Title: Down memory line
First published: 1997
Description: In this fascinating account of the last years of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, Michael Hamilton creates vivid pictures of:  
-family life in a level crossing gatehouse 
-the work of a boy porter in Dromahaire 
-the duties of a guard on the trains travelling between Sligo and Enniskillen.  

He recalls the great characters of the line including:  Tommy McTiernan, Boss Brannigan and Owen Rooney and his descriptions of the passengers - the smugglers, the Scottigh visitors, the honeymooners - are always direct and frequently humorous.
Subjects: History, Railroads, Sligo Leitrim & Northern Counties Railway
Places: Ireland, Northern Ireland
LC classification: TF60.S55 H36 1997