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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 It was withdrawn in 2005 and later sold on to an operator in the UK.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
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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photo taken Dec. 2019 .
If you are in NYC and need to hire a garbage truck rather than a Dumpster you can use this one.
It is 35 years ago and the northern extreme of the Dublin City bus services. D 472 is seen departing Balbriggan heading south for Dublin (despite what the destination says) with a working on the 33. The 33 can trace its routes back to the bus services operated by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland). When the company was absorbed by CIE (and the UTA) in 1958, some of its bus routes fromDublin joined the city services. The 33 was one of them, and holds the distinction of being the furthest north those services go. Balbriggan is located near the county border with Meath.
D 472 was delivered new to Summerhill in 1973 and was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1990. The 33 is still operated by Dublin Bus by the end of 2018 the 33A should be operated by Go-Ahead Ireland.
Finally, Balbriggan is also my hometown, and the 1983 was the year I was born. 26/06/1983
This week we are throwing back thirty years to 1991 and KD 156 on O'Connell Street. The bus is operating a service on route 11B to UCD Belfield. This route started operating southbound from the city centre around 1970. In the 1980s it was extended north, first to Griffith Avenue and then to Wadelai Park. The route ceased to operate in 2011, under Network Direct changes. This route had its own terminus within the college complex at Belfield, being located on the Clonskeagh side near the sports center. Currently it is being used by route 142.
KD 156 was delivered new to CIE in 1982. It was withdrawn by March 1996 and went on to join the Dublin Bus driving school. It was withdrawn in the early-2000s but was not scrapped until around 2019.
The bus is an all-over ad for Skips by KP Snacks. The bus was painted into this ad in 1991 and remained in it until 1994. Skips were first made in 1974 and still on sale today.
31/12/1991
This week we are going back twenty-nine years to 1992 and MW 2 on College Street. The bus is operating a service on route 83. This route started in 1936, running between Dublin city centre and Kimmage. By the late-1980s the route was in decline and a decision was taken to revitalise the route. In April 1992 the City Imp brand was launched on the 83. The regular buses were replaced by mini-buses in a bright yellow/red livery. The frequency of the route was increased to every 8 minutes in the peak and 12 minutes in the off-peak. Also between Kimmage and Rathmines "Hail n' Ride" was introduced, where passengers could board the bus anywhere along the road as long (at or away from bus stops) as long as it was safe for the bus to stop. The City Imp concept was rolled out to other routes around the city but the 83 was the only one to keep its original route number. Around 2000 these routes had become successful again, and the minibuses on the 83 were replaced by standard buses, with the route losing its City Imp identity. In 2003 the route was merged with the 134 and extended north to McKelvey Avenue in Finglas. A year later it was extended further to Harristown Garage. In 2021 it still operates from Harristown to Kimmage via the city centre.
MW 2 was one of ten MW class minibuses delivered to Dublin Bus in 1990, originally for Localink services. They lasted in service around a decade and most went on to find careers elsewhere.
This location on College Street is now the Trinity tram stop on the Luas Green Line. 06/05/1992
Our first house. Looks pretty good here but it was a real handyman's special. A second lot was included which accounts for this POV. We paid $6,000 for it on a contract for deed direct from the owner in 1970. Then a couple months later, the seller was hard up for money so she offered us the chance to buy back the contract for $4,500.
I learned a lot about restoring and remodeling with this one. And we actually made some good money on it but lots of work. It's no longer there because of some bad flooding a few years ago in this little village.
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
I love this dress with it's pretty design and it feels wonderful. Looking forward to dressing up this weekend.
This week we are going back thirty-nine years to 1982 and the last days of an era. CIE's RA 126 is seen on Inns Quay with a service on route 24 from Marino to Heuston Bridge. This bus was delivered new to CIE in 1962. This rear-entry, half cab double-decker bus was one of the last to enter service in Ireland (The final type was the R900s between 1964 and 1965). However, the RAs were the final type to be in service. RA 126 was withdrawn, and scrapped, shortly after this picture was taken. The final day of operation for the RAs was in April 1982. RA 126 initially entered service in Summerhill Garage and moved to Conyngham Road in 1967. Behind RA 126 is the most modern type of bus in Dublin at the time, a KD Bombardier.
Route 24 started in 1938 running between Marino and Parkgate Street initially, though it was quickly extended to Bulfin Road. In the 1970s it was cut back to Sean Heuston Bridge. In 1990 it was extended to Drimnagh but the route was completely replaced by City Imp route 123 in 1994.
Finally it is worth noting the bus is heading westbound on the north quays of the River Liffey. In August 1982 the direction of travel on the north and south quays were reversed and it has remained that way to this day in 2021. 18/02/1982
Me on top of the Alpspitze near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. At the time the Alpspitzebahn took you 3/4 of the way up and you hiked the rest. From August 1982 while I was stationed in the UK.
This was taken with my Pentax ME Super Film camera. The negatives were scanned recently. They are in poor shape.
Boy do I wish I had more of these types of photos from Phil Boldman. This one comes from Kentland, Indiana, sometime in the 1940's. Wilmer Boldman took this photo of these 3 men as they stopped here. Pictured are left to right:
O. V. Sparks, NYC daylight operator at "KN" tower.
Thomas Boldman, NYC Track Inspector.
Man at right is someone that was riding with Thomas, maybe a dispatcher, superintendent or new official who needed to see the property. He is unidentified.
This is the best "old" photo I have ever seen of Kentland tower. Operator Sparks and Boldman both lived in town.
This photo is looking north on NYC's Egyptian line. The double-track seen here ran from Morocco to Sheff. Seen past the 3 men is KN tower, the PRR (nee-PCC&StL Ry) diamonds, the Seymour Street (route 24 crossing), the freight depot at right, the semaphore, beyond the signal at left was the small pumphouse shack, across from that at right in the distance was the NYC passenger depot and the building at left of the tracks in the distance looks like a house. Washington Street did in fact cross there at this time, but was long removed by the time I moved there. It also appears that there is a large man standing in the N/E quadrant of the diamonds at right who is looking this way. The coal tower was too far away to see. Looks as though it is noon time by the shadows and cold outside. Trees are empty so it could be early spring. By the 3 mens expressions, it was either very sunny or windy or both.
Kentland was the only location between Morocco and Sheff on the double track section that had interlocked crossovers. There was a trailing point crossover on the north side of the plant (just past the 24 crossing) and a facing point crossover on the south side of the plant (just in photo, at the 3 mens feet).
The "Egyptian" was going south by here at 12:15 am and north at 4:40 am. Looking at the schedule for the Egyptian, it's no wonder I haven't found any photos of it here.
New York Central "KN" tower
Kentland, Indiana
ca. 1940
Wilmer Boldman photo, Phil Boldman collection.
This week we are going ack twenty-seven years to 1996 and RA 236 in Dun Laoghaire. This bus is dressed for route 75 which started running between Dun Laoghaire and Tallaght in February 1990. The number had previously been used on a local Tallaght route that ran between Fettercairn and Kilnamanagh from late-1985 to late-1987. The Tallaght terminus of the newer 75 moved to The Square Shopping Centre when it opened in late-1990. Go-Ahead Ireland took over the route from Dublin Bus in October 2018.
RA 236 was new to Dublin Bus in 1995. It was withdrawn in 2007 and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom.
10/02/1996
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.
This week we are going back a decade to 2014 and to EV 85 in Howth on route 31A. CIE started operating the first version of route 31A in 1958, taking it over from the Great Northern Railway (Ireland). It operated between Dublin city centre and Strand Road in Sutton. That route ceased to operate in 2005. In 2012 the route was resurrected under Network Direct, this time terminating on Shielmartin Road but going via Howth village and Howth Summit. The route lasted until June 2021 when it was abolished under Bus Connects. New route 6 replaced the 31A in the Shielmartin Road area, but new route 6 terminated at Howth Station, with Shielmartin Road becoming a via point instead of a terminus.
EV 85 was new to Dublin Bus in 2008. It is still in service today, although now in Transport for Ireland livery.
In the past the Hill of Howth tram used to cross the road just behind the bus on a bridge. The path behind the bus shelter leads up to a foot path built on the old tram route that leads up to Howth Summit.
16/01/2014
This week we are only going back five years, and one year after this series started, to 2017 and GT 147 on route 9. There is nothing overly spectacular about that - route 9 having started in 2011 running between Limekiln Avenue and Charlestown. The interesting thing here is the via being displayed on the destination - the bus is showing "City Centre via Carrigstown". You would be hard-pressed to find Carrigstown on a map of Dublin, for it is the setting of the RTE soap-opera "Fair City". This television show started in 1989, set within the fictional Carrigstown located in north Dublin near Drumcondra. In the early days of the show Donnybrook Garage (located across the road from the RTE studios) used to provide a City Imp minibus for scenes shot on the exterior set, with the bus dressed for the fictional route 16B (I believe) to Carrigstown. In more recent times, it has been served by route 9 as seen on the bus display here, and on the bus stop used on the Carrigstown set. Here the destination is making an unusual appearance on the real streets of Dublin's fair city.
GT 147 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2013 and is still in service today.
College Green, 10/06/2017
Père Lachaise is the largest cemetery in Paris, and houses the resting places of well known folks such as Edith Piaf, Chopin, and Jim Morrison. This tomb, housing the less famous Familie Raspail, was featured on the cover of a Dead Can Dance Album, although I didn’t know that when I took this photo.
For the first time in a while we are going back in time to the 1980s. To be precise it is 1988 and D 554 is seen parked between Abbey Street and Strand Street. This was used for many years as a place to park buses between duties. When the Luas tram works started in the early 2000s, Dublin Bus were forced to clear out of here and park their buses elsewhere around the city.
There is also a connection between the Luas tram and the route the bus is on. The 86 was introduced in 1958 after the Harcourt Street railway line was shut. It was designed as a replacement for the lost train services and ran between the city centre and Shankill. It survived up until the early 2000s but was only a shadow of its former self by then. It had one departure a day between Sandyford and Shankill. The Harcourt Street line itself was revived in the early-2000s as part of the Luas Green Line. 29/03/1988
Found these when going thru some old photos. These were taken in Arizona and Nevada, about 24 years ago. Traveling with a couple of 110 disposable cameras. Good times!
It is 1998 and KD 238 is at Dublin Airport. The bus is not going on its summer holidays, but rather it is operating route 230. This route connected Dublin Airport with Swords, Malahide and Portmarnock. The route started in 1991, but in 2008 it was merged with the DART Feeder route 102 which ran from Seabury in Malahide to Portmarnock and Sutton. The new route adopted the number of the 102 and provided a useful orbital in north County Dublin. In 2018 the route was taken over by Go-Ahead Ireland. The bus is seen at the traditional 230 terminus at Dublin Airport, though the current 102 terminus is closer to the church at the airport.
KD 238 entered service with CIE around 1982 and survived with Dublin Bus until October 2000, ending its days in Summerhill Garage.
The ad on the side of the bus is for 98Fm, who currently have a new campaign running on buses in January 2019. 31/01/1998
A jaunt back thirty years this week to 1988. D 502 is seen on O'Connell Street with a 3 from Larkhill to Sandymount. The bus had been delivered new to Ringsend in April 1973 where it spent the rest of its career until withdrawn in 1990.
The route has had a varied career over its life.Operated by Ringsend Garage until 1994 when Donnybrook took over, the route returned to Ringsend in 2006. In 2012 Network Direct abolished the route, but the new route 1 covered most of the old 3. The 1 terminated in Santry on the northside instead of Larkhill.
The bus is still in CIE branding even though Dublin Bus had been created a year before. 29/03/1988
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
This week we are going back thirty-eight years to 1984 and KC 68 on Hawkins Street. The bus is operating a service on route 47B to Grange Road. This route started operating between the city centre and Grange Road in 1949. The route ceased to operate in 1999, along with the 47 and 47A.
KC 68 was new to CIE in February 1984. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in the late-1990s and joined the driving school. It was subsequently sold into private ownership and awaiting restoration.
In the background is the New Metropole cinema which subsequently became the Screen cinema. Also in the background is Hawkins House. Both were demolished over the last five years with a new development currently under construction on the site.
10/05/1984
It's 1985 and D 271 is seen parked at the 61 terminus on Townsend Street. At the time the route connected the City Centre with Churchtown on the southside of the city. The route was later removed from the network but then reappeared in the 21st Century as part of Network Direct. However, this time it was on a different routing, connecting the City Centre with Whitechurch. Together with the 44 it provides two buses an hour between Dundrum and the city, and both routes serve a bus stop at this location on Townsend Street.
D 271 entered service in 1969 and was withdrawn by CIE in 1985. 25/01/1985
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Another victim to Covid, I would have loved to attend the Great Australian Beer Spectapular this year but alas it is of course cancelled.
Next year hopefully.
This week we are going back thirteen years to a time when Dublin Bus was trying to find a new image. After a number of years with the blue/orange/cream livery (as seen on the bus on the right-hand side of the photo), Dublin Bus decided it was time for a change. A number of ideas were tested on buses. AV 84 received two test liveries at the same time. As can be seen here, it is a minor variation of the then current livery, with a paler orange on a solid swoosh. However the other side had a light blue instead of the orange and this can be glimpsed on the front of the bus. In the end Dublin Bus did not adopt either livery and went for the third option which was tested on AV 76 and is still with us today - two-tone blue with yellow. AV 84 is seen in Parnell Square with a 2 from Sandymount. 27/09/2003
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 twenty-six years to 1996 and KD 335 inside Ringsend Garage. This bus is surrounded by fellow members of the KD Class, the first of which were delivered in 1981. KD 335 itself was delivered new to CIE in 1983, near the end of the KD deliveries. When this picture was taken a few dozen of the class had already been withdrawn by Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann. KD 335 would make it to the end of the type working in Dublin, being withdrawn around 1999/2000.
The bus is dressed for route 65B. This route started operating between the city centre and Killinarden around 1984. In 1998 it was extended west to Citywest and it still operates to there to this day.
Ringsend Garage opened in 1941, replacing another garage that was in Lime Street.
02/06/1996
This week we are going back to 1988 and a slightly unusual bus in the Dublin Bus fleet. KR 11 is seen in the Phoenix Park at the Dublin Bus Rally. The KR class were not usually associated with bus routes in Dublin, the R in KR standing for "rural". Indeed, this bus was delivered new to Limerick in 1985. However, in early 1988 it transferred up to Dublin as part of the batch KR 9 - 14. This was as part of the plan to improve the bus service in North Wicklow with some more suitable buses, unlike the similar KC class. Dublin Bus made some changes to the KRs they received, such as replacing the key ignition with a push button, and putting in larger destination displays. However, due to the union objections the buses never entered service on the routes planned for them. In fact, they saw limited public use in general in the capital, and were occasionally loaned back to Bus Eireann when they were short on buses. By the end of 1988 the buses were back in Limerick and repainted back into Bus Eireann. KR 11 saw out its days in Cork as a school bus and was in a scrapyard by 2006.
The bus is dressed for one of the north Wicklow routes, the 85. Back in 1988 it ran from Bray to Enniskerry (Shop River or Golden Gates) and Bray to Ballywaltrim. By the mid 1990s it had been replaced by Localink 185, which in 2018 passed to Go-Ahead Ireland operations.
Bus rallies have continued on and off over the intervening years. The most recent one was in Dun Laoghaire in 2017.
16/06/1988