Trainless wheels and a wheeless train - can we arrange a marriage?
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Stranorlar railway yard in all it's glory with a vast range of equipment on display. Lest there be any doubters out there there is a dog in this picture - he's called Rover and is in the signal cabin with Patsy Mc Gonagle;-) I love those little bus-like carriages. They must have had a character all their own when full?
Photographer: James P. O'Dea
Collection:James P. O'Dea
Date: September 2nd 1959
NLI Ref.: ODEA 13/78
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Photographer: James P. O'Dea
Collection:James P. O'Dea
Date: September 2nd 1959
NLI Ref.: ODEA 13/78
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Foxglove
taking a Monday holiday, kicked off those tired wheels and shoen ..
Foxglove
I think Rover is in the railway kennel attached to the wheeless carriage
O Mac
I see the railcar has a puncture
DannyM8
There is NO DOG
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
2 September 1959 was a Wednesday ...
Niall McAuley
Wikipedia says the station closed in February 1960.
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Flickr is sometimes amazing. Railcar 18 on that turntable in 1958 via https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/6180277183/in/photostream/
derangedlemur
The railbus probably has dogs in the drivetrain, but they're not visible.
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Restored! In 2010 via https://www.flickr.com/photos/spoorhaar/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/spoorhaar/39661697582/ Via google translate - "Against the background of an upcoming rainstorm, another picture of the 1940 Fintown Railway Walker railcoach 18, built for the 3 foot gauge County Donegal Railways and seen here at the original Fintown station on the former Stranorlar - Glenties CDR line. 12-09-2010 (slide Erwin Voorhaar)"
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
How's your eyes? I think it says "18" ...
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Don't blink or you'll miss it - youtu.be/5bzqEh3eRrw?t=29
O Mac
Station building is gone and the yard is a Bus Eireann depot today. maps.app.goo.gl/QM7b2Kdh2ZmReUqC8
Niall McAuley
The turntable is under this shed in Streetview
Niall McAuley
Previously on this photostream, from 1964:
marc.barrot
This is an excellent Black and white Photo. Seen in Black & White Unlimited (pool) Your photo deserves a compliment from the special fish!!!
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Niall McAuley
The railcar appears on the signs for the Fintown railway in Streetview.
Niall McAuley
Here is a 50s Morgan Aerial view of the far end of the station and the church. In another Morgan, I see that the station had another turntable down beside the bridge and the junction of the Glenties/Donegal Killybegs lines. Visible on the 30s Cassini map, but not the 1900ish 25".
Niall McAuley
Railcars 19 and 20 were sold to the Isle of Man railway in the early 60s and ran there for some years, but are out of service since 1998.
robinparkes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia It is 18 as it has a full width cab. I've ridden in it at Fintown.
suckindeesel
On the 25" arcg.is/TXufb Stranorlar was a junction on the Donegal Rly from Strabane. One branch went to Glenties on the Finn Valley line, the other to Donegal town on the West Donegal line. It was all 3-ft narrow gauge. The presence of railbuses is a sign that times were becoming financially tough as they were brought in to extend a railway's life due to their lower running costs.. However, the CDR was a pioneer in the use of diesel rail cars. St. Mary's church in background. The station on Archiseek www.archiseek.com/2014/railway-station-stranorlar-co-done... The closures of this line and others has left Co. Donegal a railway desert.
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Whoopee! What was she like to ride in? I imagine noisy and smelly from the diesel engine, and lurching and bouncing all over the place due to the narrow gauge.
robinparkes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ It was actually very smooth. It was not smelly but quite noisy. It is towed out the single track beside Lough Finn for about a mile towards Glenties by a tractor unit due to health and safety regulations. The engine in the railcar is started and it is driven from the cab of the railcar. It has a crash gearbox and the driving cab is a separate unit that is connected to the passenger compartment. It’s articulated allowing it to traverse tight curves inherent with narrow gauge railways.
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This is an excellent addition to today's Explore page. 👍📷 Greetings from southwestern Virginia, USA.
"santiago"
Enhorabona, excel.lent foto en blanc y negre. ⭐⭐
le cabri
Great catch
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