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Moyasta Junction station,
Co.Clare, on the 1887/95 narrow gauge West Clare Railway, which ran from
Ennis to
Kilkee and
Kilrush on the Shannon Estuary. Despite
modernisation, the West Clare line closed in 1961 by CIE, and was the
last surviving narrow gauge line in the country. Moyasta Jnc is where
the line to Kilee and Kilrush split. The station was the only triangular
one of the Irish narrow gauge, and boasts a single storey station
building, water tower, and newly reconstructed WCR signal cabin, the
station also had once control over five level crossings.
The
West
Clare Railway company plan to reopen the line from
Moyasta Jnc to Kilkee or Kilrush, as the trackbed of the former line has
been preserved. A museum and short stretch of line has already been
established at the junction station, and the extensions are in progress
to Kilkee. |
.JPG "The approach road to Moyasta...")
.JPG "Closer view of the single storey...")
.JPG "Former 1950s CIE Bredin coach at...")
.JPG "Yard gate at the entrace to Moyasta...")
.JPG "Gate notice at Moyasta Junction,...")
.JPG "View of Moyasta Junction from the...")
.JPG "Replica of the pre-1025 Great...")
.JPG "The small stone water tower, located...")
.JPG "Another view of the water tower at...")
.JPG "Moyasta Junction, with the line to...")
.JPG "Another view of Moyasta Junction...")
.JPG "View from the end of the platform at...")
.JPG "Somewhat classic view of the junction...")
.JPG "Another view of the replica signal...")
.JPG "Beyond the signal cabin a loop was...")
.JPG "The West Clare Railway is currently...")
.JPG "View from the platform at Moyasta...")
.JPG "The line to Kilkee runs close to this...")
.JPG "Narrow gauge flat wagon at the Kilkee...")
.JPG "View of the track at Moyasta Junction...")
.JPG "The level crossing across the main...")
.JPG "Looking back towards Moyasta Junction...")
.JPG "Moyasta Junction (14).JPG")
.JPG "There were once five level crossings...")
.JPG "001 Class (formerly A Class)...")
.JPG "015 had been left out in the open...")
.JPG "Although heavily weathered and...")
.JPG "Front end view of 015 at Moyasta, the...")
.JPG "Low view of the No.1 cab end of loco...")
.JPG "Side on view of 015, with No.1 cab...")
.JPG "The opposite side of 015 at Moyasta,...")
.JPG "The large metal sole bar beneath the...")
.JPG "View of the rusted front of 015 at...")
.JPG "Inside the No.1 cab end of loco 015...")
.JPG "View from the driver's side of the...")
.JPG "Both sides of the cab had accelerator...")
.JPG "The 001 Cass locos used a wheel for...")
.JPG "The train braking levers and dails on...")
.JPG "This is the driver's side...")
.JPG "The driver's side brake levers, as...")
.JPG "The Continuous Automatic Warning...")
.JPG "This heating equipment also remains...")
.JPG "Another view of 015's cab, this time...")
.JPG "Just an indicator to which cab end of...")
.JPG "Another front view of 015, showing...")
.JPG "All 001 Class locomotives were...")
.JPG "It is remarkable that in such a state...")
.JPG "The Irish Rail 'point logo', quite...")
.JPG "015 has been placed on this short...")
.JPG "The West Clare Railway have also...")
.JPG "The other Mk2 coach is No.4108, their...")
.JPG "These BR built Mk2 coaches were...")
.JPG "The BR Inter-City branding can just...")
.JPG "A closer view of these early types of...")
.JPG "The Irish Rail Intercity branding,...")
.JPG "Looking along the side of the Mk2...")
.JPG "The gangway connecting between the...")
.JPG "End on view showing the gangway...")
.JPG "4110's number, complete OHLE sign,...")
.JPG "Final view of 015, and the partially...")
.JPG "Former turntable has also been...")
.JPG "The line to Kilkee runs close to the...")
.JPG "The way ahead, hopefully trains will...")
