Wexford70 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 This image is on eBay and I could not identify the location Any ideas? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flange lubricator Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 8 minutes ago, Wexford70 said: This image is on eBay and I could not identify the location Any ideas? Answer's on a postcard -Dundalk? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 It’s Dundalk, looking north. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dempsey Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 What year were the sidings for the brewery ripped up does anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 4 hours ago, Dempsey said: What year were the sidings for the brewery ripped up does anyone know? Early to mid 1990s, I think? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dempsey Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Before or after the closer of the ardee road freight yard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Dempsey said: Before or after the closer of the ardee road freight yard? Dunno……. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Photo is 1992 or after as 181 was in CIE/IR transitional livery in 1991 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wexford70 Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 Another one folks from eBay Any suggestions? The old CIE 20ft containers in the background (right) are interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttc0169 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Kilkenny 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeper Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 MacDonagh Junction shopping centre is now there instead of the freight yard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Somebody left their luggage behind 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wexford70 Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 Any identify what this new shiny coach was? Again from eBay: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) Its at Thurles , Dublin end of the station. No idea what or the time though! Edited January 5, 2022 by Irishswissernie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flange lubricator Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) It's Thurles Feb 1960 the picture is from the O'Dea collection Holdings: New 616 vans, Thurles, Co. Tipperary. (nli.ie) Edited January 5, 2022 by flange lubricator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Wonder what they mean by “616” vans? Probably 61ft 6ins….!!! The National Library’s categorisation of O’Dea’s pictures is riddled with mis-spellings, misinterpretations and numerous straightforward errors! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K801 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 (edited) I can live with the odd error as the photos are great Edited January 6, 2022 by K801 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 8 minutes ago, K801 said: I can live with the odd error as the photos are great They are, yes, agreed - though I'm afraid it's more than the odd error! He got to many places that other enthusiasts didn't and seems to have a special interest in the innards of signal cabins and their staff. That alone is gold dust - not many others thought of that. He was a very nice man to talk to. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Dead right about offbeat pictures and their value. The late JJ Smith was another who did this. Two days before the SLNC closed he spent some 8 hours at Florencecourt photographing everything that came through. The station is literally in the middle of nowhere - not even a pub for refuge between trains! It was terribly wet that day but he persisted and even got very rare images of the cabin interior and its antiquated fittings - including the signalling diagram. So we all owe a debt of gratitude to those photographers who see beyond the usual ! 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h gricer Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) On 6/1/2022 at 7:40 AM, Galteemore said: Dead right about offbeat pictures and their value. The late JJ Smith was another who did this. Two days before the SLNC closed he spent some 8 hours at Florencecourt photographing everything that came through. The station is literally in the middle of nowhere - not even a pub for refuge between trains! It was terribly wet that day but he persisted and even got very rare images of the cabin interior and its antiquated fittings - including the signalling diagram. So we all owe a debt of gratitude to those photographers who see beyond the usual ! Indeed, Jim O'Dea was a traveling salesman and travel the length and breadth of the country in his Morris Minor 850, he travel on the last train from Valentia to Farranfore in January 1960, he gave many slide shows of his travels, photographing the interior of signal cabins and diagrams, his favorite signal cabin I recall was Enfield on the Sligo line, I met him there in 1987, the signalman in Enfield the late Colm Pender??? I think his name was, a real friendly gent and was always welcoming to enthusiasts, he loved O'Dea for his knowledge and sometimes would bring him a surprise photo, it's one thing I do miss on the modern railway, the mechanical signal cabins and of course the friendly signalmen. Edited January 21, 2022 by h gricer 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 O'Dea wrote a superb article in the IRRS Journal at the time about his jaunt to Valentia Harbour on the last day - truly a marathon. Was a very nice man to talk to, I met him several times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 On 5/1/2022 at 7:47 PM, Wexford70 said: Any identify what this new shiny coach was? Again from eBay: CIE mail / parcels / brake coach, to an old GSR design dating from, I think, 1935. Modern bogies on this one, as most of them (there were maybe ten or so in total). The CIE ones were built in 1960, according to Doyle & Hirsch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 On 6/1/2022 at 12:49 AM, jhb171achill said: They are, yes, agreed - though I'm afraid it's more than the odd error! He got to many places that other enthusiasts didn't and seems to have a special interest in the innards of signal cabins and their staff. That alone is gold dust - not many others thought of that. He was a very nice man to talk to. Amazingly sharp photos too for the time. You can zoom in and read the signal cabin clockmaker's names on the dials in some of them. Some nice photos of staff at rest and work too. I find the standard 3/4 front view of locos and trains without any humans in sight to be rather boring and lifeless. You could be forgiven for thinking that trains ran themselves without any human intervention in some photo collections. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, minister_for_hardship said: Amazingly sharp photos too for the time. You can zoom in and read the signal cabin clockmaker's names on the dials in some of them. Some nice photos of staff at rest and work too. I find the standard 3/4 front view of locos and trains without any humans in sight to be rather boring and lifeless. You could be forgiven for thinking that trains ran themselves without any human intervention in some photo collections. Very true. O'Dea's collection features very many cabins, with and without staff, including many of which (after decades of examining photos of all sorts) I have often never seen any other internal view of. As many others have commented, he also has a strong emphasis on staff in all areas in his phots, just as the late Mac Arnold had in his writings (often to the exclusion of much else!). I spent several days during the lockdown this time last year trawling every single image of his that is online and making notes. Ten years ago I did the same, by examining them on microfilm in the National Archives; it took me almost a week! Superb stuff, very educational. Edited January 21, 2022 by jhb171achill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wexford70 Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 Interesting one from eBay: Any idea where and when? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 I think its Killarney but unable to confirm at present due to being a guest once again of the NHS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seagoebox Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Yes, it is Killarney. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warb Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 35 minutes ago, Irishswissernie said: I think its Killarney but unable to confirm at present due to being a guest once again of the NHS Hope you are on the mend regards warb 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 3 hours ago, Irishswissernie said: I think its Killarney but unable to confirm at present due to being a guest once again of the NHS Do you have a loyalty card? Those points must be adding up... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 4 hours ago, Irishswissernie said: I think its Killarney but unable to confirm at present due to being a guest once again of the NHS Get well soon, Ernie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixfan Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Best wishes Ernie and get home soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Thanks Jim, got home late last night . The one bright spot of the last week was the discovery that Rake Lane Hospital at North Shields actually provide a full cooked breakfast for patients! 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Welcome back Ernie. Glad my Nat Ins payments are being used for something worthwhile ! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wexford70 Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 20 hours ago, Irishswissernie said: I think its Killarney but unable to confirm at present due to being a guest once again of the NHS Get well soon! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishplate7 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 On 20/1/2022 at 8:20 PM, h gricer said: Indeed, Jim O'Dea was a traveling salesman and travel the length and breadth of the country in his Morris Minor 850, he travel on the last train from Valentia to Farranfore in January 1960, he gave many slide shows of his travels, photographing the interior of signal cabins and diagrams, his favorite signal cabin I recall was Enfield on the Sligo line, I met him there in 1987, the signalman in Enfield the late Colm Pender??? I think his name was, a real friendly gent and was always welcoming to enthusiasts, he loved O'Dea for his knowledge and sometimes would bring him a surprise photo, it's one thing I do miss on the modern railway, the mechanical signal cabins and of course the friendly signalmen. Colum Pender is indeed correct! A lovely, kind man, with a big welcome for anyone who was interested in the railways. I spent many evenings with him in the cabin in the 1980's and 1990's. He passed away a number of years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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