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Northern Ireland Railways Diesel Hydraulic shunting locomotive number 3 at the head of a ballast train in the bay platform at Coleraine station. Photo taken in the mid 1980's by Desmond Elder, Comber, N.I.. (d.elder@btinternet.com)

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Northern Ireland Railways diesel electric locomotives 102 "Merlin" and 112 "Northern Counties" at Belfast Central Depot. This depot was on the site of the Belfast and County Down Railway's Queen's Quay station. The whole area has now disappeared under the recently completed motorway bridge and approach roads crossing the River Lagan. Photo by Desmond Elder, d.elder@btinternet.com