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***Decided to merge images from my old Flickr account with my current account. Photos and descriptions from 2007-2009.
Location: New York, NY
Couple riding their bikes on the Lower East Side of New York.
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 It was based in Summerhill and Conyngham Road garages before being withdrawn around 1998.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
This week we are throwing back to 2007 and AX 627 on route 128.
This route was relatively new at the time, starting a month earlier, on the 11th November. The 128 operated from Palmertson Park in Dartry / Rathmines to Clongriffin. The route had a relatively short life as it ceased on the 17th December 2011. It was replaced on the northside by an extended route 15, and on the southside by route 140. The bus is displaying the incorrect destination of "Baldoyle Station", instead of Cloingriffin. Between 1844 and 1848 there was a Baldoyle Station, but the 128 actually terminated at Clongriffin Station. However this didn't open until 2010, and Baldoyle Station had been the original proposed name for this station. The correct destination for the route, and the one used for the vast majority of the time was "Clongriffin".
AX 627 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2006. It is one of the few AX Class buses still in service in late 2021. Eden Quay, 18/12/2007
This week we are going back thirteen years to 2009 and RV 586 in Drumcondra on route 116. The 116 is one of those peak-hour only routes that has a complicated (and confusing) history. It started in 1999 running between Whitechurch and the city centre, using the new Stillorgan Quality Bus Corridor. From then it started to expand, with variations serving different places and using different routings. From 2000 one of those variations was Clonskea to DCU (Dublin City University) in Whitehall. This lasted until around 2010. Now the 116 only operates once more between Whitechurch and the city centre.
RV 586 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1999. It was withdrawn in October 2012 and sold on to another Irish operator.
08/04/2009
Two photos taken 20 years apart. The one on the left was Ron Storms Circa 1999 and on the right LFF October 2019.
1939 Zephyr, split rear windows
Every year on the third Saturday of August the Mid-State Cruizers Car Club hosts our annual Car Show At The Atascadero Lake Park.
Victory Liner Bus Station-Baguio City Circa 1983
taken from my old flickr and wikimapia account...
This week we are going back a mere five years to 2018 and Dublin Bus WS 2 at the bus terminus in Dundrum. The bus is seen prior to departing for Glencullen on route 44B. This route started operating between Glencullen and Dublin city centre in 1953. In 2001 some short workings were introduced so every service did not go all the way into the city, with some terminating at Dundrum, Eglinton Road, Sandyford, Ranelagh, Kilcross and Dundrum. In 2009 the route was rationalised further, with only the Dundrum to Glencullen part kept, with a few services in the morning and a few in the afternoon, weekdays only.
As the route makes its way up part of the Dublin mountains, only single-deckers can be used on it. In recent years it has been the last outpost for single-deckers within the fleet of Dublin Bus. Up until December 2017 three WV Class buses outlived the other members of the fleet to operate the 44B (though they also popped up on the 59 and 111 as only one bus is needed to operate the 44B). However, as they were sixteen years old at that time, they needed replacement. Dublin Bus purchased two StreetLites from Wrightbus, WS 1 and WS 2. These were the short-wheelbase version of this type. Bus Eireann operated the mid and full length version (WM and WL classes) and Go-Ahead Ireland also received 40 full-length versions to operate the orbital routes in and around Dublin (It is unknown why the 44B was not included with the tender for the orbital routes that Go-Ahead Ireland won). The WS Class entered service in December 2017 and in 2021 they were repainted in the new TFI green / yellow livery. Although bought for the 44B, they have turned up on other routes occasionally. For a period before Covid-19, one was a regular performer on the 61 in the morning, which brought the Dublin Bus single-decker into the city centre.
19/01/2018
A video recorded in Dundrum in August 2021, which includes a WS, can be found here: youtu.be/biUpDr-i6XI
This week we are going back to 1989. KD 346 is seen heading along Dame Street with a 19 to Glasnevin from Rialto. The bus is in an all-over ad for Manhattan Peanuts and Popcorn, a company that is still running today and producing these products.
The same cannot be said of the bus nor the route. The bus survived for nearly another decade before ending its days in Phibsborough Garage. The route ended (controversially) in August 2011 under Network Direct. It was replaced in part on the northside by the 83/A and on the southside by the 122 and 68A. 27/07/1989
Going back thirteen years this week to 2009 and Dublin Bus EV 79 at Clontarf Road station on route 104. Route 104 started operating between Clontarf Road station and Cappagh Hospital via Beaumont Hospital in 2000. It took a convoluted route, serving Clontarf, Artane, Santry, Ballymun and Finglas. In May 2009 the 104 was combined with route 103, and the eastern terminus was cut back to Clontarf Garage. In 2011 the route was changed again under Network Direct, running between Clontarf Garage and Ardlea Road. About seven months later the route was extended west to Santry via Beaumont Hospital, and in 2015 moved again to DCU. Finally, in January 2019 Go-Ahead Ireland took over the operation of the route, and the eastern terminus was moved back to Clontarf Road station. It also became inter-worked with route 220, which operates from DCU to Lady's Well Road. Although it is basically one long route, it operates as two.
EV 79 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2008, and was one of a hundred Enviro 400s bought between 2007 and 2008 for the fleet. Although other members of the EV Class have been withdrawn, EV 79 is still in service in 2022. 04/03/2009
I remembered this week! :P
This is a picture of my first Figbrawl which I did with my brother.
The challenge was "Superhero and Sidekick".
My minifigures were Captain Pajamas and Blanket Boy! :D I thought they were a fun idea, though it's a little hard not to see them as Buzz Lightyear and Incrediboy...
(Also my brother won but that's not important.)
So... Do people do figbrawls around here? That could be fun.
At Momence, Illinois, a northbound C&EI train with 2-8-2 #1926 comes through "MJ" interlocking (if it was still interlocked at this time) with C&EI at Momence with 2-8-0 #941 switching in the siding. Track towards the far left was the CA&S and the switch to the right is towards the south elevator. Photograph was taken near the south bank of the Kankakee River, looking southeasterly. Photographer is unknown. Marked "C&EI 1940, Momence"
C&EI 2-8-2 Mikado #1926 was built by ALCO in August of 1918. Specs - class N-2, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 26x30" cylinders, engine wt of 292,000 lb, tractive effort of 54,779 lb. Retired sometime between August 1949 to August 1950.
C&EI 2-8-0 #941 was built by By Burnham Williams & Co. in June of 1906 as C&EI #375. 1X28 cylinders, 55" drivers, H-6b class.
Northbound C&EI train at Momence, Ill
1940
Photographer is unknown
Collection of the C&EIHS, Danville Jct. Chapter, NRHS Negative
This week's Throwback Thursday can also be seen as part of Provincial Past too. 1996 finds Dublin Bus P 34 at Bus Aras about to depart with a service to Kells for Bus Eireann. This DAF Plaxton Verde was delivered to Dublin Bus in 1993 to help convert route 39 to CitySwift status. In 1998 it was repainted into the new core Dublin Bus livery but spent its final few years with Dublin Bus in City Imp livery. In 2003 it was withdrawn by Dublin Bus and officially transferred to Bus Eireann, where it joined the school fleet. It spent its final years operating out of Galway and was withdrawn and scrapped around 2014.
Bus Eireann still operate to Kells today with route 109.
It was not uncommon up to the early 2000s for Dublin Bus to lend vehicles to Bus Eireann to help out at busy times or to trial different bus types. This picture also demonstrates what was common practice at Bus Aras for many decades - buses reversed into the stands, and passengers had to walk the length of the bus to board. In more recent times this has been reversed, with buses facing inwards at the stands.
15/03/1996
Provincial Past can be found here: flic.kr/s/aHsmKxn1JE
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More of the "Designing Women" period, I recall shopping at Penney's and Dillards outlet stores (en drab of course) and finding great deals on mismatched tops, skirts and blazers and trying to turn them into something. These red pumps were the first real leather high heels I ever owned, what a thrill having those arrive at my P.O. Box up in the city. I didn't dare have them shipped to my Rural Route address for the nosy postwoman to ponder over the giant women's shoes being shipped here.
Pretty grainy 35mm scans
I cut it short cuz it was so hot here that time and I felt uncomfortable cuz my hair kept falling. So I cut my hair short to restart doing proper hair care and let my hair grow healthily this time
Starting to get things dialed in a little around 2001, after quite a few years of hits and misses. This hairstyle was certainly a leap of faith after years of "big hair".
I"ve always appreciated the sight of a beautiful well-dressed woman entering or exiting a vehicle, as evidenced by my many attempts at this spectacle over the years, LOL.
Random unrepeatable moment I bumped into on my HDD: nostalgia trolley waiting for departure at the old Arany János utca end station, which was used till February, 2019.
The neighbouring square has been completely redesigned with more green areas, spanning over the former street visible on the image.
This week we go back eleven years to RV 534 on O'Connell Bridge with a service on route 15A to Limekiln Farm. This bus was one of nearly 200 Volvo Olympians delivered to Dublin Bus in 1999, and also the last batch of high-floor double-decker buses to be delivered. This bus was withdrawn in 2012 and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom. In the background is RV 555 on the 16 to Ballinteer, another bus that had a career from 1999 to 2012.
Route 15A started running between the City Centre and Whitehall Road in 1949. In 1978 it reached Greenhills, and Limekiln Farm around 1982. Two days after this photograph was taken, the city centre terminus moved from Eden Quay to Benson Street in Grand Canal Dock, and the southern terminus moved to Limekiln Avenue. Except it didn't really. For years the 19A (which became the 9) and teh 15A terminated at the same spot, but the former called it Limekiln Avenue and the latter Limekiln Farm. Under Network Direct changes in 2011, the 15A destinations were made consistent with route 9 by having both display Limekiln Avenue.
With the move to Benson Street the 15A and 15B no longer crossed O'Connell Bridge to cross the River Liffey.
16/12/2011