Somersault signal, Magheramorne:: OS grid J4398 :: Geograph Ireland

J4398 : Somersault signal, Magheramorne

near to Duffstown, Magheramorne and Ballylumford, Ireland

Somersault signal, Magheramorne

See J4187 : Somersault signals, Carrickfergus station. The up outer home signal on the approach to Magheramorne loop. This was a Saturday afternoon when the cabin was switched out to give long-section working between Larne Harbour and Whitehead. The signal for the through (“fast”) road is in the “off” position. The miniature arm (right) controlled access to the loop J4498 : Magheramorne loop. Now replaced by J4398 : Railway signals, Magheramorne.

The Belfast - Larne railway

The line between Belfast York Road and Larne Harbour opened as far to Carrickfergus in 1848 and from Carrickfergus to Larne Harbour in 1862. There were stations at Belfast York Road (1848), Greencastle (1849/1916), Whitehouse (old station 1861/1906 replaced by a new station, further north 1906/1954), Whiteabbey (1848), Bleach Green 1934/1977), Jordanstown (by 1853), Trooperslane (by 1850), Mount (1925/72), Carrickfergus (old station 1848/62), Clipperstown (1925), Carrickfergus (1862), Barn (1925/77), Downshire (originally Downshire Park, 1925), Eden (1925/77), Kilroot (1862/77), Whitehead (first station 1863/64), Whitehead (second station 1864/77), Whitehead (1877), Whitehead Excursion (1907), Ballycarry (1862), Ballylig (now Magheramorne, 1862), Glynn (1864), Larne (1862/1974), Larne Town (new alignment, 1974) and Larne Harbour (1862).
York Road station closed in 1992, replaced by Yorkgate (on a different site) as part of the opening of the new cross-harbour line to Belfast Central.
The line between Belfast Central and Bleach Green Jct is also used by trains serving the Londonderry/Portrush lines.

Sources: Irish Railways Today (1967), the Northern Counties Railway (1973) and Johnson’s Atlas & Gazetteer of the Railways of Ireland (1997).

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1985

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Grid Square: J4398, 68 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Saturday, 27 April, 1985 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 7 July, 2012
Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Railways
Subject Location: Irish: J 437 986 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:48.9093N 5:45.9138W
Photographer Location: Irish: J 436 986
View Direction: EAST (about 90 degrees)