Colin R Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Anyone got a few euros spare? http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/victorian-saintfield-railway-station-goes-on-market-for-750k-31128107.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 I want this!!!!! Can someone lend me €1m? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 The still-complete, original and unaltered subway must be unique in Ireland's disused station network now. Any others, apart from (filled-in??) Ballymartle, Co Cork? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Oh man oh man, that is just lovely. Passionately restored alright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 The still-complete, original and unaltered subway must be unique in Ireland's disused station network now. Any others, apart from (filled-in??) Ballymartle, Co Cork? Carrigaline, presumably also filled in but still down there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRich Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Excluding the railway theme they are a beautiful set of homes. The missus even said she'd have no problem with us upping sticks and moving. Rich, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Charm oozing potential. Exterior and grounds looks like it hasn't been properly maintained for years. Some fun heating that gallery with all that glass. Wonder if stone floors were lifted and insulated. Shame the old signal left to rot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Tynan, Co Armagh, and nearby Glaslough remain untouched since 30.9.57, though the latter is currently being restored. Tynan still has original paintwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Amazing, what a B&B it would make! The signals are brilliant, how has it all survived for so long? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie10646 Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 (edited) B&B? - a perfect ancestral home with room for we oldies, the boys plus their families, each in their own demesne!! Pity I'd have to murder the Boss, as she'd never move to Ireland! No good having a LGB garden railway - only a 12 inches to the fut job would do - maybe the RPSI could loan the buyer a 101 Class? No - thinking out of the box - if you could afford that place, you could probably afford to have a replica BCDR tank built and a train of their six wheelers. Edited June 13, 2017 by leslie10646 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Davey Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 "Overlooking it all is the signal cabin, the last one standing belonging to the old railway line...." Nope - Ballynoe (just about), Killough and Tullymurry BCDR cabins still remain. The signal on the platform is an ex-NCC somersault, brought to the station by the long-time owner Mr. James Black who was an NCC employee, originally from Castledawson I think. I visited him and and his wife at Saintfield on many occasions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Is it a somersault? I thought it was an ordinary one..... but BCDR original and original location it isn't! Yes, the other two cabins seem to have been overlooked! I suppose, if they mean still with levers, that might be the basis of their claim.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I thought it was the practice to strip a closed station of anything that could possibly be re-used or sold, esp. signalling gear, apart from a few anomalies, i.e. 'mothballed' lines or places still in railway ownership? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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