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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 It was withdrawn in 2007 and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom.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
one of the few surviving shots of my high school ride...the very 1st version of Mr. Mean. And the bonus in this pic is the lovely lady has since become my loving wife of 32 years....
feel free to compliment me on my great taste in cars and women...hehehehe
This week we are going back to Killiney in 1983. C 74 is seen at the 59 terminus on Killiney Hill. This route number first appeared in 1937 with an independent company originating the route before that. Although it originally ran to the city centre, it was cut back to Dun Laoghaire in 1942 due to wartime restrictions, and thus it has remained ever since. With the coming of the DART in 1984, it was turned into a DART Feeder service but that only lasted until 1989 when due to low demand it returned to being a regular bus route. For a while the 59 was extended to Mackintosh Park but in 2016 it was cut back to Killiney. In October 2018 the route transferred to Go-Ahead Ireland along with a number of other local Dun Laoghaire routes.
C 74 was delivered new to CIE in 1965. It left Donnybrook in 1984 and transferred to Stranorlar in 1984 and was withdrawn in 1985.
04/06/1983
My photostream is like a timeline for me. I don't like posting photos out of sequence.
But I also have a large archive of photos that I have missed posting.
Hence I am starting a Throwback Thursday album. I will aim to post a photo each Thursday from my archives. It could be 3 months old or 3 years old...
For this one, can anyone tell me where this was taken?
This week we are going back eighteen years to 2007 and to RV 435 on O'Connell Street with a service on route 123 to Kilnamanagh Road.
Route 123 started around 1993 as a City Imp route, running between Marino and Drimnagh. It replaced former routes 23 and 24, but operated at a higher frequency, using smaller buses. Over time, the City Imp concept proved very popular and larger buses were needed. The 123, and the other City Imp routes, eventually lost the minibuses and became part of the regular network, using double-decker buses. In 2006 the 123 terminus was moved from Drimnagh to Kilnamanagh Road. Under Bus Connects, route 123 is due to be replaced on 19th October 2025 by new route 73, which will be operated by Go-Ahead Ireland.
RV 435 was new to Dublin Bus in 1998. It was withdrawn around 2010, and sold on to another Irish operator.
16/10/2007
This week we are going back forty-one years to 1983 and to KD 238 on Charlotte Street. The bus is displaying route 20B to Beaumont as a destination. Route 20B started operating between Bulfin Road and Beaumont (Ardlea Road) in 1980. In 1988 it was cut back on the southside and only operated to Ardlea Road from the city centre. Into 2011 the route was absorbed into a new cross-city route 14 which still runs between Ardlea Road and Dundrum.
KD 238 was new to CIE in August 1982. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in October 2000.
If you look at a map of Dublin today, you won't find Charlotte Street on it. It was closed in 1992 and the area was extensively rebuilt with new offices and a hotel. Charlotte Street basically the continuation of Charlemont Street to Camden Street, passing through what is now the entrance to the Camden Court Hotel car park. The Charlotte Inn behind the bus in the photograph was previously Cotters Bar. This website can provide more details on the history of Charlotte Street: wideandconvenientstreets.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/charlot...
02/1983
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 thirty-nine years to KD 345 on Abbey Street. The bus is picking up passengers while operating a service on route 39 to Clonsilla. This route started operating between Dublin and Blanchardstown in 1926. By 982 it reached Clonsilla and in 2004 it was extended to Ongar. In 2010 it's city terminus was moved to Burlington Road. It's main claim to fame was becoming the first CitySwift route 1993, with its frequency massively increased.
KD 345 was delivered new to CIE in May 1983, shortly before this picture was taken. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in the late-1990s. It spent a period from 1988 in an all-over ad for Coca-Cola.
26/05/1983
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
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.
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
This week we are going back twenty-four years to RV 351 on Abbey Street at the terminus for route 39. The bus was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1997. It was withdrawn in 2008 and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom. It was still working away there as recently as 2019.
Route 39 started operating between Dublin city centre and Blanchardstown in 1926. In 1993 it was transformed when it became the first CitySwift route, operating to Clonnsilla. Originally single-decker buses were used on the route, but due to the popularity of the frequent service, double-deckers like RV 351 were brought in. In the early-2000s the CitySwift concept started to fade away. From 2010 Network Direct saw the route operate from Baggot Street / Burlington Road to Ongar.
Construction work on the Luas Red Line around 2002/2003 saw all buses vacate Middle Abbey Street. Tram lines now occupy the opposite side of the road from that which RV 351 is on. Penny's is still there though.
18/11/1997
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.
First Charters and Tours Transportation, Inc. (First Charter)
Bus number: 228
Coachbuilder: Santarosa Motor Works
Model: SR Exfoh
Chassis:
Engine:
Suspension: Air/Leaf Spring Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2×2
Seating Cpacity: 49 Passenger Seats
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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...