A fantastic film by Tony Price, giving me a chance to see what it was like to travel on a passenger train down a railway line, 5 years before I was born, and which closed 5 years after I was born. It's also great to see the stations along the line. Well done to Paul Newman & Mark Kelly for their editing & production.
What an amazing film! Thank you for sharing it…I’ve never seen such a long train on the ‘Burma Road’ before. Last time I explored the route by car the local people were restoring Kiltimagh Station ‘ready for the next train’ (excellent job they did too!) so it was good to see the station featured in the cine film. It would be marvellous to see trains run along the route again but I don’t think it will be in my lifetime (I’m 77 now)…but we can hope can’t we? Rob in Bournemouth, England.
@@atlanticcoastexpress just to add to the story galway won that day on a score of galway 1 goal and 12 points sligo 2 goals 6 points galway went on to the all Ireland football final even though sligo lost it was the best sligo team I ever seen it was a great day out
Travelled on the Southern Goods on several occasions in the early '70s at 35 MPH loose coupled goods speed. Never got the chance to take that GAA special or the RPSI Burma Road Railtour. Leyny/Coolaney, Carramore and Curry (at 2.43) were closed in 1963.There was a signal cabin in Leyny-demolished. Ground frames at Carramore & Curry. Lifted rails from sidings on the platforms at Leyny & Curry. The 2007/8 clearance showed very little change bar decay & the destruction of Tubbercurry.
Thank you so much for uploading this wonderful footage. Something rather inspiring about seeing large numbers of folk waiting on the platforms of the Burma Road (especially my grandparents’ local, Kiltimagh!) Brings to mind that notion of ‘build it and they will come’. Perhaps ‘relay and reopen’ and folk and goods traffic will return to this amazing western rail corridor. Thanks again, to Tony Price, for his foresight, and to all who have preserved and now shared this, as Pat Coen says, fantastic film.
I enjoyed viewing this wonderful,nostalgic film. It brings back great memories to me of riding along the Southern Goods from Sligo to Claremorris and back in the mid 60s up until it's closure in late 1975. Many thanks for uploading.
A long train for a small loco but the speed on the line I think was max 50mph at that time. I couldn’t find a picture from the 1960s of a similar train on that line so used a later photo.
That’s amazing, I didn’t think when I posted this that someone who actually travelled on it would get to see it. The recorder (Tony Price) told an interesting story of this trip. He left Dublin the evening before bringing his bike on the train. Got off at Collonney Station and cycled to his B&B. Cycled back to the station the next morning, left the bike, and started filming. He’d no actual interest in the game. He didn’t attend it. Got the train back to Collonney, and back to Dublin the next morning.
My self and a brother and a friend of mine was on the train I was going to school at the time I remember the match galway won by 3 points but still a great day out
that was because no one used it when it was opened except specials like this and the locals stopped using it for freight too. It did not close for any other reason than the people who lived along it turned their backs on it.
The systematic closure of many routes throughout the country happened at a challenging economic time, but the manner in how services were run down meant they become utterly useless and patronage fell off to unsustainable levels.
@@ArcadiaJunctionHobbies i think the introduction of the Sligo Galway service bus that travelled almost the same route nd towns didn't help matters either
This is an amazing film on so many level. I've never seen that route from the perspective of a train as it was closed when I was 5 yrs old. Its also not far from Home. Collooney & Tubbercurry being the nearest Stations! My late grandmother traveled from Leyney Rd to Sligo by train regularly in 1930's and 1940s. Would it be bossible to share it?
O my God what a great video, my Grandfather was probably working in collooney south that day nd possibly is 1 of the men on the old up platform .this train passed both my grandparents house's.Any know where i could get an unedited full length video of this.
A fantastic film by Tony Price, giving me a chance to see what it was like to travel on a passenger train down a railway line, 5 years before I was born, and which closed 5 years after I was born. It's also great to see the stations along the line. Well done to Paul Newman & Mark Kelly for their editing & production.
What an amazing film! Thank you for sharing it…I’ve never seen such a long train on the ‘Burma Road’ before. Last time I explored the route by car the local people were restoring Kiltimagh Station ‘ready for the next train’ (excellent job they did too!) so it was good to see the station featured in the cine film. It would be marvellous to see trains run along the route again but I don’t think it will be in my lifetime (I’m 77 now)…but we can hope can’t we? Rob in Bournemouth, England.
Thanks glad you liked it.
@@atlanticcoastexpress just to add to the story galway won that day on a score of galway 1 goal and 12 points sligo 2 goals 6 points galway went on to the all Ireland football final even though sligo lost it was the best sligo team I ever seen it was a great day out
Amazing footage. Thanks a million to Tony Price and for everyone involved. Great achievement.
Travelled on the Southern Goods on several occasions in the early '70s at 35 MPH loose coupled goods speed.
Never got the chance to take that GAA special or the RPSI Burma Road Railtour.
Leyny/Coolaney, Carramore and Curry (at 2.43) were closed in 1963.There was a signal cabin in Leyny-demolished. Ground frames at Carramore & Curry.
Lifted rails from sidings on the platforms at Leyny & Curry.
The 2007/8 clearance showed very little change bar decay & the destruction of Tubbercurry.
Thank you so much for uploading this wonderful footage. Something rather inspiring about seeing large numbers of folk waiting on the platforms of the Burma Road (especially my grandparents’ local, Kiltimagh!)
Brings to mind that notion of ‘build it and they will come’. Perhaps ‘relay and reopen’ and folk and goods traffic will return to this amazing western rail corridor.
Thanks again, to Tony Price, for his foresight, and to all who have preserved and now shared this, as Pat Coen says, fantastic film.
We’re indebted to Tony and others like him who purchased cine cameras and captured these type of scenes.
I enjoyed viewing this wonderful,nostalgic film. It brings back great memories to me of riding along the Southern Goods from Sligo to Claremorris and back in the mid 60s up until it's closure in late 1975. Many thanks for uploading.
Thanks your welcome, and I’m sure you’ve some stories to tell of riding the goods trains in the Burma road.
Thank you. Wonderful nostalgia. Swinford would make a nice layout
Another heart stopping video for our health and safety fraternity, who needs a platform. Great video thanks.
🤣🤣 different times and I’m sure nobody sued for any injuries either.
What a beautiful bit of film.
Outstanding! Must be at least a dozen coaches on that train (some still in green). Still pic on opening scene is post-1972, though.
A long train for a small loco but the speed on the line I think was max 50mph at that time.
I couldn’t find a picture from the 1960s of a similar train on that line so used a later photo.
A fantastic film brings back great memories I was at that connacht final myself thanks
Thanks. Did you travel on this train?
Yes
That’s amazing, I didn’t think when I posted this that someone who actually travelled on it would get to see it.
The recorder (Tony Price) told an interesting story of this trip. He left Dublin the evening before bringing his bike on the train. Got off at Collonney Station and cycled to his B&B. Cycled back to the station the next morning, left the bike, and started filming. He’d no actual interest in the game. He didn’t attend it. Got the train back to Collonney, and back to Dublin the next morning.
My self and a brother and a friend of mine was on the train I was going to school at the time I remember the match galway won by 3 points but still a great day out
@@cassidydavid5917 Totally amazing. What are the chances of a viewer having been on this special in 1965?
Awesome old images with Irish train! Great ride! Thumbs Up
Fabulous film by Tony , a sizable train for a single B141 loco.
One of Tony’s earlier films, but a gem. Probably one of the larger trains to travel that route I reckon.
Yes I was on the train
Great to see coolaney station ❤
This is just incredible footage! Thank you!
I’d agree, it’s superb. Thanks to Tony Price for having the foresight to capture a unique journey.
We need this line restored its outrageous that the whole rail route was closed down.
that was because no one used it when it was opened except specials like this and the locals stopped using it for freight too. It did not close for any other reason than the people who lived along it turned their backs on it.
The systematic closure of many routes throughout the country happened at a challenging economic time, but the manner in how services were run down meant they become utterly useless and patronage fell off to unsustainable levels.
100% Martin. With a little modification nd mabee realignment in places it could be a Thriving Rail infrastructure
@@ArcadiaJunctionHobbies i think the introduction of the Sligo Galway service bus that travelled almost the same route nd towns didn't help matters either
I have the full train rake comprised of a Murphy Model loco of the same type as well as full set of coaches
This is an amazing film on so many level. I've never seen that route from the perspective of a train as it was closed when I was 5 yrs old. Its also not far from Home. Collooney & Tubbercurry being the nearest Stations! My late grandmother traveled from Leyney Rd to Sligo by train regularly in 1930's and 1940s. Would it be bossible to share it?
Glad you enjoyed it, it's a unique piece of footage. By all means share it on social media by copying and posting the link to the video.
O my God what a great video, my Grandfather was probably working in collooney south that day nd possibly is 1 of the men on the old up platform .this train passed both my grandparents house's.Any know where i could get an unedited full length video of this.
That is the unedited version! Cine film was expensive so Tony would have been careful how much footage he took at each location.
No finer town in Ireland for the conductor to shout out "Final Stop" TUAIM ABÚ.
Sunday August 1st 1965
Thanks for clarifying
Connacht not Connaught..