Dugort Harbour

[jhb171achill]

Summer 1965, Dugort Harbour…. and there are gricers about!

"Saw these things being built in Inchicore at the IRRS Open Day! First time I've seen 'em in traffic!"

"The guy in Castletown station sez they'll be replacing the last of the old wooden vans, y'know, the Great Northern and Great Southern stuff...."

"They're tall, aren't they? Good bit higher than normal vans?"

"Yeah - full loading gauge..."

"Funny havin' the door at the side..."

Edited May 15 by jhb171achill

[jhb171achill]

FULL MARKS to Enda Byrne on these models. Bright sunlight is absolutely unforgiving on any 3D model - ANY model, in fact, but these certainly have nothing to fear from bright light. Prompt service, very reasonable price, and excellent models. VERY highly recommended.

[jhb171achill]

1946, and a maintenance train is stabled at Dugort Harbour.

Edited May 25 by jhb171achill

[jhb171achill]

Fair day, July 1957, and A30 approaches Dugort Harbour to collect five loaded cattle trucks….

[Tullygrainey]

Perfect shot!

[Dempsey]

One of my favourite weathering job on that livery. Amazing scenes and story telling. 

[derek]

9 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

Fair day, July 1957, and A30 approaches Dugort Harbour to collect five loaded cattle trucks….

Nice shot from the other side of the bridge. 

[jhb171achill]

On a summers day in 1966, the mid-day train arrives with a very clean B165.

 

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Almost twenty years earlier, in summer 1947, ex-CBSCR No. 472, allocated to the Dugort Harbour branch in 1943, is seen with fair day sheep traffic.

Edited June 11 by jhb171achill

[jhb171achill]

Taken from the car on an autumn day in 1960, branch engine 472 is spotted along the roadside section outside Castletown West with the Dugort Harbout connection into the Castletown to Tralee goods.

[jhb171achill]

September 1968, and the goods for Tralee is ready to leave. At Castletown Junction the first five wagons will be detached to be added to the Tralee - Cork goods. At Mallow, two will be detached, one for Thurles and one for North Wall. The other three will go to Cork, with one onwards for the West Cork system over the Cork City tramway, to go to Dunmanway.

The remaining wagons on the train are all for Tralee, Lixnaw, Abbeyfeale, Newcastle West and Limerick, with one for Nenagh.

That's the way it was..............

Edited 20 hours ago by jhb171achill

[Past-Avenue]

On 15/5/2025 at 7:48 PM, jhb171achill said:

FULL MARKS to Enda Byrne on these models. Bright sunlight is absolutely unforgiving on any 3D model - ANY model, in fact, but these certainly have nothing to fear from bright light. Prompt service, very reasonable price, and excellent models. VERY highly recommended.

Thanks very much jhb171achill and hopefully I'll have more suitable rolling stock for your layout in the future. 

Enda 

[jhb171achill]

4 hours ago, Past-Avenue said:

Thanks very much jhb171achill and hopefully I'll have more suitable rolling stock for your layout in the future. 

Enda 

Very much looking forward to that!