Enemy lines: the conflict on Irish Railways 1922-23

[Flying Snail]

Interesting article up on RTÉ'S website about Irish railways north and south in 1922/23 - civil war disruption, strikes etc all feature.

Article here: https://www.rte.ie/history/irish-free-state/2022/1123/1337904-the-conflict-on-irish-railways-1922-23/

Fascinating read ... only let down by this pic <ahem, ahem> of a Great Southern & Western Railway steam locomotive at the company's Inchicore Works, Dublin, Ireland in 1916.

But apart from that Scottish diversion, a fascinating read!

Edited December 6, 2022 by Flying Snail
added hyperlink to article ... and fixed typos (the irony is not lost on me)

[minister_for_hardship]

The Getty images photo is captioned incorrectly and picked up by whoever edited the piece.

Not the author as I'm sure he'd spot that straight away!

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/great-southern-western-railway-4-6-0-steam-locomotive-no-news-photo/90779726

[Flying Snail]

It can easily happen  - I often see G&SWR images coming up when I search for GS&WR online (and yep, the editor would have expected to be able to rely on Getty Images too). And as I said above, it's a fascinating read - the author clearly knows his subject.

Edited December 6, 2022 by Flying Snail

[airfixfan]

Really like those Scottish Baltic tanks. Poor photo research

Edited December 7, 2022 by airfixfan

[Westcorkrailway]

4 minutes ago, airfixfan said:

Poor photo research

https://www.echolive.ie/nostalgia/arid-40253438.html
 

Take a look at the 3rd photo….classic West Cork shot  

[jhb171achill]

1 hour ago, Westcorkrailway said:

https://www.echolive.ie/nostalgia/arid-40253438.html
 

Take a look at the 3rd photo….classic West Cork shot  

What is WRONG wit6h these people! A West Clare loco and a Scottish loco in West Cork........ idiotic, lazy, bone idle "research"!