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Vernon Court, BELFAST, BT7 1DG

Vernon Street seems to have been built around 1870 as a street of standard Belfast terrace houses, one side of which backed onto the Belfast Central railway – then a goods line connecting the GNR(I) to the Belfast and County Down Railway and Belfast harbour. Now completely re-built and unrecognisable. The view is towards Donegall Pass.

A street off Vernon Street Image Built on part of the line of Virginia Street, the remainder of which survives (re-built) at the far end, through to Donegall Pass.

Northern Ireland Railways 1625 service from Belfast Great Victoria Street to Larne town, seen here just after departure from Botanic station http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=5875061 at 1630. The train is composed of NIR 80 Class trains 8093 + 8094 + 2 carriages (all about 35 years old). I had taken an earlier picture of 8093 in quite different circumstances on 31st July 2007 at Image I now understand that this train was shipped to England and overhauled at LH services in Staffordshire before being returned to NIR, resuming service on the 12th May 2008. NIR finally hopes to retire all of the remaining 80 class units by 2011/12 when their recently ordered Spanish-built Class 4000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIR_Class_4000 trains enter service.

The 16:10 Belfast-Dublin 'Enterprise' service passing though Botanic Railway Station.

The 1327 service from Bangor to Portadown arrives into Botanic at 1401. A heavy snowfall a few hours earlier has not affected the journey.

As described in Image several daily 'Enterprise' services between Belfast and Dublin are currently using Irish Rail 22000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IE_22000_Class stock as the usual trains are being refurbished. This is the 1320 Dublin Connolly - Belfast Central service passing through Botanic Railway Station (a five car set with 22337 & 22137). See also Image

Northern Ireland Railways C3K set 3004 arriving at Botanic Railway Station.

Elm Street runs parallel to Donegall Pass to the south. Many of the streets were named after trees but some did not survive redevelopment.

The 1320 Dublin Connolly - Belfast Central "Enterprise" service is ended by driving trailer 9003. Seen here shortly after passing through Botanic Railway Station, it is running about 5 minutes late. See also Image

Locomotive no 102 “Falcon”, at the head of the 16.35 Portadown – Bangor, at Botanic. The dent was (as I remember) the result of a shunting mishap.