tn.·~m?'5 lho Fltin :Rh·u· l•y a d•1n~ viaduct a11d begin,; the ;i ~i·t·nl ol' Barnesmorc bank. Ti1c gradient is 1 in 59 for the first mi!e, then I! miles at 1 in 50 to ~Jecnglas Halt, followed by l in (iO to the summit at mi miles; there is a short level stretch past Lough Mourne, then 1 in 67 to .Ocrg Bl"idge (2l?f miles) which is t rie highest point on t!1e lir!e, ;,91 ~ ft. above Ordnance datum. Thence the line descends ut l Li £if) through the Barnesmore G:ip to Barncsmore Halt, and drops at frequently <·hanging g:·adient,; (Wilh some slight uphill st ~·etches) past Clar Bridge Halt and Lough Eske to Donegal. From Donegal the line follows the seucoast most of the way, passin£ Killy:nard Halt (situated in a valley between a fall at 1 in !i l and the 1~ miles long G'.en bank to Mountcharlcs at 1 ill 40). Mountcha1·les, Doori11 Road H<\lt, Mullinboy Halt, Inver, Port Halt. Dunkineely, Bruck!ess, Ardara Roa i Halt, to Killybegs (50} miles). The~e are a number of sWf gra::lic!'lts o:i this section, .the worst beinp. l in 40 0~1 u 7.1 • c~iu;n curve at Sea!1.ill, Dunkince:y. The St:abar..e :1nd LettcJkenn.Y Railway, 19* miles long, swiniS sharply to the ri~ht on leavin~ Strabane, and crosses the j'.lini n~ of the Rivers Finn and :vloutn~ by a gi:·der bridge 2~u feet lo:v~ . . Lifford Hult is 1 mile from Strabane and is the Irish customJ post. Sidings are 9roviclcd for wagons waiting .C:1o;t oms ex;lmiration and for ~ocal goods. Trains alrn pi:k U:!J or !e,tve off mails for the Post Office so:·ting depot siL1ated in the station pre~ises. There is a {'rossing loop at Raphoe, li~ 111Uc:J fto111 Sb<tl1<1 1 ~c; other st:{lioi1s <11.·~1 B;,illhulraii, Coolaghey Halt, Convoy, Cornagillagh Halt, and Glenmaquin where t here was formerly a crossing loop. but it was removed many years ago. The longest gradients are Raphoe bank, Vi miles at 1 in -15, and Convoy bank, 3 miles at 1 in 50/ 87. The Stranorlar-G ]er.ties lind, 24:}- miles :ong. was closed to rcg.1\ar traffic on December 13, 1947. Since then it has been used a few times for special livestock traffic, the last time being on September l!J, 1949, when a speC'iol ran between Stranorlar and Clogha!1 with ~hcep. The iine has Eince bee:1 closed to ali traffic. There were stations or halts at Ballybo!ey, Glenmore, Elaghtagh, Clogan, Cla::sagh, Ballinamore, Fi~town (where there was a crossing '.oop) and Shallogans. 0 :1 leaving Stranorlar the line crossed the Finn river .by a large single span bridge. It is one of the largest in Ireland and was originally ktc:i.ded for a NorweE;bn broad gauge lhe. The Donega~ and Balivsha'1non brarn:h is 151 mi'.es long. with ~tatim' S at Di umbar Halt, La•~hey. Briclge1.own, Ba1lintm, Dromme Halt. Ros>nowlagh, Coo1more .Halt :n:i C!'cevy Halt. At Ballyshannon the;:-c is no connection with the (;.N.R., the stntions being abDut a mil.c aparl :md on opposite sides oi the Erne. 415. In l!126 M!'. He?iry Forbes. M a!"ag ior of the .Toi•it Committee from 1910 unti! his death on Novcmter 7, 1!! 'i :l, intwjduccd petrol railrars. by mean$ of which he was able to operate a more fre· quent service, and stops could be
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