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The following pictures were taken by John Fry during Dingle's holiday to
Donegal Town Model Railway show at the St John Bosco Centre on 23rd / 24th May 2009.
The pictures below were taken at Whitehead, the centre for the Irish Railway Preservation Society (IRPS) - from left to right;
Drumboe's boiler; Drumboe's driving wheels; Drumboe's frames; Drumboe's front and rear pony trucks; a set of (wagon) wheels labelled Oldbury from the IMR;
the IRPS Mk 2 buffet car, with Guinness on tap of course - Steven and Jim look on; a NIR Castle class semu passing by; NIR No112 passing with some wagons.
The above pictures were taken at and around the Donegal Heritage Centre - from left to right; CDR brake coach 28 at the station; the station building and ex Clogher Valley red van with railcar trailer No 5 to the left; the mayor, Paul Keeney and Neil Tee next to Dingle; The platform side of the station building from the adjacent car park; the St John Bosco Centre.
On days out and about, along with the pictures taken on the way there and back - from left to right; Cashelnagor Station (L&BER) in the middle of nowhere, Jim seems worried about the schedule; County Donegal Railways crest; CDR crossing cottage near Inver; CDR three span overbridge at Mountcharles; on Killybegs pier, with Robert and Steven; the very sad sight of Meenglass at Foyle Road in Derry; the remains of Owencarrow viaduct (L&BER).
The above are photos of CDR railcar No 18 at Fintown - Glenties branch - with Neil's (or John's) No 10 on the bonnet - Robert, Neil and John looking on; driver's eye view of proceedings; Jim inside the railcar looking towards the front (left) and rear (right); driving wheels of number 18 - a modeller's view!!!
Some other pictures of the weekend can be seen below;
Steve Flanders pictures at Whitehead
Pictures taken by Neil Ramsay on the 3ft yahoo group although you might need to be a member and logged in to see them - why not join, it's free and friendly unlike some yahoo groups I could mention!!