I am still researching and collecting information for my Larne Harbour Station project, (late 60's/early 70's). A number of photo captions mention the 'important' 5:30pm ex York Road to Larne Harbour and the shunting of Brown Vans to the Quayside Siding for unloading. There is a photo on page 72 of Derek Young 's 'The Ulster Transport Authority in colour' showing the 5:30 ex York Road at Downshire, with a former Great Northern 'P' van carrying mail from Londonderry en route to Stranraer. I am interested in finding out about the 'P' van. Desmond Coakham's 'Irish Broad Guage Carriages' has a picture of a P1 Class Bogie Parcels Van, No 780, built 1930, at Bundoran Junction in 1957, but although similar, is not like the one in the Downshire photo! He mentions that another 10 vans, similar but with steel framed bodies appeared in 1944. Presumably, the one on the 5:30 ex York Road was one of the 1944 built vans! Can anyone throw any light on this?, and in particular can anyone refer me to a better photo of the van that may have run on the 5:30 ex York Road in the 60's! I would appreciate this for modelling purposes. Extremely unlikely, but might someone produce a brass etch?
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I am still researching and collecting information for my Larne Harbour Station project, (late 60's/early 70's). A number of photo captions mention the 'important' 5:30pm ex York Road to Larne Harbour and the shunting of Brown Vans to the Quayside Siding for unloading. There is a photo on page 72 of Derek Young 's 'The Ulster Transport Authority in colour' showing the 5:30 ex York Road at Downshire, with a former Great Northern 'P' van carrying mail from Londonderry en route to Stranraer. I am interested in finding out about the 'P' van. Desmond Coakham's 'Irish Broad Guage Carriages' has a picture of a P1 Class Bogie Parcels Van, No 780, built 1930, at Bundoran Junction in 1957, but although similar, is not like the one in the Downshire photo! He mentions that another 10 vans, similar but with steel framed bodies appeared in 1944. Presumably, the one on the 5:30 ex York Road was one of the 1944 built vans! Can anyone throw any light on this?, and in particular can anyone refer me to a better photo of the van that may have run on the 5:30 ex York Road in the 60's! I would appreciate this for modelling purposes. Extremely unlikely, but might someone produce a brass etch?
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