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It is just a short hop back this week to 2015 and AV 130. AV 130 was one out of 15 buses Dublin Bus bought for the Airlink in 2000. They were different from the other AVs ordered at that time because they had a center-door. In fact these were the last buses ordered with a center door, bringing to an end nearly twenty-five years of this bus feature in Dublin. The next bus to be ordered with a center door was GT 1 in 2012, and all new bus orders since then have had this feature.
By the start of 2015 there were only a handful of these ex-Airlink AVs left in service (123, 128 & 130), usually on the 16 but could appear on other Summerhill routes. By the start of August 2015 they started to be withdrawn with 123 and 128 going in the first week. AV 130 was not expected to last. It is seen here in Dublin Airport on the 10th August and it was thought to be its last day as it had to cut its duty short due to a wheel problem. However it made it out for one more day before finally being withdrawn. Dublin Airport, 10/08/2015
This week we are going back thirty-nine years to D 372 parked on Eden Quay, dressed for route 83.
Route 83 started running between the city centre and Kimmage in 1936. Around 2003 it was extended north to McKelvey Avenue in Finglas when it replaced route 134. In 2004 it was extended further north to Harristown. In 2024 the route was slightly rerouted to go via Crumlin Village, following the Bus Connects changes to the southern orbital routes.
D 372 was new to CIE in 1970. It was withdrawn one month after this photograph was taken, and subsequently scrapped.
25/06/1986
Lucky enough to spend some time in Kauai, with the 500CM and Ultra100. Developed in Rodinal semi since had to push a couple of shots one stop. The old 'blad and 50mm Distagon has a nice vintage feel to it physically and image-wise. Thanks to those flicker-ers who keep on shooting and inspiring.
This week for Throwback Thursday we go back to 1992 and 98FM was still Classic Hits. RH 63 is seen parked between duties on the 31 on Marlborough Street. This stretch of road is currently being dug up for Luas Cross City. Abbey Park on the destination was regularly served by the 32B before being withdrawn from there in 2012. Now no route directly serves Abbey Park. 04/05/1992
This week we are going back to 1985, and to KD 157 on route 48A. The 48A initially started in 1928 and operated between the city centre and Goatstown. In 1933 it switched terminus to Ballinteer where it replaced some of the services on route 48 that ran there. The bus route ran via Ranelagh, Milltown and Dundrum, and lasted until August 2011.Under Network Direct the 14 became the main bus route between Dundrum and the Ballinteer, along with the 75. Milltown was served by a new route 61 which terminated in Whitechurch. The former 48A terminus in Ballinteer at Broadford just became a regular stop. The 48A did outlast route 48, which ceased operating in 1966.
KD 157 was delivered new to Dublin in 1982. It operated out of Donnybrook Garage and was withdrawn from regular duties around 1996. It then joined the driving school and remained there until at least 2000.
The bus is seen parked on Burgh Quay at the junction with Hawkins Street. Dublin Bus no longer terminate routes along the quay here, but some private operators do The memorial beside it has been relocated to behind the camera in more recent times due to the Luas Cross City tramline which crosses over from Marlborough Street on the north side of the River Liffey at this point. The first phase of the Luas Green Line was also a factor in the demise of the 48A.
19/11/1985
A trip back twenty-five years this week and another KD in an all-over ad. KD 363 is seen on Eden Quay after terminating with a 7 from Loughlinstown. The bus is in an all-over ad for Moss Technology, a company that was founded in Dublin in 1987 but ceased trading a few years ago. Nowadays the 7 goes a little further on the northside to Mountjoy Square and the Rosie Hackett Bridge is at this location. 21/07/1991
Going back eleven years this week to a special bus in the history of Dublin Bus. WH 1 is seen on O'Connell Street with a service on route 16 to Ballinteer. WH 1 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2008 and was a diesel / electric hybrid purchased to demonstrate alternative engine technology. The bus was based in Summerhill garage and predominately operated on the cross-city route 16 between Santry and Ballinteer. In 2010 the bus returned to the Wrights factory in Ballymena for some work for a number of months, but when it returned it stayed in service with Dublin Bus until the end of January 2012. It was then sold to Ensign Bus in London and had a brief career, being destroyed by fire in June 2012.
Unfortunately the hybrid trial did not lead to any orders but in 2019 a new trial started within Dublin Bus. This trial involves 9 buses and one of the examples from Wrights has been given the fleet number WH 1. The National Transport Authority expects to received the first of 100 hybrids from Alexander Dennis in 2020, with this fleet being split between Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann.
The current route 16 can be traced back to 1955 when it ran between Santry and Grange Road. The same year the 16A started between Beaumont and Lower Rathfarnham. In 2012 the two routes were combined into a new 16 that ran from Dublin Airport to Ballinteer. 27/08/2009
This week we are going beyond Dublin to the County Kildare town of Celbridge. KD 53 is seen about to turn onto Main Street in Celbridge, from the Maynooth Road. It is operating a service on route 67 to the City Centre. This route used to terminate at the Salesian College to the west of Celbridge, towards Maynooth. Certain services continued on to Maynooth as the 67A. In 2010, under the Network Direct changes to the bus routes, both routes were combined into an extended 67 to Maynooth. 10 years on this is still the routing we have today.
KD 53 was delivered new to CIE in November 1981 and passed to Dublin Bus in 1987. It was built by Bombardier at their Shannon plant in County Clare. 15/03/1996
This week we go back thirty-five years to 1988 and D 428 on Eden Quay. The bus is dressed for route 47B. This route started running between the city centre and Grange Road, via Ballyboden, in 1949. It lasted fifty years and ceased to operate in 1999, when its southern end was replaced by route 16.
D 428 was new to CIE in 1972 and was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1990.
There is a slight contrast in the ads on the buses in the photo. D 428 is selling the virtues of a real coal fire on its front, while the side of the bus in the background is advertising an anti-smoking campaign.
08/06/1988
I'm not sure what era this sign dates from, but it takes me back to the 1960s before McDonald's was the franchise behemoth that it is today. It was a time when all they had were single patty burgers and fries. You also probably got a milkshake. The location is downtown Muncie, Indiana.
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Model: SR Exfoh
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Suspension: Air/Leaf Spring Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2×2
Seating Cpacity: 49 Passenger Seats
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I tried to upload this from my phone 3 times but it would ever take! This is our family in September 1981
Photo of a photo displayed in Angie's sister's spare bedroom that we use when visiting!!!
Twenty years ago today, a visit to the Springfield Amtrak station finds AMTK 247 laying over between Shuttle runs, sporting its one-of-a-kind white lettering. At this point, the New Haven power pool was among the last refuges of Amtrak's once-numerous F40PH fleet, as the last of P42s were still being delivered. Having already been displaced from the Shore Line by the recently-completed electrification project, the F40s would be gone from the Springfield Line as well within a year this photo, replaced by the 800-class P40DCs.
Following its retirement by Amtrak, the 247 eventually found its way to the former Bangor and Aroostook shops in Derby, ME, where it became an engine donor for a program to re-power M62 diesels in Poland.
For my first post of 2026, I thought I’d take a look back to one year ago today at the Tanfield Railway’s Whistle Off, which kick-started the Railway 200 celebrations.
More images from the event can be found here >> www.mattditch.photography/rail#/tanfield-railway-railway2...
This week we are going back twenty-six years to 1996. Dublin Bus KD 172 is seen at the terminus for route 8 on Burgh Quay. This route became a bus route in 1949, having been the last tram route to run in the city on the 9th July of that year. It ran between the city centre and Dalkey via Dun Laoghaire. Controversially, Dublin Bus withdrew the route in 2001, but it returned in 2005 going via Glenageary Road Upper instead of Dun Laoghaire. It was withdrawn for good again in November 2016.
KD 172 was delivered new to CIE in 1982. The last member of the Dublin Bus KD fleet was withdrawn in 2000.
Dublin Bus no longer use this stop on Burgh Quay. Instead it is home to Dublin Coach who offer services to Waterford, Cork, Limerick and elsewhere.
29/07/1996
Throwback to another scenic campsite from a few years ago. Hope your weekend is as relaxing as a campout in the desert.
This week it is a trip back to 1990 to a bus that is no longer with us, a route that is no longer with us and a road that is currently undergoing a massive change.
KD 152 is seen parked between duties on Marlborough Street. It is operating route 28 to Edenmore. This route lasted until 1996 when it was merged with the 42A. This route itself lasted until 2011 when it was replaced with the current 27A.
Marlborough Street is currently being rebuilt as part of Luas Cross City and the southbound line from Broombridge to St. Stephen's Green is being ;aid where the buses are parked in the photo.
Finally KD 152 is in an all-over ad for Brylcreem. 14/07/1990
This is my friend Maike, who never thought she would look good on a photo before she jumped in front of my camera (after a great deal of persuasion). But she was very happy with the resulsts and surprised by herself. I love to surprise people with their own beauty on Photos :)
By the way, in 2017 i will start a 365 days Photo-Projekt in here...Hope it will work out :)
This is an old creations from YEARS ago. This gentle mother watches over my herd of little merponies from Half-Deer.
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This week we are going back ten years and to the final year of another bus route in Dublin. Dublin Bus VG 35 is seen at the terminus of the 20B on Ardlea Road. Except it is not. In reality it is Maryfield Drive (just off Ardlea Road) in Beaumont. The 20B has a relatively short history, tracing its roots back to 1979. It was a derivative of the 20, which started running on 1939. However, during the 1980s the 20B came to replace the 20 as the main route to the Beaumont area via the Malahide Road. Initially the 20B had Bulfin Road as its southern terminus but it was cut back to the city centre after a decade. Some peak services continued to serve St Stephen's Green. In August 2011 the 20B was merged with the 14 and became the new cross city route 14 to Dundrum.
VG 35 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2009. It was one of fifty Wright Gemini double-deckers delivered to the company between 2008 and 2009. They marked the beginning of the Wrights dominance on the fleet as they were followed by 160 GTs and over 600 SGs. 2021 will be the first time in a long time that new double-deckers will enter service with Dublin that are not built by Wrights in Northern Ireland. VG 34 - 50 were based in Summerhill Garage. VG 36 - 48 were used on Airlink services and painted in Airlink livery, while the remaining four buses could appear on regular services as well as on the Airlink. However, around 2015 all four were repainted out of the yellow / blue standard livery and into Airlink livery for use on the 747, and later the 757. They can still appear sometimes on routes like the 16. 18/12/2010
My first collaboration with artist "Small Angry Monster" yielded this pretty dope Mandalorian Pilot!
Is anyone else hype for Halloween? I made a spooky head gacha last year -- You can check it out inworld if you haven't seen it!
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In front is another BJD James WIP, with a super basic skin. I couldn't be bothered to put eyebrows on at the time I took this, but I think he rocks it! I'm super excited to get this released--I'm working hard to make sure it's just right before I do ♥. (PS: Finals aren't helping speed this up any--Soon!)