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This week we are going back thirty-seven years to 1984 and D 290 on Hawkins Street. The bus is operating a service on route 62 to Kilmacud, although this Kilmacud could also be called Stillorgan. Route 62 started in 1932 and originally ran from the city centre to Goatstown, via Ranelagh and Clonskeagh. In 1962 it was extended to Kilmacud. But in 1966 it was extended further along the Lower Kilmacud Road to a new terminus at Beaufield Park, behind Stillorgan Shopping Centre. The bus continued to terminate here (and show Kilmacud as a destination) until it was merged with route 11 in 1999. The 11 stopped serving the Kilmacud terminus in 2011 when it moved to Sandyford Business District instead.
D 290 was delivered new to CIE in 1969. It spent all its life in Dublin and was withdrawn at the end of 1987.
Beside the bus is the Screen cinema. It was demolished in 2019. Hawkins House behind it is due to be demolished in 2021.
30/04/1984
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 Although members of the EV Class started to be withdrawn in 2021, EV 78 is still in service in 2022.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
Happy new year out there!
I moved to Iceland recently to finish my bachelor, so hopefully i can experiment with some landscape photos soon.
This week are going back nine short years to 2012 and Dublin Bus AX 478 on Fleet Street with a service on route 77X to UCD Belfield. The 77X is one of the more unusual / rare routes in Dublin, in that it currently runs once a day, in one direction, Monday to Friday. This Xpresso route started in the. mid-1990s, initially running between Westbrook Lawns in Citywest and the City Centre. Back then the route ran in both directions, in the morning and evening peak. In 2000 it was extended to UCD Belfield via the City Centre. In 2009 the return workings were dropped, resulting in the route only operating in the morning peak to UCD Belfield from Citywest.
AX 478 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2009. It is currently the oldest AX still in service with Dublin Bus, though it will probably be withdrawn within the next few months. It has spent all its life in Ringsend Garage.
10/09/2012
Well, not really....
WC GP40-2 3027 sits in the west end of Brantford yard after being set off by a westbound freight on June 23rd, 2006
Circa 2009 in Las Vegas. Makeup from the Glamour Boutique. Back when I still went by the name Toni Richards.
This week we are going back a decade to 2015, and to AV 423 and AV 424 parked on Abbey Street.
AV 423 (at the front) has arrived with a service on route 41B. This route started running between the city centre, Swords and Rolestown in 1948, and has basically not changed since then.
AV 424 (at the back) has arrived with a service on route 41A from Swords Manor. This route has a more complicated history. The first version of this route ran between the city centre and Walsh Road in Drumcondra, between 1929 and 1939. The second version of the route started in 1948, and was used for services between the city centre and Dublin Airport. The route ceased to operate in 1998, being a weekend only route for its final few years. The route number was revived around 2001, for services between the city centre and Swords Manor that went via Glen Ellan. In 2005, route 41C was extended from River Valley to Swords Manor via Glen Ellan, which meant route 41A became a morning peak working that only operated from Swords Manor. In 2018 the route ceased to operate completely.
AV 423 and AV 424 were new to Dublin Bus in 2005. Both were withdrawn in 2019 and sold on to operators in the United Kingdom.
03/07/2015
This week we are going back thirty-one years to 1990 and KD 348 passing through College Green on route 10. This route started in 1940, operating between the Phoenix Park and Donnybrook. Around 1970 it was extended south to Belfield. This route has probably been used by a lot of people over the years, either heading to Dublin Zoo in the Phoenix Park on the northside, or to go study at University College Dublin in Belfield on the southside. However, in 2010 the route was removed from the network by Network Direct. Route 46A replaced it on the northside, and route 39A on the southside.
KD 348 was delivered new to CIE in 1983. It was withdrawn around 1999/2000. Over the years it wore many different all-over advertisements. Here it is advertising Lee Cooper jeans. It also advertised PMPA Insurance and Telecom Eireann CallCards.
05/08/1990
This week we are going back to 1993 and KC 14 on Fleet Street with a service on route 78. This route started operating between the city centre and Ballyfermot in 1953. Its original terminus in Ballyfermot was Spiddal Park (now home to route 79). The route ceased in 1994 when the 78A became a City Swift route, but it was reinstated in 2003 with its western terminus at the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre. Finally in November 2011 the route left the network when it and the 78A were merged into the new cross-city route 40 under Network Direct.
KC 14 was delivered new to CIE in 1983. It spent all of its career operating out of Conyngham Road Garage and was withdrawn after 1996.
It is hard to imagine now, but for many years this part of Fleet Street was home to many bus routes. The tarmac has been replaced by cobble stones and the building beside the bus is now the Thunder Road Cafe, which opened in 1995. 09/06/1993
“The cholla, cut about four inches long, is sanded and sealed with wax. The tops of some of the cholla I dye in color. Then I bed them in cement. The finished floor produces a feeling of walking in a strange magic place. You see it; you feel it in your feet–texture on your toes, so to speak, a magic rug.” Happy Throwback Thursday!
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 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.
This week we are going back twenty-two years to 2000 and the final year of Bombardier bus use by Dublin Bus. KC 113 is seen at the terminus for route 51A in Lower Abbey Street. This route started operating between Dublin city centre and Beaumont in 1936. It stopped running in 1942, before resuming again in 1949. Around 1988 it was extended to Beaumont Hospital after it opened. The route ceased to operate in 2009. It was always one of the numbering oddities within the Dublin bus network as the other routes in the 51 series served Clondalkin in west Dublin. The end of the 51A also saw roads like Grace Park Road and Clonliffe Road lose their bus services.
KC 113 was delivered new to CIE in 1986. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 2000, along with the other remaining KD and KC buses. This marked the end of the use of Bombardier / GAC buses by Dublin Bus, apart from a farewell run in January 2001.
This stop on Abbey Street is now the terminus for route 33.
05/05/2000
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 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
I lost my Internet connection earlier today, but it's back and it's still Thursday here so I made it in time for my Throwback Thursday photo. Circa 2009. Enjoy.
In mid-November 2010, Dublin Bus introduced a new route through Network Direct, the 25B. This replaced the 151 as the bus route to Adamstown. Passengers from there now reached Dublin via Foxborough and the Lucan Road rather than via Clondalkin and the Crumlin Road. Interchange is possible between both routes at Foxborough.
Just over a week after the route started Dublin fell under a blanket of snow. AV 361 is seen in the snow at the 25B terminus in Merrion Square. 01/12/2010
This week we go back twenty-seven years to 1996 and AD 30 at Heuston Station in Dublin. It is operating a service on route 90, which connected Heuston Station, the City Centre and Connolly Station. This route started in the mid-1980s, being part of the DART Feeder service, although buses met trains at the station to bring people into the city centre on an ad-hoc basis for many years. In the mid-1990s it was rebranded Stationlink after the AD Class buses arrived, and the Railink when it was upgraded to double deckers around 1999. The route was suspended in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and has not returned (nor is it likely to).
AD 30 was new to Dublin Bus in 1994. It operated for a year or so in plain-white livery until Stationlink was applied. It was withdrawn in 2004 and moved to the Bus Eireann school fleet, and was based in County Cork. It was withdrawn around 2013.
For many decades this was the location in Heuston Station were buses loaded, with passengers having to walk out onto the road to get on the bus. Around 1998 the station underwent a renovation and the buses were moved to a new dedicated area at the front of the station. This was later modified in the early-2000s to accommodate the tram stop for the Luas Red Line.
11/05/1996
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 revisiting 1994 where we see RH 52 parked at Connolly Station. It is on the former "ramp" which went from the front door of the station down to ground level at Amiens Street. This was used throughout the day by the 90 bus which ran from the front of the station to Heuston Station, but was also used as a place to park buses between duties. The ramp was demolished in the early-2000s to make way for the Luas and is the site of the Luas Connolly stop on the Red Line.
The 31B is a route that is still with us today. It currently runs to Howth Summit via Sutton but twenty years ago the terminus was in Howth Village. The route today has far fewer departures than it did in 1994.
RH 52 had an interesting career as it survived until 2015, spending the last few years as the Uniform Bus. It was used to transport bus driver uniforms between garages. 14/06/1994
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
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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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
Originally Taken: December 25, 2010
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Camera: Nikon D80
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For my December Throwback Thursday I decided to go ahead and use an old holiday photo that was taken during my first 365 project back in 2010.
I reprocessed it to a black and white photo with a slightly warmer overlay and didn't do too much else, a slight crop and some adjustments to the lighting levels but otherwise it was a pretty decent photo SOOC so it was fairly easy to work with; and with how chaotic December has been, it was just what I needed.
Hope everyone is having a good day.
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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 eighteen years to 2007, and to AX 528 on Leeson Street with a service on route 46B to Belarmine.
Route 46B started running between the city centre and Kilmacud Road (Stillorgan) in 1988, replacing route 64A. In 2002 the southern terminus was moved from Stillorgan to Sandyford Industrial Estate. In 2006 certain peak-time departures were extended to and from Belarmine, near Stepaside. These lasted until 2008 when route 47 started. The 46B lasted until September 2010 when Network Direct saw changes to the bus routes on the Stillorgan QBC, and routes 46B, 46C, 46D, 46X and 746 ceased to operate.
AX 528 was new to Dublin Bus in 2006. It was withdrawn in 2019, and sold on to another Irish operator.
18/04/2007
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