tiger housing estate has swallowed up the former station site, although part of the goods shed is still in situ. Quote
Mayner Posted November 8, 2014 Posted November 8, 2014 (edited) Wished I'd be around to document that, a very nice station. Interesting to note since my visit a Celtic Tiger housing estate has swallowed up the former station site, although part of the goods shed is still in situ. Sunday afternoons 30 odd years ago sent exploring abandoned branch lines after getting my first car. Very attractive line with riverside sections & a backdrop of the Wicklow Mountains. More common view of the North end of the train shed Not sure of the purpose of the stone building on the right it looks more like a farm than a railway building and too small to be a loco shed. Station building from the South East similar to Rathvilley I will put up the goods shed and trainshed when I get a chance. The branch lost its passenger and regular goods service in the late 1940s, the only traffic appears to have been cattle specials to Baltinglass with the loco running light to Tullow to turn. The branch seems to have been quite run down and over grown in later years, most photos in later days show trains running through a sea of grass with the rails hardly visible. There are a couple of nice photos of the Station in GSR days with a 52 Class on a passenger and a J15 on a goods in Great Southern Railways by Donal Murray (ian Allen 2006). The trains are a nice mix the passenger with a corridor coach in chocolate and cream and a 6 wheeler in what looks like the then new maroon livery, the goods made up of old style14' wagon is a bit like the old Triang-Hornby Freightmaster set with no two wagons the same. One of the oddities for the terminus of a long branch line is that Tullow does not appear to have had a engine shed at a time a shed or workshop was essential for carrying out maintenance light repairs between runs. Edited November 8, 2014 by Mayner Quote
Mayner Posted November 8, 2014 Posted November 8, 2014 Very attractive station might even model it some time. Photo taken in summer of 85 while exploring the remains of one of CIEs mouldering branch lines. Quote
DiveController Posted November 9, 2014 Posted November 9, 2014 Great series of photos, John. Lovely station building. Great to see these for modeling and even to select preassembled 'look-alikes' for the rest of us! Quote
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