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Railway Road, COLERAINE, BT52 1PG

MV locomotive 105 at the head of a short train, loading ballast close where the old harbour line Image once diverged.

The CIE weed sprayer had arrived at Coleraine, from Portrush, bound for Londonderry. The timing coincided with the crossing of up and down Belfast/Londonderry trains and an arrival and departure on the Portrush branch. Four trains were more than Coleraine station’s layout allowed. The solution was to store the sprayer, temporarily, in the stub of the old harbour line Image

The old arrangements at Coleraine, photographed on a wet Sunday. The train is heading away from the photographer towards Londonderry. At the time, one of the Dublin-Belfast push-pull trains was used on the Londonderry run on Sundays.

The driver of the 13.10 Londonderry – Belfast Gt Victoria Street surrendering the tablet, for the single line from Castlerock Image, to the Coleraine signalman. This will become a piece of history if (or when) the relaying and re-signalling finally take place.

The 12.00 Coleraine – Portrush (4006) has just passed over the level crossing at the northern end of Coleraine station.

C4K set 4002, passing Coleraine signal cabin, beside the level crossing at Coleraine station, with the 12.00 Coleraine – Portrush.

The Irish Open golf tournament at Royal Portrush saw a number of special trains booked to run from Belfast Gt Victoria Street at 05.06, 06.45 and 09.00. The 08.30 to Londonderry was a six-car set running through to Portrush. This is the connection to Londonderry (09.58 ex-Coleraine) departing across the level crossing. The C3K and C4K sets are not gangwayed so there is no means of access between the sets in the event of there being an uneven distribution of passengers. 4010 is leading with 4004 at the rear.

A five-car DE set (71 leading) with five MPD cars, forming a return Sunday School excursion from Portrush, approaching the level crossing at Coleraine station. Two other features of interest are the tamping and lining machines stabled in the stub of the harbour branch Image (left) and Pickering’s chimney (upper left) now demolished and replaced by something more modern Image (September 2010).

The signal cabin, at the level crossing Image, at Coleraine station Image Of a standard Belfast and Northern Counties Railway design Image, the station is listed but the list makes no mention of the cabin. It can also be seen in Image

A three-car C3K set (3019) on the level crossing Image, at Coleraine station Image, with the 10.15 Belfast Gt Victoria Street – Portrush.