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So; the next part of Wednesday's plan for the afternoon was to get a couple of shots of the 20s working the 6Z56 Workington Docks - Sellafield.
The consist would be the 20s in top & tail mode either end of the 8 unladen PFA flats.
They would have to run north to Maryport before crossing to the "up" line and heading back south to the nuclear plant.
I was then informed by one of the group present that 20305, which was the north facing loco, had run out of fuel!
This loco should have led to Maryport and so some re-thinking was required.
The Workington Port Hunslet shunter was commandeered and assisted in reforming the train from its original t&t formation into a double-headed formation with 20308 now at the front. This meant, of course, that 308 would now be up front bonnet first.
The new plan, according to a man on the docks, was to now run the train through to Kingmoor instead of Sellafield.
Whilst waiting for all this to be finalised, and stood in a prolonged spell of unexpected sunshine, I decided to have a go at the 14.37 BIF - CAR.
With a DBSO in for a service for a couple of days this set was t&t 37s, 402 at the southern end with 612, previously unused on these services, leading at the northern end.
An early awkward attempt at sultry posing... 1997 pre-digital 35mm, back when you had to wait to get photos back from the lab, LOL.
Circa early 2009. Follower of Argentaros and another of the seven mysterious Quntaino, the beings hatched from the keystone eggs on Terra Nui.
A throwback much in the same vein as Snimurai a few weeks ago -- in some ways simpler, but I liked the use of the glow-in-the-dark armor, such as on the chest.
This week we are throwing back twenty-six years to 1990. D 513 is seen parked on O'Connell Street outside what is now Penneys. This bus is adorned in ads with a large McDonald's ad on the side. Last year ads of this size made a return to Dublin Bus, but now cover some windows. The ad of 1990 did not do that. The front of the bus also has an ad for pork sausages. Sadly buses today do not have ads on the front. This bus entered service in 1973 and was withdrawn less than a year later in June 1991. 01/09/1990
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 thirteen years to 2009 and RV 356 on Nassau Street. The bus is dressed for route 172 to Dunard. This route started on 15th December 1998, running between Middle Abbey Street and the Dunard Estate. In August 1999 the route was rebranded Museumlink and moved its city centre terminus to Kildare Street. It provided a connection between a number of museums in the city, and received a specially-branded minibus to operate the service. When the minibuses were withdrawn the Olympian double-deckers too over. The route was never very busy and when the recession hit, it was an obvious one to cut to save money. The route ceased to operate on the 25th April 2009.
RV 356 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1997. Like the 172, it was also withdrawn in April 2009, after operating the route on the last day.
05/03/2009
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This week we are going back fourteen years to WV 52 on D'Olier Street. The bus is operating a service on route 3 from Larkhill to UCD Belfield. This route started operating between Whitehall and Sandymount Tower in 1940. In 1972 it was extended to St. John's Church, near Sydney Parade. From around 1990, certain departures were extended to / from UCD Belfield. The route ceased to operate in 2012 when it was mostly replaced by new route 1 under Network Direct, with Larkhill being served by route 44.
WV 52 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2001. It was the final member of the WV-Class. It was also one of the last WV Class buses to operate with Dublin Bus, being replaced by the newer WS Class in December 2017.
11/08/2008
This week we are only going back a short four-year hop to 2018 but to a sight that did not last very long. Go-Ahead Ireland 11562 is seen on Sheriff Street operating one of the many papal shuttles that operated from around the city to the World Meeting of Families in the Phoenix Park. For this event, most of the shuttle services were operated by Dublin Bus. Translink Metro (from Belfast) operated one from M3 Parkway to Fairyhouse and Go-Ahead Ireland operated this shuttle to Dublin docklands. This was the first service to be operated by Go-Ahead Ireland in Dublin, as route 175 did not start until September 2018, and the first routes from Dublin Bus did not transfer over until October 2018.
The buses used that day were in the new Transport for Ireland livery that was due to roll out across the country. However, when the 175 started in September, the buses had received a yellow front following feedback from disability groups. That version of the livery was replaced in 2021 by a new yellow and green livery.
11562 was delivered new to Go-Ahead Ireland in 2018. It was part of a batch bought new for the tender it had one, rather than part of the SG batch that transferred over from Dublin Bus.
Although the number of participants at the papal mass in the Phoenix Park were not as high as expected, a very large public transport operation successfully took place that day.
26/08/2018
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I can't believe this was taken 15 years ago. It's been my icon pic since I signed up to Flickr. I asked Paul to take it of me in my Auntie and Uncles pool as I had imagined this kind of image for ages. I tried to spread my dreads out so it would look like I was floating which of course I was!
Reckon I look pretty damn happy. I think I can be that damn happy right now too. Always good to find some self inspiration. Have a happy day everyone xx
This week we are going back thirty-eight years to 1988, and to D 756 on O'Connell Street with a service on route 11 to Clonskea.
Route 11 started running between the Ballymun Road and Clonskea in 1939. In 1967 the northern terminus moved to Griffith Avenue, before it reached Wadelai Park (St. Pappin's Road) in 1983. In the late-1990s it was extended to Kilmacud from Clonskea, and in 2011 its southern terminus became Sandyford Business District. In 2025, under Bus Connects, it was replaced on the northside by new route 19, and its city terminus became Phoenix Park.
D 756 was new to CIE in 1975. It then went on to have colourful career, literally. In 1986 it gained this all-over ad livery for Philips Philishave. In 1987 it spent some time on loan to Bus Eireann in Cork for the ad to be shown there. At the end of 1988 it received a new all-over scheme when it became the Santa bus for the Christmas period. Then in 1989, it received an all-over ad for the Blood Donors. The bus was withdrawn in 1993 by Dublin Bus, and spent its final years in the Dublin Bus two-tone green livery.
29/01/1988
A throwback to when NECR 610 hit a small ice-clogged crossing in Windham, CT and 3039 got thrown off of the tracks. Photo taken on February 23, 2015.
A desk of papers in the East Broad Top machine shop is a true look into the past, with a calendar dating back to 1954. Two years before the EBT ceased revenue coal service.
Another golden oldie from the old photo album. When I first came across this shot I could not recall ever trying red hair...alas it is just the evening sun playing tricks with the old 35mm camera.
Gotta love this old Brady Bunch 1970's era kitchen, I could not get that remodeled fast enough after purchasing this place the year before.
This week we are going back thirty-two years to 1990 and D 394 inside Inchicore Works. This bus was delivered new to CIE in 1970 but by 1987 it had become a staff bus for Irish Rail within Inchicore. It was replaced in 1990 by another Atlantean bus, D458, and was scrapped by Louth Commercials around 1992. It was one of the last buses to retain the CIE tan livery.
Pritt Stick is just slightly older the bus, having first gone on sale in 1969, whereas Granby Everyday Pork Sausages have been around since 1933.
Inchicore Works has been around since 1846, built by the Great Southern & Western Railway, and now operated by Iarnrod Eireann.
01/09/1990
Here we take it back to when CP was still running on the original CP1 and CP2 on the Bryn Mawr cutoff. I believe this was the summer before they cut the bridge in. One of CP's many trains heads for Bensenville yard with a CP SD40-2 leading a fakebonnet and NS dash 9's.
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This week we are only going back eight years to AV 364 on route 120 to Ashtown Station. The bus is seen crossing Reilly's Bridge over the Royal Canal. This bridge dates to the 1790s, and provided bit of a bottle-neck on the Ratoath Road in more recent times. Not only was this a narrow hump-bridge, but behind the bus was a level crossing over the Dublin to Sligo railway line. In 2013 construction started on a new, wider, bridge that went over the railway line and canal, just to the east of this location. When it opened in 2015, the level crossing and the 18th Century bridge closed to traffic, and the 120 used the new bridge.
Route 120 itself started in 1993 as a City Imp route to Ratoath Road, using mini-buses. In 2004 it was extended to Ashtown Station (the actual stop being a small distance from the station), and around this time double-decker buses started to replace the minibuses on the route. In 2011, certain morning and evening departures were extended to Ballsbridge.
AV 364 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2004. It was withdrawn in 2018, and sold on to an operator in the UK.
24/03/2014
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This week we are going back to the last century and KC 176 on route 16A to Beaumont. Route 16A started operating between Beaumont and Lower Rathfarnham in 1955. In 1985 the northside terminus moved to Santry, which it shared with route 16, on Shanard Road. This is where KC 176 is actually going. In 1999 the terminus was moved further north again to Dublin Airport, where it remained until 2012. The southern terminus was always on Nutgrove Avenue. Network Direct saw the 16 and 16A merge into new route 16 which operates from Dublin Airport to Ballinteer.
KC 176 was delivered new to CIE in 1985.It initially operated in Limerick, before coming to Dublin in 1988. It was based in Summerhill and Conyngham Road garages before being withdrawn around 1998.
Behind the bus is Dublin Bus head office.
O'Connell Street, 27/05/1995
One of my 2018 plans was to do something more with my catalog of dog photos from over the years. Part of my answer to that is I will start doing a weekly 'throwback Thursday' post on my Instagram account to go through the previous 52 week projects. Today was the first day where I started with Kael's 2013 project. It will be good to have a weekly revisit of her on Instagram.