DH No. 1 at York Road © The Carlisle Kid cc-by-sa/2.0

J3476 : DH No. 1 at York Road

taken 53 years ago, near to Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

DH No. 1 at York Road

Built in 1969 by English Electric at Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows, the three diesel-hydraulic 1 class 0.6.0s entered service with Northern Ireland Railways between July and October 1969. They were not successful and spend most of their service in works awaiting increasingly unavailable spare parts. Although they had not worked for some time, all were officially withdrawn in 1989 and initially preserved by the Irish Traction Group. No's 2 & 3 were later rebuilt and sold for industrial use in Sri Lanka, while No. 1 is retained by ITG.

Although only 14 months old when seen shunting some UTA wagons at York Road station, No. 1 already shows signs of use. Given the significant changes to this area in the intervening years, location of both locomotive and photographer are approximate.

"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 They were mainly used for permanent way trains and shunting and were withdrawn between 1986 and 1989.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 Link has more information about their life after withdrawal.

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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Grid Square: J3476, 98 images (more nearby )
Photographer: The Carlisle Kid (find more nearby)
Date Taken: 28 November 1970 (more nearby)
Submitted: Friday, 16 August, 2013
Geographical Context: Business, Retail, Services Suburb, Urban fringe Railways
Subject Location: Irish: J 343 761 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:36.9195N 5:55.2944W
Camera Location: Irish: J 343 760
View Direction: North-northwest (about 337 degrees)