jhb171achil Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 (edited) August 1960, and ex-CBSCR No. 472, the pilot engine at Castletown West, is called upon to shunt at Dugort harbour, following the failure of Crossley C202. "Yer man's doing well on firing now - just got passed out" "Sure what'll he do when the steam's all gone? It's supposed to be gone in a couple of years. And THAT yoke will fail its next boiler test, I can tell ye..." "Ah, pay no attention - sure they're always on about all that stuff" Edited January 9, 2023 by jhb171achil 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 It's a dull evening in 1959, as J15 No. 165 crosses Carrowmore Bog with the last train of the day towards Castletown West... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 Earlier that day, A30 passes in the other direction with the 12:30 to Dugort Harbour. A particularly filthy "silver" tin van lowers the tone, a contrast with the recently repainted 1915 GSWR clerestorey bogie behind it.... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 (edited) The following day, and it's A42... "How come A30 isn't on it? I thought that engine was on for a few days?" "Failed on the goods last night at Headford Junction, after it left here....the usual, broken fuel pipe...." Edited January 8, 2023 by jhb171achil 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 A42 appears to be a regular on the Harbour branch. Here she is again with the morning goods about to depart. It's 1959 again, and jhb171 is but a mere nipper. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 "If PJ sees this lot there'll be war - this was all meant to be loaded on the mixed this morning" "Well, there was no sign of Tommy to load it this morning, an' it's not my job" "That's coz he was in O'Donoghue's till five in the morning - where d'ye think all them empty barrels came from!" "Some oul session it was, to be fair.....yer man's sister is a great oul ballad singer...." "Were YOU there too?" "Yeah, but I'm on the late today. Did me bit emptyin' those kegs....." 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunslet 102 Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Some great pictures and great story telling! You can just imagine the truth behind the stories, rural Ireland at its best captured in picture and dialogue 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 On 21/01/2023 at 23:09, Hunslet 102 said: Some great pictures and great story telling! You can just imagine the truth behind the stories, rural Ireland at its best captured in picture and dialogue A few - but only a few - of these stories are based on real-life ones I heard over the years! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunslet 102 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 13 hours ago, jhb171achil said: A few - but only a few - of these stories are based on real-life ones I heard over the years! Haha, I know, I can relate!! I remember travelling south from Belfast, to meet up with some work friends in a small village outside Dublin. As the evening drew to a close, I asked “what time do the pubs shut at down here “. The reply came “sure the gard’s will be along soon “. I said “oh, do the police close the pubs down here”, with the reply coming back of “no, they ensure the doors are locked and we can stay in with them as long as we want “ !!! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 On 31/01/2023 at 13:22, Hunslet 102 said: Haha, I know, I can relate!! I remember travelling south from Belfast, to meet up with some work friends in a small village outside Dublin. As the evening drew to a close, I asked “what time do the pubs shut at down here “. The reply came “sure the gard’s will be along soon “. I said “oh, do the police close the pubs down here”, with the reply coming back of “no, they ensure the doors are locked and we can stay in with them as long as we want “ !!! Could that have been Jack Gibneys in Malahide on Monday nights? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 A none too taxing load today for the “K” class as it crosses Carrowmore Bog with the morning goods from Dugort Harbour to Tralee. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 “It’s far too heavy. We’d need six fellas to even move it. Whose idea was it to give the crane man the morning off, that’s what I’d like to know…..“ ”It says on the forms that it’s a machine part of some sort!” “Jaysus, no wonder. Away up the town and see if we can find Barney to give us a lift with his tractor hoist thing…..” 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 A few scenes on the Dugort Harbour extension railway from Castletown West in 1955-1960….. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 It isn’t often you’ll see an “A” class on the Harbour branch, but even less two; on a dull day in 1964, A12 has been commandeered from an empty cattle wagon train to rescue A55, which has dumped a load of diesel onto the track courtesy of a cracked pipe. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 … In 1965 now, and B165 shunts the goods yard while B141 prepares to leave with the through Tralee passenger train at Castletown West. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 On a quiet afternoon in 1957, A42 has the Castletown local. The train consists of a brand new, but already filthy “tin van” (it was on the Valentia line for the last ten days behind a J15!); an old DSER six-wheel third, and an elderly GSWR bogie brake composite of 1915 vintage. Some years earlier, the last ex-CBSCR 472 class 0.6.0ST leaves Dugort Harbour with the morning up goods. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) 472 lasted late hidden away at the end of this sprawling and little-visited West Kerry branch. Just before withdrawal, it is seen here shunting at Dugort Harbour in spring 1962. An elderly van filled with empty fish boxes and three cans of paraffin looks on…. Edited March 22, 2023 by jhb171achil 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 The midday down mixed passes a couple of fellas collecting turf in 1960. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirley Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Delightful scenes 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted May 1, 2023 Author Share Posted May 1, 2023 (edited) “….Ten to one. I stuck two shillings on it. It’s bound to win. If it wins I’ll win a POUND!…..” ”Jayyysus. Let’s get these damn things loaded in the van……” Edited May 3, 2023 by jhb171achil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted May 1, 2023 Author Share Posted May 1, 2023 “Susie, ‘er name was, she’s one o’them out the Carrowmore road. Her da was a signalman in Macroom a few years ago….” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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