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For this edition of Throwback Thursday I decided to go back to Spring Break 2016.
Here we have an Air France Airbus A340 [F-GLZS] departing from Princess Juliana Airport.
The idea for this shot actually came from my dad. We were sitting by the bay side tiki bar at our resort having drinks and escaping the pop up rain showers in the area. This spot ended up having a cool view of the departures from the airport. He mentioned that I should try to get one of the poles in the shot. Well it worked out pretty well!
This aircraft is now stored.
This week we are going back a decade to AX 451 on Lorcan Avenue with a service on route 27B to Eden Quay.
Route 27B started running between the city centre and Castletimon (where Lorcan Avenue is located) in 1971. In 2004 the route was extended north, through Santry and on to terminate at Harristown garage. Buses still loop around Castletimon, with this bus stop on Lorcan Avenue being served by buses going in both directions.
AX 451 was new to Dublin Bus in 2006. It was withdrawn around December 2018, and was sold on to another Irish operator.
Under Bus Connects, it is proposed to serve the full length of Lorcan Avenue with new route A1.
06/06/2014
Bit of an unusual Throwback this week. It is 2003 and RV 631 is seen on Abbey Street. Although it is in service, it is not operating a Dublin Bus service. Instead it is helping out with Bus Eireann. In the early 2000s Dublin Bus transferred a number of Olympians to Bus Eireann to help out and provide extra capacity. At the time the Special Olympics were on Dublin and a large number of low-floor buses from Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann were in use on special shuttle services. That is how RV 631 ended up on a 105 to Ratoath. The bus did return to Dublin Bus and stayed in service until 2012 when the final Olympians were withdrawn.
On the left can be construction works for the Luas Red Line. That exact location became the Abbey stop on the tram line. As a result of this the bus stop is no longer in existence and the 103 to Ratoath currently departs from Beresford Place. 22/06/2003
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 week for Throwback Thursday we are going back to 2008. RV 460 is seen arriving at Dundrum with a 44C from the City Centre to Ballyogan. This route was a short working of route 44, which operated from the City Centre to Enniskerry via Ballyogan. The 44 used to divert off the main road to do a loop around Ballyogan before rejoing the main road, and it did this in both directions.
Today the 44C is gone, the 44 operates from DCU to Enniskerry and skips Ballyogan. The latter is now served by just route 63 and the Luas Green Line. The bus went to Dualway's once it finished its career with Dublin Bus. 08/05/2008
This week we are going back thirty-six years to 1988 and to KC 118 at Bus Aras. The bus is operating one of the express services to Dublin Airport.
When this photo was taken the service to Dublin Airport was already decades old. It started with CIE and over the years had double-deckers, single-deckers and coaches on it. In 1982 KC 116 to 119 were delivered new to CIE to operate the service. In February 1988 they received this all-over ad / livery for Aer Lingus. Then in 1990 the buses lost their centre doors to increase their capacity and allow more luggage space on board. However, in 1994 they moved from the Airport Express service to route 230 and regained their centre doors. 1994 was the year Dublin Bus received new AD Class buses and rebranded the service as Airlink. Airlink suspended operations in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic and then announced in 2021 the cessation of operations.
KC 118 was finally withdrawn by Dublin Bus in the late-1990s.
Aer Lingus was flew its first flight in 1936. It was floated on the stock exchange by the Irish government in 2006 and was finally taken over by IAG in 2015.
21/02/1988
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
This shot taken in 1913 along the NYC's "Egyptian Line" at Kentland, Indiana shows part of a work train including 3 Boldman men: l. to r.-Frank Boldman, Thomas Boldman and John Boldman. Photo is believed to have been taken by Wilmer Boldman. Phil Boldman family collection.
At the time of this photo, the Boldmans were primarily in charge of maintaining watering systems (pumps, towers, etc) on the line, however, there were many family members with all sorts of jobs.
Also in shot is CI&S (NYCL) #151 M.O.W. car, labeled as Water Department. IHB #X11 & another CI&S car. The train is sitting in the southbound pass track with the men standing with their feet facing the southward track, followed by the northward track. It looks as though they are facing another photographer who may be on the NYC's depot platform.
View looks N/W from the area near the depot.
This week we are going back twelve years to 2013 and to AV 359 in Rialto, with a service on route 68A to Bulfin Road.
The original route 68A was in operation between 1994 and 1997, and ran between the city centre and Cherrywood in Clondalkin. The current route 68A, as seen here, started in 2011, running between the city centre and Bulfin Road going via the South Circular Road. It was designed to provide capacity on route 68 in the peaks between those two locations, following the end of route 19 under Network Direct. Currently in 2025 there are two departures from Bulfin Road during the weekday morning, and three departures from Hawkins Street during the weekday evening.
AV 359 was new to Dublin Bus in 2003. It was withdrawn in 2018 and was later sold on.
21/02/2013
These two particular dolls really changed my perception of the Barbie brand. I was happy to see them readily available year after year until Raquelle was nowhere to be found in the US for the "Style" line only to be released elsewhere and to finally come back twice unfortunately with poorly printed eyes. She has yet to appear back with this gorgeous face. Ryan on the other hand had his sculpt completely redone and never returned. Mattel please bring them back... just the way they used to be!
Here's to hoping we get them in collectible sized heads in any upcoming lines whether it be "The Look" or not even in collectible size heads, just back in "Fashionistas." I would get excited just to see them back in some form be it a picture in the Barbiestyle Instagram account. What do you guys think? Which Raquelle and Ryan are your favorite releases?
On a cool winter afternoon in 2008, NS 119 passes through downtown Salisbury with a set of vintage EMD power made up of an NS SD60 and two leased EMDX SD40-2s. The passenger station on the left has since undergone a major renovation and the old freight house towards the back of the picture has been demolished as well. The EMD power has probably been either rebuilt or scrapped.
Another shot from the Phil Boldman collection is this view looking north on Chicago, Indiana & Southern (later NYC Egyptian line) at Sheff, Indiana, circa 1914. There is a lot one could argue about this photo. The fact that it looks as though there is a town at left, and an awful lot of buildings makes me think this is not Sheff. However, after having that conversation with Phil proved otherwise. There was in fact a town here. There were company houses, a hotel, a post office, at least one restaurant and a lot of railroad facilities. This photo was taken by Thomas Boldman and was actually only to show the new watering facilities that he helped set up. Sheff tower would be in the distance on the left side of the tracks. At right in the distance are the M-O-W shanties along the Big 4 and moving left, the top of the roundhouse can be seen. I spent a lot of time zooming in and researching this photo and much to my doubt, it is in fact Sheff, Indiana. This is the only photo evidence I have ever seen to prove that a town actually existed here. Another good fact is that this photo was with 4 others from what looks like the same day. This was the only northward view.
The double track seen here that ran from Morocco, Indiana to Sheff would end approx. a half mile behind this view. In later years, it would end at the tower and this track would be used for headroom for trains switching in the yard.
CI&S RR, Sheff, Indiana
Circa 1914
Looking north at new watering facility
Thomas Boldman photo, Phil Boldman collection
While I'm reading In praise of slowness by Carl Honoré I leave you with this page made years ago.
Enjoy yourself!
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...
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.
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
This week we are going back a mere two years to 2017 (which is also twenty-one months after Throwback Thursday started). WV 52 is seen at the terminus of the 44B in Glencullen. This is one of the more remote terminus on the Dublin Bus network and the 44B is one of the more infrequent routes. It runs between here and Dundrum, passing the famous Johnnie Fox's Pub on the way. The route dates back to the 1930s when it used to run to the City Centre and was more frequent at the weekends as it brought walkers to the Dublin Mountains. In 2009 it was cut back to Dundrum, and only had a service in the morning peak and the afternoons. There was a Saturday only service to Ranelagh but it too was dropped in 2012.
The route is one of the most scenic in Dublin, as it climbs up out of Dundrum to Glencullen, providing great views over the city and has been known to the bus engine under some strain.
WV 52 was delivered to Dublin Bus in 2001 and was the last member of the WV Class, and therefore the last single-decker delivered to Dublin Bus until the WS Class arrived in 2017. Due to the nature of the route, only single-deck buses can be used. Three WVs were kept in service for the 44B while the rest of the Dublin Bus fleet was double-decker. WV 50 was the first to go in early 2017 and WV 51 and WV 52 were replaced by two Wright Streetlites (WS 1 and WS 2) which were purchased specifically to operate the 44B. The first one went into service on the 1st December 2017 and the WVs were then withdrawn from service. WV 52 was the only one to receive an LED destination. 31/10/2017
This week we are going back nine years to 2016 (the year this series started) and to EV 49 at the station in Skerries with a service on route 33 to Balbriggan.
CIE started operating route 33 between the city centre and Skerries in 1958, when they took over the route from the Great Northern Railway (Ireland). The 33 went via Swords, Lusk and Rush. Certain departures on the route operated to Balbriggan, and the route basically operates the same today.
Some buses were, and still are, parked overnight at the railway station in Skerries. This is evidenced here by the shed in the background and SG 106 parked beside it. Driver changes can also happen here, which is why EV 49 is at the station. Most services on the 33 do not serve the station directly like this.
EV 49 was new to Dublin Bus in 2007. In 2017 it joined the DoDublin Tour, operated by Dublin Bus, and became an open-top bus.
SG 106 was new to Dublin Bus in 2015, and is still in service today.
11/07/2016