Ireland 1984

[Riversuir226]

Oh man, just had a weepy moment

http://steverabone.com/RailwayPhotographs/ireland_1984.htm

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

Yep that site will do that to you:)

[jhb171achill]

Stunning! Must dig out me own stuff....

[snapper]

Stunning! Must dig out me own stuff....

 

You just have amassed a great collection to go with all your great stories.

[RedRich]

That's a great collection and a great find Tom. I have great memories of it. How many folk on here were even born then. I love the shots of the WLR line. which is one I have travelled on many times. All that freight is breaking my heart. I got a bit stumped with this one for a few seconds as it is a mirror image of a ship docked at the North Quay's.

 

 

Rich,

[heirflick]

Oh man, just had a weepy moment

http://steverabone.com/RailwayPhotographs/ireland_1984.htm

 

beautiful!

[josefstadt]

Absolutely brilliant! The railway then had so much more variety and interest than today's plastic version. So much more modelling potential.

 

The photo of Portarlington had me puzzled for a while - it is back to front and should look like

 

[h gricer]

Josefstadt

The Athlone Midland station photo is also back to front, the main station building is on the upside on the western side of the viaduct, it had me puzzled as its the other way round, maybe try and fix it

[josefstadt]

Josefstadt

The Athlone Midland station photo is also back to front, the main station building is on the upside on the western side of the viaduct, it had me puzzled as its the other way round, maybe try and fix it

 

Your wish is command! Looking more closely, there are three Athlone photos back to front: