1959

A very Happy Christmas to all at NLI. 🎉

Two years later.. Sad. catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000305541/MooviewerImg?mobile...

Thanks for another great year of entertainment. Merry Christmas, all!

Infrastructure destroyed and Beeching did the same this side of the water also. Merry Christmas and be safe and careful. In Wales Nadolig Llawen is used for Merry Christmas but correct translation is Joyful Christmas. Double LL is pronounced as C.

Flickr is sometimes amazing! Reverse-ish view in 2015 via Vincent Mclaren Merry Christmas NLI and the flickroonies. Thanks for lots of photos, facts, fibs, fun, frolics, and escapism. Looking forward to more in 2021 ...

(guess) Is perchance that luggage wagon being propelled by that articulated railcar? (This is distracting me from getting to some negative digitisation to replace a O'Dea Thurles image on Wikipedia & Wikimedia commons up for a possible copyvio)

Deirge Del Good morning Deirge, yes it does appear to be hitched to the railcar.

happy new year .... always remember that trips "down south" needed a readjustment to Carrols and Aftons .... now thankfully I need no adjustments anywhere and save a lot of money.... humming " I hear that that lonesome whistle blow"

some may be able to ID the car boot ??

Completely changed scene today... maps.app.goo.gl/YB8Eegw7f7s4XDFY6

This train? may be in the Repair shop but I doubt it is in for repair! rather it looks like it is scrapped or being cannibalised for other uses. See www.leitrimguardian.ie/2003/Cavan%20Leitrim%20Railway.pdf " In 1925 all the railways in the Free State, including the Cavan & Leitrim were merged as the Great Southern Railway Co. The amalgamation, as it was called, marked the start of the decline of the narrow gauge. Its workshops were stripped of much of their machinery, and many of the tradesmen were transferred or became redundant. All major engine repairs were sent to Inchicore." Is (was) it a Narrow Guage Engine?

I might say that it's probably a standard gauge loco, judging from the length, and the size of the pistons. I'd agree with Danny it doesn't look too good, probably been cannibalised for other uses. The C&L had much smaller engines, so I might assume this photo is probably taken elsewhere on the county, maybe in Inchicore, but where would involve a bit of detective work!

I'm afraid the ODEA link doesn't work. Should be catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000304159

It may have been abandoned may years before the photo was made.

How about Cavan & Leitrim Railway 4-4-0T narrow-gauge tank engine? These had outside cylinders, a round-topped firebox, and solid wheels on the leading bogie. "Nos.5 and 6 were scrapped in 1925 and 1927. The others gradually lost their names except No.3 Isabel, which retained hers until withdrawal in 1949. No.7 had been cut up in 1945, but the remaining four lasted until the closure of the line in April 1959. No.3 has gone to the USA for preservation in working order near New York." Here is a route map, the western terminus being the coal mines at Arigna. Here is Arigna Station on OSI historic map There is a railway water tank by the roadside at Drumshanbo on Google Street View. Don't run into this in the dark.