Robert Shrives Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Ireland - PaulineMcKenna (smugmug.com) Pauline , said it was ok to share the link with these new pics. Robert 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphaph Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 This one is a cracker: 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeconna Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Robert Shrives said: Ireland - PaulineMcKenna (smugmug.com) Pauline , said it was ok to share the link with these new pics. Robert Man there are some shots there for sure! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Pauline is to be thanked for sharing these photos, 100 % excellent photos. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphaph Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Yeah they are brilliant. Several interesting movements caught on camera. The Athy pictures showing what appears to be the delayed up Bell liner reversing into the Ballylinan branch siding to make way for the crossing of the two scheduled passenger services is really super. Probably a rare occurrence as the liner should have been approaching Heuston already at that stage. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 23 hours ago, murphaph said: This one is a cracker: Interesting photo I didn't realise that the 62'9" airbraked flats that ran on the Galway Liner mail were through piped to operate with vacuum fitted stock, the BR Vans and TPO & mail storage vans were through piped to run with air braked stock, the through piping of the wagons would have allowed the non-passenger coaching stock to be attached to the rear of the Liner rather than coupled directly to the loco. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 The Valet Shed looks very clean in 1993, and without any of the current extracting equipment visible. When was it first built? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dempsey Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Brilliant collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flange lubricator Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Great pictures . On 22/3/2021 at 11:21 PM, Rob said: The Valet Shed looks very clean in 1993, and without any of the current extracting equipment visible. When was it first built? I think it was built in the early 1970's to coincide with the arrival of the Mk2D stock from BR and use and maintenance of train sets of them . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphaph Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Yeah I keep going back to this particular collection. Fair play to Pauline for taking the less obvious shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Superb pics. Am I the only one who, after seeing so many excellent colour shots, just scrolled past the black & white ones? Atmospheric as some of these could be, I just could never understand the preference some have for B&W over colour. We don't see in B&W. Always thought the bright blue station colour scheme in the 1990s looked utterly ghastly - so garish. Clashed badly with the orange and black trains. Grouch-like as all of the above sounds, brilliant photos with good colour rendition too, and well composed and sharp. Hopefully Pauline has some more! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphaph Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 She did add some more at one stage but nothing new as far as I can tell for some time now. If she had any more it would be ace. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 45 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: Superb pics. Am I the only one who, after seeing so many excellent colour shots, just scrolled past the black & white ones? Atmospheric as some of these could be, I just could never understand the preference some have for B&W over colour. We don't see in B&W. Always thought the bright blue station colour scheme in the 1990s looked utterly ghastly - so garish. Clashed badly with the orange and black trains. Grouch-like as all of the above sounds, brilliant photos with good colour rendition too, and well composed and sharp. Hopefully Pauline has some more! Although the quality has improved over yesterdecades, as a generalization, B&W from the 1950s has a lot better quality than many color shots from the 1970. If the garish blues or newer PW stock offends, best stay with the B&Ws? Hadn't realized that they Tara’s had the last 2 digits emboldened high on the side to ID the wagon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie10646 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 58 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: Superb pics. Am I the only one who, after seeing so many excellent colour shots, just scrolled past the black & white ones? Atmospheric as some of these could be, I just could never understand the preference some have for B&W over colour. We don't see in B&W. Always thought the bright blue station colour scheme in the 1990s looked utterly ghastly - so garish. Clashed badly with the orange and black trains. Grouch-like as all of the above sounds, brilliant photos with good colour rendition too, and well composed and sharp. Hopefully Pauline has some more! Ah, Jon, ye've sold yer soul to the Divil - B&W film (and results) was Light Years better than Colour until mid sixties, at least. That said, as Pauline demonstrates, colour is massively useful to the modeller. Good colour film would have settled what GN Blue looked like, or, indeed, the green of GSR Green (on the 800s)? A pity John Ford didn't find an excuse to get John Wayne to Ballyglunin via Belfast and Cork? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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