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Snagged a good deal on an X-T1 and had to take it out for a spin. SOOC Classic Chrome :) | December 8, 2022
As much as I try to always have my camera when taking photos, sometimes you just end somewhere without it. So when I saw this pier and the sunset I had to take a photo with my only camera available, my phone.
This week we are going back thirty-one years to 1990 and KC 200 in Tallaght. This incarnation of the route started in February 1990 and initially used the 49 terminus as seen here in Old Bawn. Later in the year it moved to The Square shopping centre, following its opening. A number of Tallaght routes were reorganised in October 1990 because of the new shopping centre. The 75 ran to Dun Laoghaire, going via Rathfarnham, Stillorgan and Dundrum. It started with single-deckers but it soon became a popular route and double-deckers took over. In 2018 it was one of the routes that went out for tendering and in October 2018 Go-Ahead Ireland took over.
Before this route 75 commenced in 1990 there was a short-lived version in the late 1980s that provided a local service in Tallaght between Fettercairn and Kilnamanagh.
KC 200 was one of the last KC single-deckers delivered by GAC. The bus was initially delivered in 1986 to CIE and had a registration of LZS 200. It was then reregistered in 1987 to have the new numberplate format.
The main road behind the bus is still served by the 75, as well as the 75A, 77A and 175. 03/03/1990
This week we are going back twenty-six years to 1995 and KD 14 on Marlborough Street. The bus is dressed for route 27B to Castletimon. This route started serving that part of Dublin in 1971. It started serving Beaumont Hospital in the late 1980s/early 1990s and around 2005 it was extended further north to the new bus garage at Harristown. Proposals to merge it with the routes 79/79A under Network Direct in the 2010s came to nothing, as did a subsequent plan to extend it to Heuston Station.
KD 14 was delivered new to CIE in Dublin in September 1981 and spent most of its career in Clontarf Garage. It spent some time in Donnybrook and Ringsend Garages over its life. The bus was withdrawn after 1996.
The remains of the Dolphin's Discs shop is beside the bus. This music shop had a number of outlets around the city, including two of them just around the corner on Talbot Street. The final shop closed in 2012.
This part of Marlborough Street is now home to the tram tracks of the Luas Green Line. 22/04/1995
This week we are going back eleven years to 2011 and RV 469 at the route 78A terminus on Aston Quay. This bus was new to Dublin Bus in 1999 and withdrawn in November 2011. It was sold on to Movies on the Move and became a catering vehicle.
Route 78A started in 1957 running between the city centre and Cherry Orchard Hospital on the Ballyfermot Road. Around 1985 it reached Balgaddy and 1997 it moved terminus again to Quarryvale. The following year it extended into Liffey Valley Shopping Centre after in opened. In November 2011 the route was merged into an extended route 40. In October 2022 the 40 was split in two and new route G2 under Bus Connects which basically is old route 78A (with an extension to Spencer Dock).
The bus may no longer be with Dublin Bus, nor the route, but SuperValu in the background is still there in 2022.
18/10/2011
i know most of us are looking forward to warmer weather* but i was just going through my winter birdy photos and i really like this one. still so happy that we got some real snow this year.
*my personal limit is at about 21°c, everything above is torture for me.
This week we are going back eight years to 2008. RV 397 is seen on Aston Quay at the 78A terminus after arriving in from Liffey Valley and Ballyfermot. Three years after this photograph was taken the route had merged with route 40 and extended to Finglas on the northside. The bus itself did not remain in service much longer. 11/08/2008
47593 'Galloway Princess' hauls the 1Z08 09:31 Crewe to Norwich 'Canary Brush' UK Railtours charter, as it approaches Syston South Junction on a damp 23rd January 2026. I purposely chose this location in order to hide the rear two vehicles and rear gunner 45118, evoking scenes of the early 1990s when 'executive' 47s from the Intercity Infrastructure pool were sometimes a feature on MML services.
This week we are going back to 1985 and D 723 on Marlborough Street. This VanHool McArdle AN68 bus was delivered new to CIE in 1974. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1994.
Route 28 started operating between the city centre and Edenmore in 1965. Another version of the route operated between 1938 and 1963, terminating in the Fairview / Clontarf area. The Edenmore route stopped in 1996 when it was replaced by routes 42A and 42B.
The Dolphin's Discs shop is beside the bus. This music shop had a number of outlets around the city, including two of them just around the corner on Talbot Street. The final shop closed in 2012.
This part of Marlborough Street is now home to the tram tracks of the Luas Green Line.
26/11/1985
It is a trip back to 1988 this week for Throwback Thursday. D 543 is seen parked between duties on Fleet Street. The destination suggested it may have worked in on the 15B from Ballyroan. Over the last decade or so this part of Fleet Street has seen a lot of rebuilding with the old Irish Times building beside the bus demolished and replaced with a new structure. 1988 was also the year which marked a thousand years of Dublin. It is worth noting the bus has been adorned with the official logo to mark this, halfway down the bodyside before the company name. I am sure most families in the capital still have the milk bottle or the 50p piece that was also adorned with this. 06/10/1988
This evening was hard. I thought and talked about her a lot. If I don't, I feel like I'll forget her. This is why I had her name put on me permanently. So I'll never forget.
In September 2015, Swansea University opened its new Bay Campus a few miles east of the city centre. Hundreds of students required transport for the first time and despite the best of plans by the University, First Cymru was faced with unprecedented demand for some of its services.
Four Volvo B10BLEs were therefore loaned from First Bristol / Somerset & Avon until five new Alexander Dennis E20D MMCs (67091-5) were delivered in late October. The hired vehicles were allocated to city services to release others for the University network. Service 36 (City Centre-Manselton-Clase-Morriston) was a popular allocation because it can easily accommodate longer vehicles.
Three of the Volvos (62208, 62210 & 62225) carried Alexander ALX300 bodies, as illustrated by Barbie-liveried 62210 as she passes through Caersalem Lights in early October 2015.
This week we are going back twenty-two years to KC 41 on Aston Quay, dressed for route 210. This route had one of the most complicated histories within the bus network of Dublin, and there is a good chance I have gotten some of it wrong. The route started in 1989 as a Localink route in the Clondalkin area. It had two western termini - one in Neilstown and one in Bawnogue. Its eastern terminus was at the Coombe Hospital, and this was the closest it got to the City Centre. In the mid-1990s the route was then extended to Kevin Street, with Neilstown becoming the other terminus and services ran via Bawnogue. Around 1997 the bus was finally extended to Aston Quay. But, in March 1999 it was cut back to Dolphin's Barn and the western terminus became Liffey Valley Shopping Centre. In 2008 it got a major change when the route became Liffey Valley to The Square (Tallaght), via Bawnogue and Clondalkin. The route was finally removed from the network in April 2012 during Network Direct changes. The 76 and 76A mostly replaced the 210 in the process.
KC 41 was delivered new to CIE in February 1983. It spent most of its career in Clontarf Garage. It spent its last few years in Conyngham Road Garage. All Bombardiers were withdrawn by Dublin Bus by January 2001.
Through the window can be seen the red autofare box. This was introduced in 1996 in order to reduce the number of attacks on bus drivers. Passengers placed their fare into the slot on the box. The driver had no access to the money and no change was given. The exact fare had to be given in coins only. It was rolled out to every bus in the fleet by mid-1999.
05/02/1999
This week we are throwing back twenty-six years to KD 153 on Eden Quay. The bus seems to be slightly confused as it is displaying route number 33B but is showing Ardlea Road (terminus for the 20B) as a destination. As the bus stop only shows 20B, it is probably safe to say it is on route 20B. This route started around 1980, initially between Ardlea Road and Bulfin Road. By 1988 it was only operating between Ardlea Road and the city centre, and in 2011 it was absorbed into a new cross-city route 14 under Network Direct.
KD 153 was delivered new to CIE in 1982. It was withdrawn in 2000.
10/02/1996
This week we are going back fourteen years to 2007 and AV 263 on route 45 in Bray. Route 45 first started connecting Dublin city centre with Bray, via Ballsbridge and Cabinteely, in 1927. The route had two main terminii in Bray - the Esplanade along the seafront and Oldcourt from around 1975. AV 263 is seen here heading to the Esplanade. Based on the length of the route, this had to be one of the least informative destinations on the front of a bus in Dublin. In the early 2000s Oldcourt became the main destination, with Esplanade being served much less frequently. In May 2012 the 45 was removed from the network, as its usage had dropped over the years following the much more direct, and frequent, route 145. Route 45A still lives on, operating between Dun Laoghaire and Kilmacanogue via Bray.
AV 263 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2002. It was withdrawn around 2016/2017 but stayed in Dublin and moved to Executive Express. It spent all its career in Donnybrook Depott, though was involved in the shuttles for the Tall Ships Race in Waterford in 2005.
Behind the bus is the stadium of Bray Wanderers Football Club, that also doubled for Croke Park in the 1996 film, Michael Collins.
25/07/2007
This week we are going back ten years to 2013 and to AV 173 at Beaumont Hospital on route 17A to Kilbarrack. Route 17A started in 1975, running between Finglas and Kilbarrack. At its inception, there was an idea to combine it at some point with the 17 (Dolphin's Barn to Blackrock) to create a full orbital route around Dublin, but this never happened. In 2010 it was extended west to Blanchardstown under Network Direct, and rerouted to serve Beaumont Hospital. Go-Ahead Ireland took over the operation of the route in 2018, but in 2022 the route was replaced by new routes N4 and N6 under Bus Connects. The N6 covers the old 17A route between Kilbarrack and Ballymun (including Beaumont Hospital), while the N4 covers the section between Glasnevin Avenue and the Blanchardstown Centre.
AV 175 was new to Dublin Bus in 2000. It was withdrawn in May 2016 and sold on to another Irish operator.
Beaumont Hospital was founded in 1987.
23/03/2013
This week we are going back twenty-three years to the year 2000 and RH 132 at Dublin Airport. The bus is on a service on route 16A to Nutgrove Avenue. This route started in 1955 between Beaumont and Lower Rathfarnham. In 1985 it reached Santry and during 1999 reached the airport. The route ceased to operate in 2012 under Network Direct changes.
RH 132 was new to Dublin Bus in 1992. Originally delivered in two-tone green, it received CitySwift livery in 1997, which in some ways as the start of the decline of the CitySwift brand. Previously CitySwift routes had new buses done to a higher spec with individual seats for example. But here, an older bus was just repainted, and kept its standard bench seats. The bus regained standard fleet livery in the early-2000s as the CitySwift concept faded away. In 2005 it joined the Dublin Bus driving school, before being sold on to another Irish operator in 2006. It was destroyed by fire in 2011.
It is interesting to note that back in 2000 the city buses were still serving bus stops near the main entrance to the terminal building at Dublin Airport. Nowadays they serve a stop some distance away, on the opposite side of a multi-storey car park. It is also worth noting that one Bus Eireann route calls here too, the service to Belfast. Dublin Airport is a major hub for Bus Eireann routes now, except they no longer run a route to Belfast.
14/04/2000
A little leopard high heel heaven from 2007
Sensible Shoes?...Not exactly, after 4 hours of trotting around downtown Kansas City. Some girls never learn.
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This week we are going back thirty-one years to RH 78 in Maynooth, on route 67A. This route started operating between the city centre and Maynooth, going via Celbridge around 1988. It ceased to operate in 2010 when it was merged into the regular route 67, which saw all departures extended to/from Maynooth. In 2021 the 67 became route C4 under Bus Connects. The current terminus is further up the Straffan Road, closer to the railway station.
RH 78 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1991. It was withdrawn in 2005 and later sold on to an operator in the UK.
20/07/1991
This week we are going back ten years to 2012 and EV 78 on Abbey Street. The bus is operating a service on route 32B to Portmarnock. This route started in 1967, operating between the city centre and Baldoyle. From 1975 its terminus in Baldoyle moved to Abbey Park. Around 1999 it was extended to Portmarnock, but still operated via Abbey Park. In November 2012 the route ceased to operate under the Network Direct changes. Route 32 itself ended in 2021 when it became the H2 under Bus Connects.
EV 78 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2008. Although members of the EV Class started to be withdrawn in 2021, EV 78 is still in service in 2022. It was also the first member of the EV Class to be repainted into the TFI green / yellow livery.
02/02/2012
14 years ago, before safety vests were mandatory on the P&W, PR-2 was found working the south end of Valley Falls Yard with B40-8 #4003.
This is well before I had a quality camera, but what was quality were the guys that worked out of The Valley. Living just minutes from the yard, I was there often camera in hand or not. They were always extremely nice and as long as we didn't get in the way they didn't mind having us around. Larry was no exception. Seen here wearing his well worn Carhartt jacket and winter attire; he was the man. Old school railroader, always smiling, waving, and willing to shoot the shit. I later had the privilege of working with him a few time's when PR-2 or PR-3 would interchange with the Seaview Railroad (where I worked for 5 years). Shortly after the G&W takeover in 2016, he happily retired after 30+ years on the Providence and Worcester Railroad.
I'm sure I've included him in a photo post here somewhere before, but it's guys like him that made/make the "hobby" enjoyable. There are many, many more, but Larry and his "class" of co-workers (guys that worked there since the beginning) from this time in my life were a different breed and made me feel welcome when I was around. Thus giving young me the courage to keep up with photography and not put the camera down. I'm thankful that there are current employees of multiple different railroads who I can say have become close friends and have also helped me keep up with this hobby. Too many guys to name, but you all know who you are.
February 2010
Cumberland, RI.
Throwback Thursday is going back thirty-one years this week to 1985.D 647 is seen on Marlborough Street while oeprating route 44A to Mount Prospect Avenue. A decade later this route was merged with the 30 to form the 130. This stretch of road is now home to tram rails as part of Luas Cross City. 09/09/1985
This week we are going back twenty-six years to MA 9 on Fleet Street in Dublin's Temple Bar. The bus is dressed for service on route 150. This route started in 1994 under the City Imp brand, replacing route 50 which operated to Willington Roundabout. The 150 had its terminus at nearby Rossmore and ran via Crumlin to the City Centre. In 2011, when the route was no longer City Imp but part of the regular network, the route replaced route 121 through the Liberties and along Kildare Road under Network Direct.
MA 9 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1993. The bus had an Alexander body with a Mercedes chassis.
The bus is in an all-over ad for the Tilebusters shop in Tallaght. The final store closed in 2002.
This part of Fleet St was once very busy with buses, but now none use it at all. The buses have been replaced with tourists heading into Temple Bar.
13/08/1995
Sort of a topical throwback this week as we revisit 1989. D 474 is seen on Marlborough Street at the junction with Abbey Street. It is on route 20B which operated to the City Centre from Ardlea Road in Beaumont. This route lasted until 2011, when it was merged with the 14 to become a cross-city route to Dundrum.
Where the bus is parked in the shot is to become the location of a Luas tram stop in late 2017. The Red Line uses Abbey Street to get from Docklands to Tallaght, and the Luas Cross City line from Broombridge to St. Stephen's Green uses Marlborough Street. This location is the junction between two lines, and on Saturday 17th June 2017 the first test tram ran on this route. The full cross city tram route is due to open December 2017. 22/06/1989
This week we are going back forty-two years to 1984, and to D 377 on O'Connell Street dressed for route 12.
Route 12 started running between Cabra and Palmerston Park, going via the city centre, in 1939. It replaced a tram route on the southside that dated back to 1879. The route ended around 1985, with route 13 being extended to Palmerston Park.
The bus destinations read from top to bottom "Ranelagh, Phibsborough, and Cabra" suggesting a northbound routing, but it is in fact going southbound.
D 377 was new to CIE in 1970. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1987.
27/03/1984