Ballymena 1910
Denis McAdorey, Fireman with ?
Frew, Engine Driver
Denis McAdorey, Fireman with ?
Frew, Engine Driver
Denis McAdorey
At Antrim show with Ernest Lusby
At Antrim show with Ernest Lusby
Family Grave
Denis MCADOREY was born on 17/12/1881,
in Tannaghmore, near Randalstown, Co.
Antrim. He was baptised in St Joseph’s RC
Church, Antrim on 01/01/1882. He married
Annie Gildea in Ballymena and had six
daughters. Denis died on 30 Jan 1972,
Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry and is buried in
Ardmore Graveyard in Co. Derry.
Denis joined the Belfast and Northern
Counties Railway Company and continued to
work for the company when it was absorbed
into the London Midland & Scottish Railway.
in Tannaghmore, near Randalstown, Co.
Antrim. He was baptised in St Joseph’s RC
Church, Antrim on 01/01/1882. He married
Annie Gildea in Ballymena and had six
daughters. Denis died on 30 Jan 1972,
Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry and is buried in
Ardmore Graveyard in Co. Derry.
Denis joined the Belfast and Northern
Counties Railway Company and continued to
work for the company when it was absorbed
into the London Midland & Scottish Railway.
"Flat Out" - an incident from Denis McAdorey's life when working for the LMS
Railway Company
Railway Company
When a train of the Cushendall tramcar coaches arrived at Park-more with one
of the large brake-composites in the rear, it was the practice while
remarshalling the train to put a scotch or sprag in between the wheel spoke and
hornplate on one of the coaches to prevent it getting on the move by accident.
One morning in June 1920 the 10 am from Ballymena came up to Parkmore
with Dennis MCADOREY driving No 102, and, as usual, they spragged a wheel
on a coach. They set off with the 11.15, booked to call at Cargan, Knockanally
and Rathkenny. By the time they were getting past the level-crossing at
Islandstown, it was dawning on the engine crew that they were needing more
steam than usual, and instead of running down into Rathkenny, they were
having to haul their train downhill.
So Billy Hanley, who was firing to Dennis, volunteered to investigate while they
were stopped at Rathkenny loading up the creamery traffic. It was a case of
great minds thinking alike. Fireman and the guard Davie Thompson met on the
same errand, and sure enough, there was the end of the sprag sticking out.
That left a fine flat on one set of wheels, after skidding the best part of eight
miles.
From: "THE BALLYMENA LINES” by Edward Mervyn Patterson Publisher David
& Charles 1968
of the large brake-composites in the rear, it was the practice while
remarshalling the train to put a scotch or sprag in between the wheel spoke and
hornplate on one of the coaches to prevent it getting on the move by accident.
One morning in June 1920 the 10 am from Ballymena came up to Parkmore
with Dennis MCADOREY driving No 102, and, as usual, they spragged a wheel
on a coach. They set off with the 11.15, booked to call at Cargan, Knockanally
and Rathkenny. By the time they were getting past the level-crossing at
Islandstown, it was dawning on the engine crew that they were needing more
steam than usual, and instead of running down into Rathkenny, they were
having to haul their train downhill.
So Billy Hanley, who was firing to Dennis, volunteered to investigate while they
were stopped at Rathkenny loading up the creamery traffic. It was a case of
great minds thinking alike. Fireman and the guard Davie Thompson met on the
same errand, and sure enough, there was the end of the sprag sticking out.
That left a fine flat on one set of wheels, after skidding the best part of eight
miles.
From: "THE BALLYMENA LINES” by Edward Mervyn Patterson Publisher David
& Charles 1968
Mark Lusby Family History
Denis McAdorey 1881-1972
Coleraine 1935
Denis McAdorey, Driver with ?
Wallace, Fireman
Denis McAdorey, Driver with ?
Wallace, Fireman
Whist Group
Denis McAdorey with pipe
Denis McAdorey with pipe
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B&NC and NCC Locomotives
The locomotive in the photograph - "Ballymena 1910" is a 3'-0" gauge 0-6-0
tank loco (Class Q). It was built for the Belfast & County Down Railway by Beyer
Peacock in 1877 as No. 3. Renumbered No. 66 in 1889. Renumbered No. 107
in 1897 and carried this number until its withdrawal in 1931. The loco in the
other photograph "Coleraine 1935" was originally built in December 1922 as
LMS NCC 4-4-0 tender U Class locomotive No. 15. It was renumbered No. 73
in 1923. It was rebuilt with a Belpaire superheated boiler in 1937 and became
Class U2 but retained the No. 73 until it was withdrawn in 1956. (identification
by Mark Kennedy Ulster Folk and Transport Museum)
tank loco (Class Q). It was built for the Belfast & County Down Railway by Beyer
Peacock in 1877 as No. 3. Renumbered No. 66 in 1889. Renumbered No. 107
in 1897 and carried this number until its withdrawal in 1931. The loco in the
other photograph "Coleraine 1935" was originally built in December 1922 as
LMS NCC 4-4-0 tender U Class locomotive No. 15. It was renumbered No. 73
in 1923. It was rebuilt with a Belpaire superheated boiler in 1937 and became
Class U2 but retained the No. 73 until it was withdrawn in 1956. (identification
by Mark Kennedy Ulster Folk and Transport Museum)