A few random photos

jhb171achill · February 13, 2015

A nice sunny day about 25 years ago in Lisburn. Note that the spoil wagon is still in UTA markings; these wagons never saw a paintbrush again after delivery in a then-strange light duck-egg blue.

jhb171achill · February 13, 2015

Above: Summer 1990, and 033 rattles through with the midday Rosslare to Dublin.

Below: Summer about half a century earlier, and the body of a goods van off the recently-closed Dublin & Blessington Tramway finds a new home on a farm.

Old Blarney · February 13, 2015

The four Irish Pullman cars (400-403) were, I believe, leased from the Pullman Car Company by the Great Southern Railways from 1926 to 1936. During this period they wore the standard Pullman Livery of Umber and Brown. In 1936 the Pullman Company were reluctant to renew the agreement with the GSR and offered them an opportunity to purchase the four cars. This offer was accepted by the GSR.

Three cars were in service with the fourth retained as a spare. Two cars were used on the Dublin - Cork service and one on the Dublin - Limerick Service via Limerick Junction. This car was removed at the Junction and then made its way to limerick. It returned on an UP-Train via Nenagh and Ballybrophy. This information is held in a Bradshaw's Time-Table in the Railway Record Society Library in Dublin.

Old Blarney

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islandbridgejct · February 14, 2015

Interesting info on the Pullmans, thanks.

p31 of Baker's Railways in the Republic of Ireland shows one of them on a Cork-Rosslare boat train in 1953. Presumably by that stage they were being displaced by newer CIE stock and railcars. He also gives the 1926 / 36 dates.

When I saw the DB van there, I thought it was the Dublin and Belfast Junction, and that it looked very well for its age.

Alan

Edited February 14, 2015 by islandbridgejct
(Added last para)