Horsetan Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 (edited) Stumbled across a huuuuuuge collection of colour photos on Flickr, posted by the intriguingly-named "MajorCalloway". Amongst them are a small, but significant number of railway photos, including a gloomy platform shot inside Kingsbridge Station, circa 1961. Also this one at Dun Laoghaire. They are mostly from the 1960s and 1970s, but there are some late '50s pics in there as well. Click here to view the album Kindly note that I accept no responsibility for wallowing in nostalgia Edited January 18, 2014 by Horsetan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cg-antrim Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 An amazing collection. Is it just me or are the steam locos actually black rather than grey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 The ones I looked at appeared to be very black. As black as a priest's socks (which should be really black, and not actually just a very very very very very very very very very very dark blue). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cg-antrim Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Yes, I'm also nostalgic for Father Ted, now that you can't get full episodes online anymore ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 great find- ya good thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 Thing is, these scenes are all within living memory....especially the 1970s ones. If you're doing period modelling, photos like these are priceless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 What's wrecking my head is that even the 80's stuff looks a lifetime ago. Never mind the 60's. Definitely getting old... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) An amazing collection. Is it just me or are the steam locos actually black rather than grey? Entirely grey until early fifties when a very small number of the overall total got lined green. From mid fifties some were repainted grey, others black. Edited January 19, 2014 by jhb171achill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 What's wrecking my head is that even the 80's stuff looks a lifetime ago. Never mind the 60's. Definitely getting old... As a child of the early 70s, I am already going downhill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Am I the only one that finds that it takes ages to download flickr photos / albums? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 Am I the only one that finds that it takes ages to download flickr photos / albums? That's because Flickr insists on cramming in as many photos per "page" as possible. Sometimes as many as 500 at a time. Not fun to wait for if they're all mega-high resolution.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Holman Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Wow - that collection is quite something and a really valuable resource for modellers in terms of incidental details and colour. We have vehicle number plates, a lovely range of prototypes, lots of ideas for buildings, plus loads of info on the colours of peoples clothes at that time. Also brings back memories of my first visit to Ireland, one of the many minor highlights was being stuck in a traffic jam in Nenagh - it was market day. The vehicle in front was a cattle lorry and its passengers had clearly been feasting on spring grass.. The steady stream of liquid manure coming out the back of the lorry was slowly filling up the gutter, much to the consternation of the two housewives who had just scrubbed their bit of that pavement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 An amazing collection. Is it just me or are the steam locos actually black rather than grey? Late GSWR / all GSR - all grey, except the three 800 class. CIE - same, but passenger / Dublin suburban locos largely lined green after about 1949/50, and a handful (but not that many) repainted in black from the mid 50's to the end of steam. A grey loco very quickly started to look blackish if "cleaned" with oily rags, or rarely cleaned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 The Bandon Tank (460) shown in that photo is, I believe, one of the CIE locos which received black treatment instead of grey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 on the demon night duty as i write and looking at those pics is a great way of passing the break time!....brings back some memories too:tumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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