"Portrush Flyer" passing Dunloy - 1979
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"Portrush Flyer" passing Dunloy - 1979
Image: © The Carlisle Kid Taken: 4 Aug 1979
Preserved ex-GNR(I) 4.4.0 No. 171 "Slieve Gullion" hauls a Whitehead - Belfast - Portrush "Portrush Flyer" special excursion past Dunloy station. Although the station and signal cabin closed in 1976, the station was still staffed in 1979 to work the manual level crossing gates. The cabin, which was situated in the main building at left and is seen in Image], was the site of an unsuccessful terrorist bomb attack on 21 March 1974 - the details are recalled in this Daily Telegraph obituary: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10541586/Lieutenant-Colonel-John-Gaff-obituary.html
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Image Location
Latitude
55.015411
Longitude
-6.402791