greatnorthernrailway
14 photos tagged greatnorthernrailway, from 6 members of Flickr Commons.
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- National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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- University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections
- Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
- U.S. National Archives
- The National Archives UK
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Train of 1862 & 1924 Limited -- Great Northern (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded June 2022
Skegness is so bracing from The National Archives UK uploaded August 2018
All that remains of the GNR! from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded May 2018
GNR [i.e. Great Northern Railway] Station, Belfast from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded April 2017
Trains lined up at sheds, Adelaide, Co. Antrim. from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded July 2015
Tramway demolition, Howth, Co. Dublin from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded May 2015
April 22, 1961 from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded April 2012
December 28, 1959 from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded December 2011
Keady Railway Station from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded September 2011
First train breaking through the Cascade Tunnel, Washington from University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections uploaded September 2010
Engraving plant on press car (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2009
William Crooks (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded August 2008
Conversations
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Tramway demolition, Howth, Co. Dublin
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- National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
- Sharon Corbet said:
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- Niall McAuley said:
- Sharon Corbet said:
William Crooks (LOC)
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Nathan Adams said:
William Crooks refers to the locomotive. It was the first one in the State of Minnesota. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Crooks
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The Library of Congress said:
Captain Slack: Thanks for the additional information. We will update the source data and reload the description.
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Scintillating Self said:
The 6th man from the left (beard) is James J. Hill President of Great Northern Railway who died in 1916, and the building looks like the Saint Paul Minnesota Union Depot
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Peter Solano said:
I like this photo, I only wish the signature were somewhere else less visible.
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technogeo said:
Interesting example of a preserved (and restored) machine in the early 20th century: a wood-burning 1861 steam locomotive, ca. 1915.
Keady Railway Station
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Niall McAuley said:
A short lived line. It only opened in 1910, and the section South to Castleblayney closed in 1923 after partition. The whole line closed in 1957.
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Art Siegel said:
According to this source, the station opened on May 31, 1909 and closed on January 1, 1957.
www.railbrit.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf
www.railbrit.co.uk/Ireland/statement.htm -
Anthony**Gray said:
The last day of operation was 30/9/1957.