J4791 : DH and materials train near Whitehead

taken 42 years ago, near to Whitehead, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

DH and materials train near Whitehead
DH and materials train near Whitehead
The modest pulling power of DH locomotive no 3 was sufficient to cope with one wagon and a brake van. The train was returning to Belfast York Road after working on the track near Glynn.
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).

"DH" locomotives, Northern Ireland Railways

A class of three diesel-hydraulic six-coupled locomotives introduced by NIR in 1969 built by English Electric/AEI with a 620hp Dorman engine. They were mainly used for permanent way trains and shunting and were withdrawn between 1986 and 1989. This link LinkExternal link has more information about their life after withdrawal.

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J4791, 205 images   (more nearby search)
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Date Taken
Saturday, 27 February, 1982   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 8 July, 2012
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Railways 
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Irish: geotagged! J 474 911 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:44.7778N 5:42.6281W
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Irish: geotagged! J 474 911
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