Joe Bloggs Irish Railway Photos
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This is my collection of Irish Railway photos from the late 1980`s to the present day.

If you wish to purchase a full size image please get in touch via the contact me option.

Please feel free to leave any comments (good or bad) and rate photos if you wish.

Having to book my trips across the water well in advance I do not have the luxury of picking just sunny days to go out with the camera. So I appologise in advance for the lack of sun...

*Latest News*

Next trip Jan 2010 - Castles and 80 class trip.

2010 is the `Year Of The Tree`.

No, I`m not turning in to a hippy and starting to care about rain forests, I`ll be chasing timber trains in what could be the last year of the Mayo timber traffic...
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2009-10-14 23:02:13
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2009-10-14 22:52:58
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2009-09-20 22:17:10
1 image added to NEW PHOTOS - DUNLIN 19 SEPEMBER 2009
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Top Photographs of All Time
123_1.jpg   123 With the Dublin Postal at Cork, 1990  121 Class  (1243)
Vic Berrys 3.jpg   215 and another `C` class loco being cut up at Vic Berrys yard in June 1990  201 (C) Class  (1067)
Vic Berrys 2.jpg   215 along with a BR class 47 being cut up at Vic Berrys yard in June 1990  201 (C) Class  (1010)
DSCF0052__Small_m.JPG   148, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (870)
DSCF0096__Small_m.JPG   200 class loco, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (863)
Vic Berrys 1.jpg   215 and another `C` class loco being cut up at Vic Berrys yard in June 1990  201 (C) Class  (862)
DSCF0065__Small_m.JPG   015, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (781)
DSCF0053__Small_m.JPG   123, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (747)
DSCF0064__Small_m.JPG   015, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (689)
10 DSCF0066__Small_m.JPG   015, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (676)
11 DSCF0061__Small_m.JPG   Preserved coach, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (676)
12 DSCF0067__Small_m.JPG   A3, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (662)
13 DSCF0071__Small_m.JPG   173, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (645)
14 DSCF0063__Small_m.JPG   C231, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (620)
15 DSCF0073__Small_m.JPG   086, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (618)
16 DSCF0079__Small_m.JPG   186, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (566)
17 DSCF0094__Small_m.JPG   204, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (559)
18 DSCF0084__Small_m.JPG   124, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (552)
19 DSCF0072__Small_m.JPG   086, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (540)
20 DSCF0086__Small_m.JPG   124, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (532)
21 DSCF0093__Small_m.JPG   204, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (528)
22 DSCF0083__Small_m.JPG   206, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (524)
23 DSCF0098__Small_m.JPG   182, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (523)
24 DSCF0091__Small_m.JPG   216, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (522)
25 DSCF0058__Small_m.JPG   189, Inchicore  Inchicore Works visit  (516)
Most Recent Collections
20th Sep 2009Private Collection
As the gallery says...they`re private!
13th Aug 2009Night At The Museum - Hels Kitchen bar & railway museum
Hells Kitchen is a bar with a railway museum in Castlerea.

Pride of place is A55 which is half in the bar and half in the museum!
12th Jun 2009Weed Spray Train
One of the most illusive trains on Irish Rail.

These are my only pictures of the weed spray train...
15th Jun 2009Closed Stations, Signal Boxes, Disused Lines etc...
This gallery is of closed and disused stations, signalboxes and disused lines etc.

It also includes the odd photo of non closed stations - do not be concerned...
1st Jan 2009Sligo Timber
At the end of 2008 the timber from Sligo to Waterford ceased running.

The photos in this gallery are all of this flow which hopefully will return one day...
8th Dec 2008Mark 3 Farewell Railtour
A selection of photos from the excellent Mark 3 Farewell Tour. Many thanks to Ian Walsh and everybody else for making it a super day. Many more please...
2nd Nov 2008Wagons, Carts and Darts...
These are the pictures taken of units in full sun whilst waiting for a real train to appear.

However, when the real train arrives the sun has usually gone behind a cloud!

These are pictures of the `Carts before the storm`...
2nd Nov 2008Push pull
This gallery shows all variants driving brake generator vans...
15th Sep 2008Kilmastulla-Limerick Shale traffic
Kilmastulla Quarry-Limerick Cement factory is one of the few remaining turns for the class 141 locomotives.
However, the trains aren`t guaranteed to run and are regularly cancelled...
1st May 2008The Tara`a
Tara Mines is Europes largest Zinc ore mine.

This gallery shows the trffic from the mines to Dublin`s Alexandre Road mineral terminal...
25th Apr 2008Bord Na Mona Bog Railway
When the Sligo logs didn`t run and no other 071 action it was time to formulate a `Plan B`.

What we came up with was Edenderry Power Station and the narrow guage bog railway that serves it.

I`ve absolutely no idea what`s what so any info on the pics is appreciated...
25th Mar 2008`A` Class
A selection of photos of the `A Class`...
11th Oct 2006Farewell to the Ballina Cravens...
With only weeks till the end of the loco hauled shuttle from Manulla Jct to Ballina I made one final visit for some 071 thrash...

These pictures have been reuploaded after being resized using Photoshop-producing far sharper images.
7th Jan 2008Railfreight
A collection is of various classes of loco on various different freight workings...
1st Jun 1989201 (C) Class
A couple of pictures of `C` class locos being cut up at Vic Berrys yard, Leicester in June 1990.
2nd Feb 2006Coaching Stock
A selection of photos of various different types of coaching stock...
1st Aug 2005Inchicore Works visit
Photos from an official works visit this summer...
18th Sep 2005111 Class
A selection of photos of the 111`s...
18th Sep 2005104 Class
A selection of photos of the 104`s
18th Sep 2005101 Class
A selection of photos of the 101`s...
18th Sep 2005181 Class
A selection of photos of the 181`s...
18th Sep 2005201 Class
A selection of photos of the 201`s...
18th Sep 2005121 Class
Photos of the class 121`s...
18th Sep 2005141 Class
Photos of the class 141`s...
18th Sep 2005071 Class
Various photos of the 071`s
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The closed line behind Limerick Jct staion which trains used to use to access the Waterford Bay Platform, May 2009
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123 With the Dublin Postal at Cork, 1990
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