Permanent way train, Kilroot, Carrickfergus:: OS grid J4588 :: Geograph Ireland

J4588 : Permanent way train, Kilroot, Carrickfergus

near to Bellahill, Carrickfergus, Kilroot and Eden, Ireland

Permanent way train, Kilroot, Carrickfergus

Not one of my better photographs but the subject is of interest. On a day when the Civil Engineer’s Department had absolute possession of the down line, MV locomotive no 106 is propelling a single wagon of sleepers along the up line. Re-sleepering of the up line was underway near Cloghan. The train is passing Kilroot salt mine.

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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year taken

1987

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Grid Square: J4588, 2 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph (First for J4588)
First in 5 Years (TPoint) ^?
Date Taken: Wednesday, 8 July, 1987 (more nearby)
Submitted: Friday, 26 October, 2012
Geographical Context: Railways
Subject Location: Irish: J 450 888 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:43.6079N 5:44.9297W
Photographer Location: Irish: J 451 888
View Direction: Northwest (about 315 degrees)