J1576 : Ballast train, Crumlin

taken 35 years ago, near to Crumlin, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Ballast train, Crumlin
Ballast train, Crumlin
One of the ex-CIE MV-class locomotives waiting in the passing loop at Crumlin station. Once there was a suitable gap between the passenger services the locomotive would propel the train about a mile north of the station for discharge on the single line.
Lisburn, Knockmore Jct and Antrim railway

The line between Knockmore Jct and Antrim opened in 1871 with intermediate stations, halts and calling places at Brookmount, Brookhill. Meeting House, Ballinderry, Legatiriff, Glenavy, Crumlin, Aldergrove and Millar’s Bridge. It closed to passengers in 1960 but remained open for cross-Border freight trains to/from Londonderry. A local passenger service, from Lisburn to Antrim serving Ballinderry, Glenavy and Crumlin, was restored in 1974. The signal cabin and junction at Knockmore Jct closed in 1977 with the opening of a third line to Lisburn which included a Knockmore halt at the Ballinderry Road, Lisburn.
Belfast – Londonderry/Portrush trains were diverted to the line in 1978 and used it until 2001. A local passenger service remained until 2003. The line is now “mothballed” with no immediate prospect of re-opening (September 2011).
A Translink press release dated 11 August 2014 included the following: “As part of the works, FP McCann have been carrying out sleeper replacement and fitting insulated block joints, installing new drainage systems and undertaking structural repairs to existing culverts along the line section. Oliver Watts, Project Manager, Translink said, “The main outcome of these works will be to ensure the on-going serviceability of the branch line for safe operational use as a diversion route in the event of an emergency or planned engineering works’. We would remind the public to keep safe and avoid trespassing or to enter the railway environment at all times. Work on the line is expected to be completed in November.”

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J1576, 157 images   (more nearby search)
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Date Taken
Thursday, 4 May, 1989   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 15 August, 2009
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Trains > Trains   (more nearby)
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 155 762 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:37.2781N 6:12.6763W
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Irish: geotagged! J 156 762
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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