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This week we are going back six years to 2017 and AX 523 in Parnell Square on route 7A. The bus is in a special livery for Dublin Pride. Although Dublin Bus had been a supporter of Dublin LGBTQ Pride for a number of years, this was the first year a bus received a special livery to mark the occasion. In 2018 three buses were done up, as were three other buses in 2019. Covid-19 saw nothing happening in 2020, and in 2021 Go-Ahead Ireland wrapped a bus up which is still around today.
Route 7A to Loughlinstown Park started in 2016 when the two branches of route 7 were given their own route numbers. Traditionally the 7 went to Loughlinstown Park, but it was decided instead to assign that number to the Brides Glen variation of the route.
AX 523 was new to Dublin Bus in 2006. It was withdrawn around 2019 and sold on to an operator in the UK.
22/06/2017
This week we are going back sixteen years to RV 326 on O'Connell Bridge with a service on route 46E.
This route was introduced following the opening of Stillorgan Quality Bus Corridor (QBC) in 1999. Initially it operated in peak-hours between the city centre and Newtownpark Avenue in Blackrock. Certain services operated to Heuston Station, and certain services went via Stillorgan Village. In 2002 it was extended to Blackrock Station. Then in 2010 it was cut back to operate only in the morning-peak from Blackrock to Mountjoy Square via the Stillorgan QBC, with no return workings in the evening.
RV 326 was new to Dublin Bus in 1997, and was the second last Olympian delivered in the two-tone green livery. It was withdrawn in 2008 and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom.
24/04/2008
#throwback to Friday, 13 May 2016
Super Train liveried GM 071 powers through the former station at Kilsheelan, between Carrick-on-Suir and Clonmel with the RPSI "071 40th Anniversary" Diesel Railtour from Connolly to Connolly via Waterford and Limerick Junction.
#railways
Back to a time of landline phones
and CRT computer monitors...seemed like a big deal at the time being able to do the "office girl" thing, LOL.
Last working day of the week as I'm off to Leeds tomorrow for a couple of nights. So to celebrate here's a photo from August last year that I never got around to posting. This was the first time I'd ever met Eliza yet she somehow mostly managed to drag a smile out of me. Hopefully a few more smiles this weekend when we and a few other friends meet up again.
Here's a pic I took five years ago that I've never shared with anyone. I thought it would be perfect for a "Throwback Thursday" memory!
Several years ago, a friend was visiting and had a wedding to attend. She brought 2 outfits and this was the one she didn't wear. I only wish I had been able to do a complete transformation.
***Decided to merge images from my old Flickr account with my current account. Photos and descriptions from 2007-2009.
Location: Chicago, IL
Chicago's Crown Fountain. These kids are enjoying themselves and cooling off during a humid day in Chicago.
Watching birds in Miami on July 9, 2012 at 06:54 AM.
Picture taken nearby Miami City Hall.
A lukewarm and very quiet morning.
This fella thought I had sardines in my pockets or something.
Back in August, a northbound baretable reposition train, IRNCSR(?), chugs north out of Villa Grove with a solo CSX AC44CW on the point.
This week we are going back twenty-nine years to 1997 and to KD 12 parked on Abbey Street, dressed for route 42B.
CIE started operating route 42B between the city centre and Harmonstown in 1958. Around 1982 the 42B was extended to terminate on Blunden Drive. The route ceased to operate in 2011 when it was replaced by route 27A under Network Direct.
KD 12 was new to CIE in 1981. By 1999 it had been withdrawn by Dublin Bus.
The bus is seen parked on Lower Abbey Street. This was the street the 42B operated from, but the replacement route 27A currently goes from Eden Quay. The bus stop seen here is currently served by routes 33, 33E, 41, 41B and 41C.
15/01/1997
This week we are going back thirty-eight years to KD 237 at Dublin Airport on route 41 to Dublin city centre. Route 41 started operating between Dublin and Swords in 1926, and still does so today in 2021. It has had a number of different terminus in Swords over the years, but the most recent one at Swords Manor has been in use since 1998. The route has also continuously served Dublin Airport since the 1940s. In December 2019 the 41 and the 15 became the first two Dublin Bus routes to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
KD 237 was delivered new to CIE in 1982. It remained in service right up to 2000 when the last Bombardiers were withdrawn in Dublin. It spent all its working life in Summerhill Garage.
Buses no longer serve this upper ramp in Dublin Airport, instead the 41 serves a bus stop that is roughly where the trees by the church are in the background.
01/10/1983
Something that's bothered me: my attempts at a McLaren MP4-12C. Why does it bother me so much?
Well, the McLaren MP4-12C (and for that matter the newer ones like the 650S and 675LT) are among my favorite cars. So I wanted to recreate it in LEGO.
I tried that in 2012. Which is the left one.
In my defense, I was less skilled, newer to the LEGO community, and at the time I was very proud of it. And the feedback was subtle, it seems like it was ugly, but in my league, as in I was getting there.
Two years later, 2014, I retried. While the right one actually has some equalities to the 12C, It still has some pain elements. The doors and interior: absolutely fine though. Front: well, could be way worse. Although the A Pillar is kind of wrong. Rear/C Pillar: absolutely wrong.
While there is atleast a 12C to recognize in the 2014 attempt, it's far from perfect.
So why am I doing all this? Well, as you might know it's now 2016, which is 2 years later than 2014, and 4 years later than 2012. I've retried the 12C (actually, spoiler alert, I made it into a 650S), and it needs a lot of finetuning, but overall I've built a McLaren that I like.
So sorry for bothering you with a giant textwall that only contains two bad replicas, reposted, and sorry for an unrendered picture, but now you know the reason. Stay tuned!
Two of my early photos that got published in "Ladylike" magazine, seemed like a big deal back in the day, LOL.
BNSF 758 leads a autorack train west through Joliet, IL. Things here have definitely changed a lot since these units leading was commonplace.
This photo is from 2009 and one of the first photos of me being all dressed up.
Since then many things have changed, but I still have the passion for satin blouses.
This week we go back thirty-two years to 1991 and KC 99 at The Square Shopping Centre in Tallaght. The bus is dressed for route 76. This route started operating between Ballyfermot and Tallaght (going via Clondalkin) in 1981, and reached The Square when it opened in 1990. For a period in the 1990s it was extended to Fettercairn but in 2012 it was moved back to The Square as part of Network Direct. At the same time the northern terminus was moved to Chapelizod. In 2019 the route passed to Go-Ahead Ireland.
KC 99 was new to CIE in 1984 and was withdrawn by Dublin Bus around 2000.
16/02/1991
This week we are going back nine years to 2015 and to EV 86 in Howth village. The bus is operating a service on route 31 to Dublin city centre.
CIE took over the operation of route 31 from the GNRI in 1958. For many years the route terminated behind the church in the background. Around 1975, certain departures on the route operated to and from Howth Summit, and in 2005 that became the primary terminus for the route. The route ceased to operate in 2021 when it was directly replaced by route H3 under Bus Connects.
EV 86 was new to Dublin Bus in 2008 and it is still in service. It has always operated out of Clontarf Depot,
05/04/2015