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KD 361 is seen enjoying the sun on Eden Quay as it rests between duties on route 7 in 1990.
The bus is in an all-over ad for B&I Line, and the ferry services they offer between Dublin/Holyhead and Rosslare/Pembroke. B&I Line started life as the British and Irish Steam Packet Company in 1836. In 1965 it was nationalised by the Irish government, but was privatised again in 1992 when it was taken over by the Irish Continental Group, who also own Irish Ferries. This latter brand is the one that survives to this day, with the B&I name phased out by 1995.
KD 361 was delivered new to Dublin in July 1983 and was withdrawn in 1999. During its time in this all-over ad it visited Cork.
Route 7 connected Eden Quay with Loughlinstown Park, via Dun Laoghaire in 1990.
The skyline in the background is almost unrecognisable now in 2020, with multi-storey developments in the Tara Street area having taken place in the intervening thirty years. 21/05/1990
This photo was from my first account and I thought it would be a shame not to post it again. Love you all💕💕💋💋
This pic has a funny story which comes from the do not post files.....this moment was me back in June of 2008 after returning from the U.S. after two months of traveling extensively all over the U.S. and some of Canada.
I had bought this U.S. Cavalry hat in a disposal store as I thought it was sooo cool.
So when I got back home I sent this pic to a very dear and close friend of many many years who lived in V.A. near Richmond.
The reply I got back was "Dammed Yankee" lol. I still laugh at that reply to this day.
Now there is a second part to this as my friend sent me a Confederate Officers hat which I'll post at another time...and instructions clearly which one to wear. Were still friends to this day after 26 years and this pic still makes us both laugh.
This was taken quite a few years back as I do remember the night out with friends and this dress I had bought for the occasion.
DeGrazia said, "I had a full beard and was twenty-three when I graduated from high school, into a world hit by the depression, I knew I would be underground all of my life if I didn't succeed at something else." Happy Throwback Thursday!
This week we are going back a decade to 2015, and to GT 4 passing through UCD Belfield with a service on route 17 to Rialto.
Route 17 started running between Dolphin's Barn and Blackrock around 1971, with its western terminus becoming Rialto around 1982. Until 1990, the Blackrock terminus was on Newton Avenue. It then moved to the railway station. In January 2016, Go-Ahead Ireland took over the operation of the route. The route ceased in November 2023 when Bus Connects brought in new orbital routes on the southside. Route 17 was partially replaced by route S6.
GT 4 was new to Dublin Bus in 2012, and is still in service today.
The bus is seen passing through the bus gate within UCD Belfield. During the peak periods, the road through the campus was closed to traffic, with the bus gate introduced to ensure only buses used the road. The bus gate was used in both directions, and the bollard in the middle of the road lowered to let the buses pass through. It was relatively new at the time, but shortly after this picture was taken the bollard was replaced with barriers. It is no longer in use. Bus gates are not a common feature on the Dublin Bus network, but a few do exist around the city. There is even one in Lucan that is no longer in use.
14/08/2015
The right part was a WIP. Just needed to build a roof.
This and my Scarif was be displayed on my first exhibition I've ever attended.
I moved the cacti and some shelves off cinder blocks to give us a blank wall to work with. My photog friend said the light was too dim so we have a very cluttered b/g. But it's been giving gunge guys pleasure for almost 20 years now. I've heard it's on sites my friend can't even find the link too, mucky pups...gear something so I guess I'm pleased. Of course it's a vague sort of fame.
The Conrail heritage unit leads NS Train 939 across Gage Road in Duanesburg, NY on Saturday, February 28, 2015. This was a nice throwback to some chases I had of Train 169 (the current 939) in the early 2000s--except nicer because this unit isn't faded like the others often were, plus it has the original Conrail scheme as opposed to the "Conrail Quality" version.
so I can't upload any 365's because my camera is kind of messed up right now. some scented oil got in the battery compartment and sorta burned the battery. I think the rest of the camera is okay, and it still works and all I'm just scared to use that battery so until I either clean the original battery or buy a new one, I can't upload anything new.
Baltimore & Ohio torpedo-tube GP9 No. 6610 works a local job at historic Gettysburg PA on a hazy summer day in July 1985, late into the Chessie era.
For this week's "Throwback Thursday" we are not going back too far in time, only to 2009. WV 19 is seen on New Wapping Street with a 53A from Eden Quay to Alexandra Road in Dublin Port. The bus is now gone and the route is now gone. 01/04/2009
This week for Throwback Thursday we are going back to 2010 to revisit a long lost friend. WH 1 was delivered to Dublin Bus in 2008 and was the first electric-hybrid bus delivered to the company. It was based in Summerhill. Normally it operated on cross-city route 16 though it could stray onto other routes. (Famously it once made it to Balbriggan on the 33 but failed not far from the terminus). It is seen here in Belfield after arriving from Swords on the 41X. At the time this was just the Xpresso terminus but is now the main terminus for the university.
WH 1 survived until January 2012 when it was shipped off to the UK and Ensignbus. Sadly it only lasted six months there before being completely destroyed by fire on the 9th June 2012.
Dublin Bus did not give up with electric trials with DM 2 arriving in 2014 but it only made it to 2015, a considerably shorter period in service than WH 1. Belfield 05/05/2010
Hi everyone. Here’s another one from a while back off my old account. I used to pose for photos a lot more back then so I hope you all like it💋💋💋💋💋💋💋
Not sure why this photograph did not intrigue me back in 2016. I love how it turned out now though. :D
Trying to be cheeky! Early attempt at the cross legged from behind shot. I am not sure I am any better at capturing that shot now than I was 15 years ago! Older but not necessarily wiser...
It is 1991 and RH 18 (not RH 17) is on its way to Templeogue with a service on route 15. Both the bus and the route were relatively new, having started in 1990. The 15 connected the city centre with Templeogue, and had its terminus on Scholarstown Road. The route today in 2020 runs cross-city from Clongriffin to Ballycullen Road, and was one of the first routes to go to 24-hour operation in 2019 (along with the 41).
RH 18 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in August 1990 and spent all its career based in Ringsend Garage. It arrived in the base-colours for the all-over ad, with the writing applied in the garage. It was the first Leyland Olympian in Dublin to receive an all-over ad. The bus was withdrawn in 2002 but its career did not end there as it went on to work in the Isle of Man and Scunthorpe. It was still going school work there until 2018 approximately.
Fast Fit have been around in Ireland for approximately 40 years but are now part of the Bridgestone Tyres group. College Street, 11/06/1991
I set the time machine to March 2023! The result is Legs, Eyes, Smile, Curves, & a 2 door coupe! See anything interesting??
1 of 5 photos taken on New York Central's Egyptian Line at Sheff, Indiana in 1914 showing the completion of the watering facilities. In this photo, Thomas Boldman is seen sitting on his motorcar along with 3 other men. The man at left appears to be someone in charge while the other 2 men standing look like workers. It is likely that 1 or all of the other men are Boldmans as well. Wilmer Boldman most likely took these shots at Sheff as he seemed to be the photographer in the family.
The view appears to be looking west from an area south of the tower about 1/2 mile or so. The water tower was on the same side as the interlocking tower.
A trip back in time this week to 1987, a mere 29 years ago. KD 91 is seen at the 33 terminus in Balbriggan, after arriving from Dublin. It is still in CIE livery as Dublin Bus had only been created eight months previously. The terminus was the most northerly in the Dublin Bus network. At the time it was outside the cinema on Dublin Street. The bus route used to do a triangle in Balbriggan. It arrived at the terminus via Old Market Green and departed via The Square and Hampton Street. The bus stop at the terminus was also used by the Bus Eireann service from Dublin to Drogheda/Dundalk. At the time this stretch of road was also the main road to Belfast from Dublin. Having a bus parked here would not help the traffic, having one parked and another stopping certainly did not. Today the 33 terminates outside the Church in Balbriggan, which is further south along Dublin Street. it doesn't have a triangular route either, arriving and departing the terminus the same way. Balbriggan is also now by-passed with the M1 motorway. The Bus Eireann route 101 still serves the stop in this photograph though. 26/10/1987
For Throwback Thursday this week are going back to 1987 and Dublin Bus is just two months old. The new compnay had settled on a colour scheme in the form of adding an orange stripe to two-tone green CIE livery but the logo had not been settled yet. KC 200 is seen at Blackrock with the first attempt at a logo on the side of the bus. This bus is also in the DART Feeder livery and route 114 to Sandyford Industrial Estate was one of those routes.
The bus was also assigned the registration XZV 200 when delivered in 1986 but was registered with the new style number plate prior to entering service. 31/03/1987
This week we are going back eleven years to 2013 and to AV 390 at Rockbrook terminus of route 61.
This was the second route 61 to operate in Dublin, starting in 2011 under Network Direct. Running from the city centre to Whitechurch via Ranelagh and Dundrum. It was a replacement for routes 15B, 16A, and 48A. In the peaks, certain departures were extended to and from Rockbrook, to the south of Whitechurch. Throughout the rest of the day, this area was served by route 161 which runs from Dundrum to Rockbrook. The actual terminus of the 61 (and 161) was beyond Rockbrook, where the bus went down Tibradden Road and terminated near the junction with Whitechurch Road, as seen in the picture here. Route 61 ceased to operate in November 2023 under Bus Connects changes. Route 161 still serves Rockbrook, although the bus stops in the photograph have been removed.
AV 390 was new to Dublin Bus in 2004. It was withdrawn in late-2018 and sold on to another Irish operator.
09/08/2013
It is our first taste of Christmas this week, though a bus more suited to Halloween, so probably the best picture to show in November. Continuing the theme of last week, marking the 50th Anniversary of the D Class, we have a photograph this week of the last D in service with Dublin Bus. While most of the class was withdrawn in the late-1980s and early-1990s, some continued on as tour buses until just before 2000. One bus however had an even more extended career when it became the Ghost Bus around 1998. It survived another fifteen years in this form before being withdrawn at the end of 2013, at which point it was 41 years old. Prior to being the Ghost Bus, or "Molly" as it was called, it was also a coastal tour bus and the 7-Up bus. DF 450 is seen outside the GPO on O'Connell Street. 27/11/2013
A trip back 23 years to route 230. RA 249 is seen at the 230 terminus in Dublin Airport. Behind it is .the road ramp down from the departures area of what is now Terminal 1, but back then was the only terminal in the airport. This terminus was the furthest from the main door of the arrivals area. The direct express bus to the city centre was the closest, followed by the routes such as the 16 or 41. Nowadays those last two routes go some distance away from the terminal building, on the other side of the multi-storey carpark. Where the 230 is in the photo is approximately the area where Aircoach goes from, a private operator that started around 1999.
Route 230 connected the airport with Portmarnock going via Swords and Malahide. It started in 1991 but in 2008 it was merged with the 102 and extended to Sutton. In 2018 this 102 was taken over by Go-Ahead Ireland.
RA 249 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1995. It remained with the company until around 2016, but spent those last 10 years or so as an open-top bus in the tour fleet.
Dublin Airport 14/12/1996
This week we are going back eleven years to 2012, and to RV 584 at Liffey Valley Shopping Centre. On this day, October 13th, an enthusiast trip was organised by Dublin Bus to mark the end of the Volvo Olympian buses (as well as the end of the high-floor buses). RV 584 and RV 586 visited a number of locations around the city, following certain bus routes. Both buses had been delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1999 and within a week of the trip, both had been withdrawn. Both were sold on to other Irish operators. The actual last Olympian to run in passenger service was RV 560 on the 19th December 2012.
In the background is AV 405 on route 40. This had been the terminus of the 40 since 2011, when the route had been merged with the 78 and 78A. It was cut back again in 2022 when route G2 started under Bus Connects. In 2023 this stop was remodelled to become just an intermediate stop as a new bus interchange opened at the front of the shopping centre. AV 405 was withdrawn around the start of 2019, and sold on to another Irish operator. In just over a decade, everything in this scene has changed. Even the bus livery is on the way out.
13/10/2012
This week we are going back a decade to 2013 and AV 388 at the route 161 terminus at Rockbrook / Tibradden.
Route 161 started in 1999 as part of the changes that saw the removal of routes 47/A/B from the network. Initially it operated from Nutgrove Shopping Centre to Rockbrook via Whitechurch. In 2011 the terminus was moved from Nutgrove to interchange at the Luas stop in Dundrum. The 161 was not a very frequent route and when Go-Ahead Ireland took it over in 2019 it was only operating in the peak hours during the week. The Go-Ahead Ireland version of the route still only operates Monday - Friday, but operates throughout the day between 7am and 7pm (approximately). Dublin Bus used to operate the route down Tibradden Road to this point in the photograph near Marlay Park, but Go-Ahead only go as far as Rockbrook itself.
AV 388 was new to Dublin Bus in 2004. It was withdrawn around 2018 and moved to another Irish operator in 2019.
09/08/2013