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A short hop back to a long route in 2011. RV 503 is seen at the Eden Quay terminus of route 65 to Blessington. This is the longest route operated by Dublin Bus, covering approximately 40km. The other contender for this title is the 33 to Balbriggan on the northern edge of County Dublin. However that was based on one bus a day which went via Portrane, but it now terminates in Skerries. The 65 currently has three southern termini: Blessington, Ballymore Eustace and Ballkyknockan. The latter is served twice a day, Monday to Friday, making it one of the more unusual routes in Dublin. Currently in 2018 the 65 departs from underneath Tara Street station on Poolbeg Street. 01/02/2011
L-R A900 (2008) with Minolta AF 35-200mm Zoom xi, A100 (2006) with Sony DT 18-55mm SAM II zoom, R1 (2005) with integral Carl Zeiss 24-120mm Vario-Sonnar lens.
This week we are going back to 2009 and a massive public transport operation in north County Dublin. On the 21st Ausgust 2009,part of the railway viaduct was washed away. This resulted in the Belfast to Dublin railway line being closed between Donabate and Malahide. As most of the route between Drogheda and Dublin served important commuter towns, a contingency plan had to be quickly put into place. Dubliln Bus assumed responsibility for extra services between Skerries, Rush, Lusk and Dublin. The 33X went from one departure a day to a bus every ten minutes in the peak, and some weekend services. To cope with the demand, some buses were put back into service after previously being withdrawn. RV 506 was one such example, which may explain the upside down destination. It is seen here in Skerries with a 33X to Dublin. This service used the M1 motorway and Port Tunnel to get to the city, taking about an hour, end to end. When the railway line reopened in November 2009, some of the extra 33X services were maintained and it still runs today in 2017. 14/09/2009
This week we are throwing back to a throwback! In 2011, Dublin Bus was still undertaking the Network Direct re-organisation of the bus network in the capital. In August of that year it made its presence known to routes 19 and 19A. These were considered some of the premier routes in the city, up there with the 3, 10 and 46A. However Network Direct took no prisoners and the 19 from Jamestown Road to Bulfin Road was abolished and the 19A from Jamestown Road to Limekiln Avenue regenerated into the 9. The last day of both routes was Saturday 27th August, but on the Wednesday before a special run was organised with preserved Leyland Olympian RH 7. It is seen here at the Bulfin Road terminus of the 19 before heading cross city to Finglas.
Incidentally, this was also the day Steve Jobs resigned from Apple. 24/08/2011
If you'd been stood in this exact spot oooh say er, in about 1997, this would have been a passenger train. A class 37 and a motley looking collection of mk2's.
Similarly back then, there was a little bit of a shortage of rolling stock. But instead of slashing the service and playing the 'poor us' game, someone got off their backside and did something about it.
Just saying...
3Q95 Crewe-Bangor, which I think was an ultrasonic test train, saunters into the down passenger loop at Rhyl on 19 May 2021.
Leading the way is 37612, a long term hire loco for Colas from the Harry Needle fleet. There's some history here, released into traffic as D6879 in October 1963, the loco was a solid South Walian for many years and there's a good number of pictures about of the loco on passenger duty on the South West Wales branches as 37179, a number carried from late 1973.
The loco was selected for a 1980's refurb, re-numbered to 37691 in 1987 and then spent time with Trainload Coal and Railfreight General before being selected for the EPS (European Passenger Services) fleet, further modified in 1995 for use on Nightstar work and re-numbered again to 37612.
Batty as it now sounds, the idea was direct sleeper trains through the tunnel from both Plymouth and Swansea to Paris and Brussels were to be hauled from the west to Dollands Moor by pairs of EPS 37's, running with Nightstar stock powered by a generator van converted from a mk3 sleeper.
Despite the conversions and the newly built Nightstar stock being in place, it never actually happened. Via Rail Canada came along and stole the stock for sixpence (almost literally...), the generator cars were quietly forgotten about and most if not all of the twelve class 37/6 locos were sold to the the fledgling Direct Rail Services, an operation established by BNFL (British Nuclear Fuels) to shift nuclear material around the country after the privatisation of the Railfreight operations.
Twenty years of DRS use ended in 2017 when DRS had one of their periodic clear outs and the loco was obtained by HNRC.
We've another Q train due tomorrow, the four-weekly visit of 1Q30 and it should be two red class 43 power cars. Pity the sky won't be quite so blue...
This isn’t a Corvette. It’s the Equus Throwback.
Okay, so it is a Corvette, sort of.
But this Corvette has been restyled, and given a little bit more grunt by Equus Automotive, creator of the Bass770.
The retro-inspired Throwback is a limited model, with only 25 planned by the Detroit-based company, which utilises the ‘Vette as a basis to create a “significantly upgraded” muscle car.
The Corvette’s supercharged V8 can be tuned to an output of 746kW and 1114Nm. Equus says it’s capable of a 2.5-second run to 97km/h (60mph), and has a top speed of 354km/h.
Equus Autmotive’s goal with the Throwback was to inspire a sense of nostalgia in muscle car fans while providing a car with modern-day usability.
“The Throwback model uses unique styling language in its outer skin to create a breathtaking vision of the ultimate Corvette. Equus takes the customer down memory lane to an era when Corvettes were synonymous with performance and class.
“The Throwback can be personalized for the design orientated drivers or for the fastest paced performance centric customer, always emphasizing the original love of an icon, desire for innovation and uncompromised quality.
“Just as companies like Brabus and Alpina focus on European brands, Equus Automotive is focused on providing American Sports car lovers the ultimate interpretation of todayʼs designs.
This week we are going back thirty-two years and a look at a future that could have been MD 1 is seen on Marlborough Street after arriving with a service on route 32. MD 1 was one of two demonstrators evaluated by Dublin Bus in late 1988 as it considered what new buses to purchase to modernise its fleet. The bus was an MCW Metrobus with a Cummins engine. The bus was used in all Dublin Bus garages during its time in Ireland. When it returned to the UK it was sold to Stevenson's. MCW were obviously keen to get the contract to supply buses to Ireland as they painted the bus up in Dublin Bus livery. The second demonstrator was a Leyland Olympian and it came in an all white livery. However, between 1990 and 1999, 640 Olympians entered service with Dublin Bus, compared to 0 Metrobus's. The streets of Dublin could have looked very different if the order had gone the other way.
Route 32 can trace its origins back to the Great Northern Railway (Ireland), and passed to CIE in 1958. It mainly operated between Dublin and Portmarnock, with some services to Malahide operating as route 32A. In November 2012, routes 32 and 32A were merged into just the 32 and operates from Dublin to Malahide via Portmarnock.
23/12/1988
Hallowe'en 1998 and it is raining at Dublin Heuston Station. KD 240 is with a 91 to the City Centre. This route ran on an adhoc basis, providing extra capacity to the 90 but not going all the way to Dublin Connolly. KD 240 was based at Conyngham Road and was delivered new between 1982/83.
One thing to note in this photo is the ticket machine beside the bus. Free standing ticket machines were, and still are, rare for Dublin Bus. The other notable location that had a ticket machine was Dublin Airport, and there is still one there today. The one in Heuston is no longer there, with most people using Leap cards nowadays. However back in 1998 the vast majority of users were paying cash to the driver. These machines that allowed you to buy a ticket before boarding the bus were a curiosity of their time.
31/10/1998
It is the first day of August 1999 and the 47B, along with the 47 and 47A, has only 6 weeks of existence left. RH 91 is seen at the terminus on Grange Road which the route shared with the 16. The 47 group of routes connected the City Centre with Whitechurch, Tibradden and Rockbrook, though not necessarily the most direct way. The 47B for example served Leinster Road and Zion Road in Rathmines and Rathgar. Eventually the routes were replaced by the 15C, 116 and 161 in the suburbs, though the 47 number did reappear in the early 2000s on a very different routing. The final day of the 47/A/B was the 11th September 1999. The 16 was also subsequently extended from this terminus along Grange Road to Kingtston in Ballinteer.
RH 91 was delivered new to Dublin Bus, appropriately, in 1991. It was withdrawn in 2006 and is currently preserved, in the livery as seen here, although the orange line above the top deck is complete.
The ad on the side of the bus by Aer Rianta states 'The spirit of Duty Free lives on". This was the first day of no Duty Free across the European Union, it having ended at midnight on the 30th June 1999. The concept of Duty Free had begun in Shannon Airport in 1947, and spread across the world. Its abolition was expected to lead to increased travel costs...
Grange Road 01/08/1999
Definitely one from the archives, it's been a awhile since the Ferrari Challenge, but I felt it was fitting seeing that I'll be going to Limerock tomorrow.
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This week we are going back to 1988 and to D 720 on Aston Quay with a 79 to Ballyfermot.Route 79 to Ballyfermot began in 1949. The original terminus was on Kylemore Road before being extended to Cherry Orchard Avenue in 1985. In the early 1990s it was then extended to Spiddal Park where it still terminates today. The early 2000s saw it share a lot of its routing with the 79A which operates to Parkwest.
D 720 was delivered new to Limerick in 1975. It moved to Dublin in 1986 and operated out of Conyngham Road Garage until 1993, when it was withdrawn. It was sold for scrap in 1994.
11/11/1988
Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) throwback space battle between the Enterprise and a Klingon Cruiser, made in Blender. Just starting to learn Blender, pretty cool.
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 go back thirty-three years to 1988 and D 785 on O'Connell Street. The bus is in an all-over ad for Denny food that is celebrating Dublin's 1000th birthday. It received this late in 1987, or early 1988, and was the first Dublin Bus all over ad. Though not the first all over ad bus in Dublin, but all other previous examples had been in CIE days. In 1989 the ad was modified with the messaging changed to mark 160 years of Denny. In late 1990 the bus was repainted back into standard Dublin Bus livery.
D 785 was delivered new to CIE in 1976 and operated out of Donnybrook Garage. Around 1991 it moved to Ringsend Garage where it went on to be the last D Class to operate there. Its last trip in service was on route 15B on the 22nd April 1995.
Route 11 started in 1939 running between Ballymun Road and Clonskea. Over the years it was extended to Wadelai Park on the northside and Kilmacud on the southside. Under Network Direct in 2011 the southern terminus was relocated to Sandyford Business District.
The bus is stopped outside the BHS department store, though nowadays it is home to Pennys. Easons in the background is still there in 2021.
29/01/1988
This week we are going back thirty-eight years to 1988, and to D 426 parked on Eden Quay and dressed for route 7 to Sallynoggin.
The route current route 7 can be traced back to 1979 when the route started operating between the city centre and Ballybrack. In 1988 it was extended to Loughlinstown Park. Certain departures started serving Cherrywood in 2004, but in 2016 these services retained the route 7 number, while the Loughlinstown Park services became route 7A.
The bus is showing Salynoggin as a destination, This was the terminus for route 7A from 1950 to 1988, when it was extended to Mackintosh Park. That version of route 7A ended in 2011.
D 426 was new to CIE in 1972. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1990.
On the bridge behind the bus is an ad for "Abraxas" nightclub in Sackville Place, which may have become "The Asylum" nightclub.
12/02/1988
It is 1987 and KD 351 is seen between duties at Phibsborough Garage. The livery on the bus is worth noting. Four months earlier saw the creation of Dublin Bus, who based their livery on the two-tone green CIE used on the Bombardiers, but added the orange line. Therefore KD 351 is in Dublin Bus livery, but with the CIE logo being used instead of the Dublin Bus logo. In some ways this bus is wearing a transitional livery.
KD 351 was delivered new to CIE and Phibsborough Garage in 1983 and survived in service until the late 1990s.
The location of Phibsborough Garage is interesting, In the background can be seen the former railway terminus of Broadstone. When the railway line shut it was taken over by CIE provincial services which became Bus Eireann in 1987. The Dublin city services had a garage beside Broadstone which was called Phibsborough Garage, which transferred to Dublin Bus. In the early 2000s Dublin Bus took over part of Broadstone, creating a new garage called Broadstone. Basically, three garages operated by two bus operators on one site that was formerly a railway station and yard. 20/06/1987
Throwback Thursday this week is going back to 1985. KC 82 is seen sitting outside the station at Bray prior to working a route 85 to Shop River. When the local routes around Bray were reorganised in the 1990s, this became the 185 to Shop River (via Enniskerry). Later some 185 departures were introduced to just Palermo. 01/06/1985
This week we are going back ten years to 2013 and AX 491 on Fleet Street. The bus is at the terminus for route 150 and is dressed for a service on that route to Rossmore. This route started around 1994 as one of the City Imp routes introduced in the mid-1990s. It replaced route 50 to Willington Roundabout, operating a higher frequency and using minibuses. After the year 2000, bigger buses started to be used on the route, ending up with double-deckers as seen here. In 2017 the terminus moved from Fleet Street (as seen here) to Hawkins Street, where it still operates from today.
AX 491 was new to Dublin Bus in 2006 and was withdrawn in 2021.
23/11/2013
Originally taken: September 10, 2010
Location: Ottawa Ontario
Camera: Nikon D80
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You've probably heard me complaining about the lack of sunshine we've been having lately, as well as the fact that I am so tired of winter, so I thought to myself, well why not do a Throwback Thursday to include gorgeous light and sunshine?
This was taken as an alternate to a photo in my self-portrait 365 project in 2010. It's very similar to the portrait I ended up using, but when going through the archives, this was the photo that stood out to me. In 2010, I was just starting to take photography from snapshots to photographs and looking back at this photo, I don't know that there's anything I would have changed about the composition of this portrait.
Happy Thursday everyone.
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Originally Taken: May 12, 2011
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Camera: Nikon D80
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So, it seems Throwback Thursday totally slipped my mind this month and now I'm scrambling at the very last minute to get one done!
This was taken back when my neighbour and I were walking up to the coffee shop on each nice day we were both available, this was just me fooling around with the camera while she was inside the store getting a refill. Our walks together have been further and further apart since her little one arrived and she's gone back to work, so I thought that in every sense, this really suited the Throwback Thursday theme!
Hope all is well!
It is 1992 and RH 64 is seen parked between duties on Marlborough Street. The bus had been delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1991 and entered service at Clontarf Garage. It is in an all-over ad for Harp Lager. It is worth noting that at this point in time these ads were hand-painted onto the buses. This is unlike the situation in 2018 where ads are applied on vinyl wraps. In some ways these buses were mobile works of art. As a result the ads lasted longer on the buses than they do now. This one had a lifespan of about a year and was also applied to buses from other garages.
The 32B was part of the 32 group of routes that served Baldoyle/Portmarnock/Malahide. The 32B ran to Abbey Park in Baldoyle. This routing was later absorbed into the 32 services to Portmarnock. Network Direct removed Abbey Park (and the 32B) from the Dublin Bus network in November 2012, with just the 32 surviving and terminating at Malahide. Residents in Abbey Park had to walk to the main road to get a new extended 29A.
This layover on Marlborough Street became the Marlborough tram stop on the Luas Green Line in December 2017.
30/05/1992
It is February 1984 and C 160 only has a few days left in service. This Leyland Leopard with bodywork by Metal Sections Limited was delivered new to CIE in 1966. It was first allocated to Ballina (in County Mayo) when new in 1966. In November 1971 it transferred to Clontarf Garage in Dublin where it continued to work for the next 13 years. With the arrival of the new Bombardier KC Class in February 1984, the final C's were withdrawn and C 160 moved to Dundalk. It took up a new career there as a school-bus which it continued for over a decade before it was finally preserved. Over 50 years after it entered service, this bus is still with us today.
C 160 is seen on Lower Gardiner Street at the terminus for the 27. This route connected the City Centre with Coolock via Fairview and Bonnybrook. In 2011 the route was merged with the 77 become a long cross-city route from Clare Hall to Jobstown. 22/02/1984
To mark the end of the year we are going back 29 years to 1991. KD 348 is seen on Parnell Square dressed for route 40A to Cappagh Hospital. Route 40A started running to Finglas in 1932, seven years after route 40 started. The 40A terminus was on Cappagh Road, whereas the 40 terminated on Plunkett Road. Up until the early-2000s a number of departures on the 40A were extended to / from Cappagh Hospital. In 2011 the 40A was taken off the bus network when it was merged with the 40 and 78A to become the new cross-city route 40.
The bus is in an all-over ad for Telecom Eireann Callcards. I am sure for a certain generation of people these must seem like a very arcane item, whereas other people may recall them with great fondness. Introduced in the late 1980s the cards were a way for people to make calls on public phones without having to carry a lot of loose change around with them. In some ways they served as the prototype to phone credit that people use on their mobile phones nowadays. The cards were very popular during the 1990s, and even became collectible items with their varied designs and denominations. However, with the arrival of the mobile phones in the late 1990s, the cards along with public pay-phones became a thing of the past. Telecom Eireann also became a thing of the past in 1999 when it was privatised and first rebranded as Eircom, and later as Eir.
KD 348 was one of 366 double-deckers delivered to CIE in the 1980s by Bombardier. It was delivered new in 1983 and was withdrawn around 1999. 31/12/1991
It is 2001 and RV 592 is seen at the bus terminus in UCD Belfield. It is waiting to depart with a 50X to Killinarden in Tallaght. the 50X had a lifespan of just under 20 years, starting in 1990 as part of the CitySpeed brand and ending in April 2009 during the review of the network and the removal of low usage routes. Although as the crow flies the distance between Tallaght and UCD is not great, the bus route operated via the City Centre, which added to its route length. Although route 50 was operated by Ringsend Garage, the 50X was one of the extra duties operated by Broadstone Garage.
The terminus at UCD Belfield has now been relocated and this location is now a lake and green area. The bus was withdrawn in 2011. 09/10/2001
Time to pull out some from the photo albums....for the younger ones here, "photo albums" are where we old dudes would store "paper based" photos after we spent all our hard earned money on 35mm film and processing with the option of "gloss or matte finish". (Yutes today......they just don't understand how expensive photography was in the 'olden days' for those of us with gray hairs).
Anyway, it's September 1991 as solo Soo SD60M 6058 is passing the Hartland WI cream city depot and ABS signal on the wrong main on account of track work two miles behind them. This train came complete with brown Soo caboose #3. Behind me, the crossover switch is lined for them to head back over to the eastbound main and onward to Milwaukee.
I cannot think of a more appropriate way to mark the 150th Throwback Thursday than with a photograph of AV 150 on route 150.
The bus is seen at the terminus of the route on Fleet Street. The route connects the City Centre with Rossmore via Crumlin. The route began in 1994 under the City Imp brand, replacing route 50. In 2011 it was rerouted slightly to replace route 121 in the Liberties. The current 150 terminus is on Hawkins Street.
AV 150 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2000. It was initially allocated to Donnybrook Garage where it spent most of its career. It moved to Ringsend Garage to finish out its career. By 2016 it had crossed the sea to Scotland to take up work with McColls.
Fleet Street, 05/06/2015
Travelling back 21 years this week to 1996. KD 114 is parked on Marlborough Street between duties on the 28. This route operated between Edenmore and Dublin City Centre and when this photo was taken the route only had two months left in its existence. It was replaced by the 42A, before it itself was replaced by the 27A in 2011. When the bus finished its passenger carrying career it went on to become a driver trainer. In January 2001 it took part in the special runs to mark the end of Bombardier buses in Dublin. The location in the photograph is in the process of becoming a stop on the Luas Cross City line. Marlborough Street, 04/05/1996
It is 1994. The bus stops (and most buses) are green, the trains are orange and some buses are advertising the trains. RH 41 is seen on Hawkins Street at the 48A terminus. The bus is in an all-over ad for Irish Rail. The national railway company was going through an era of growth and rebranding with new trains and a new logo. This is reflected in the design on the bus.There was a second bus done up for Irish Rail at this time too focusing on its Fast Track delivery service. Sadly that is no longer with us, and the trains are no longer orange.
The 48A connected the City Centre with Ballinteer via Milltown and Dundrum. With the arrival of the Luas in the early 2000s, patronage on the route dropped. Under Network Direct in 2011 the route was dropped, replaced by the 61 for the most part.
RH 41 was delivered new in 1990 to Donnybrook Garage as a Wedding Bus. Following the end of its career in Dublin it moved to Cork where it operated an open-top tour for Cronin's. Hawkins Street, 21/08/1994
Even though it's Wednesday still a throwback. I elected, on a whim, to try my old hairstyle. I do like the shorter one better!
This week we are going back twenty-six years to 1998 and KD 88 at Heuston Station. The bus is dressed for route 91.
This route did not have a timetable and ran as required. It was there to provide extra capacity on route 90 during periods of great demand (such as two trains arriving together). Whereas the 90 connected Heuston with Connolly (and for a while the IFSC), the 91 only went as far as Aston Quay. The route faded away over time, especially when the Luas tram started running in 2004, providing a new connection between Heuston and Connolly.
KD 88 was new to CIE in 1982. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus around 1999/2000.
The ad on the side of the bus is for a referendum to ratify to Good Friday Agreement. This agreement was signed on 10th April 1998, and the referendum was held on the 22nd May 1998.
Work beside the bus is part of a refurbishment / upgrade of Heuston Station. This expanded the concourse of the station into the original building at the front of the station.
02/05/1998
A trip back ten years this week to 2009. RV 553 is seen heading north on O'Connell Street with a 140 to St. Margaret's Road. This route was one of a number of routes created in the early 2000s to cope with the expansion of Dublin due to the Celtic Tiger. The routes themselves, such as the 4, 128 and 140, more accurately started towards the end of the Celtic Tiger and the start of the economic crisis. The 140 commenced in 2008 connecting Wilton Terrace with Finglas, being a more direct route than the traditional 40. In late 2009 it was extended to Ikea near Ballymun and then in 2011 it was extended south to Rathmines as part of Network Direct. It replaced the 128 on the southside making the 128 a short-lived route of only 4 years. At one point consideration was given to merge the 140 with the 54A instead, which would have extended it beyond Tallaght to Kiltipper.
RV 553 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1999. When this picture was taken it was based in Harristown Garage but was subsequently transferred to Summerhill. It was withdrawn in 2012. 06/01/2009
Today's #TBT shot is brought to you by the early 1990's- neon-colored everything, big baggy jeans, oversized accessories, and white people appropriating hip-hop culture! Good times!
On 'Generation Girl' Blaine- vintage Ken tshirt and baggy jeans. Hat is vintage Genuine Barbie. Sunglasses and watch are model's own. Chain is re-purposed people-sized jewelry.
On NKotB Donnie- tshirt from Olivia's Doll Closet. Vintage Ken baggy jeans. Sunglasses by Fashion Fever. Silver jacket borrowed from 'Generation Girl' Blaine. Gold chain by Barbie Basics.
It is April 1985 and KD 5 is seen on Marlborough Street (not Abbey Street as on the caption) in Dublin. It is seen after arriving with a working on the 31 from Howth. This route can trace its origins back to the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and was absorbed into CIE Dublin bus network in 1958. It follows the railway line from Dublin to Howth through villages such as Raheny and Sutton. However in recent times, unlike the railway, it continues through Howth Village and terminate at Howth Summit. As a result, this is a very popular bus route with visitors.
KD 5 was delivered new to CIE in 1981. It survived in service with Dublin Bus to the mid-1990s, spending all its life at Clontarf Garage.
The block of buildings beside the bus are no longer standing on Marlborough Street having been demolished in the early-2000s. The road beneath the bus became the Luas tram line in 2017. 11/04/1985