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I have added photographs I took last March of Parkmore Station in Co. Antrim. This was the final passenger station on what was originally a mineral line from Ballymena to Retreat. When the B&NCR took it over, they developed the line for tourist traffic and passenger trains ran as far as Parkmore.

As an early adopter of concrete, the station building was built of this material. It is now, sadly, derelict and probably beyond redemption.

Photos can be viewed here.

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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The Irish Times today reported that the redevelopment of Greystones Harbour is in trouble, due to the collapse of the housing market. Needless to say, the bits that benefit the developer will continue, but the social bits will be cancelled, sorry, deferred.

No chance of them putting the railway bridge back in its original place, is there?

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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This is a very interesting site, attempting to collate a copy of all relevant railway relevant reports such as accident reports, Acts of Parliament, Royal Commissions etc. Whilst primarily aimed at Britain, it covers the island of Ireland also (up to and including the modern day).

Update 26th February 2010: Not as comprehensive as I thought. An arbitrary decision by the site owners means 'terrorism' related incidents are not recorded. So scrap the entire Civil War in Ireland and the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Not to mention the bomb attack on the London Underground in 2005 or the early bomb attack on the Underground in 1883.

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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I came across this document which I purchased as part of a job lot with something else. It is the specification for a locomotive boiler issued by the Dublin Wicklow and Wexford Railway.

Click below to view the file (852kb).

dwwr-locomotive-boiler-specification

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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To celebrate the 300th anniversary of Smithwicks, a new website http://www.smithwicks.ie/ has been launched. There is a significant amount of material of interest on the site including many photographs.

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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Cllr Cadogan Enright of the Green Party has raised concerns about the state of the bridge over the railway trackbed on the road between Ballynahinch and Crossgar. A missing parapet potentially exposes pedestrians to danger.

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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An update to my earlier post on this topic just received. The CDRRL have received a grant from POBAL for 2010 albeit for salaries only - there will be no overheads grant.The centre is due to reopen to visitors Monday to Fridays only from 22nd February 2010.

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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The Irish Independent has reported that workmen on the Grand Canal in Dublin unearthed a World War One era hand grenade. The Army bomb disposal team removed the grenade to a safe location and carried out a controlled explosion.

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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I have added two new book reviews to the site. These are

The World of Guinness - one of many books published in 2009 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Guinness.

Bianconi - A Boy with a Dream. This is a concise look at the man and his infamous horse car network of the 19th century. For a fuller history, Bianconi - King of the Irish Roads, published in 1962 should be consulted.

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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As long as the Fenian taxpayers of the Free State pay for it, of course.

Full story: http://www.build.ie/construction_news.asp?newsid=106510

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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