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Drung Hill, Co. Kerry

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Pechristener said:
    Farranfore to Valentia Harbour railway in service from 1893 till 1960. It was the most Western railway in Europe.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Pechristener Thanks for the dating info, I've changed the date on this one too! We'll have to start paying you commission - finder's fee for dates...
  • Swordscookie said:
    This is a Railway buffs dream, fantastic shot. I'd imagine it was a nightmare coming back up again?
  • Ciarán Cooney said:
    This is the Great Southern & Western inspection car. It was travelling out the Valentia line as it had just been opened, as noted in 1893. The cutting and soil as you can see is still fresh from the construction.
  • 2c.. said:
    Drung hill was a notable section on this line in having 3 short tunnels in quick succession sitting high on a narrow ledge 270ft over the south shore of Dingle bay and just above the road to Cahirciveen. The line was built under the Light Railway Act of 1889, but it could hardly be called so as it’s costly building (£8,800 a mile) required many sections of heavy engineering, like around distant Drung Hill above. Ironically this part of the line mirrored the northern part of the famous "Ring of Kerry tourist route which gets clogged with large slow moving buses in high season, the railway closing in 1960 just before the age of mass transatlantic tourist travel that might have helped prolonged it's potential. Here's a what remains of the tunnels around the hill, still set above the road for the keen eyed! www.flickr.com/photos/2cme/4953606423/in/set-721576227747... www.flickr.com/photos/2cme/4095848764/in/set-721576227747...

A big carriage and nearly a Beetle...

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    BCI 239 ? (I can't find my glasses!) 28 October 1968 was a Monday ... 28 October 1967 was a Saturday ...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The internet is sometimes AMAZING!
    "beetle.ie - Ireland’s first ever census on classic Irish aircooled VWs" - beetle.ie/vehicle/bci-239/
  • Niall McAuley said:
    beachcomber australia Incredible! The O'Dea shot is listed as Athy in the catalogue, that Beetle page says: It was parked at the side of a garage in Monastervin, County Kildare. in the mid 80s, 20 years later, just 20km up the road.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The Streetview shows that the layout at Athy is very simple now, just twin tracks straight through, but on the 25" it was more complex, with Cattle pens West of the line and track to the Goods shed at left/East. There was a section with buffers behind the surviving water tank. I think that is where the Bowater carriage was pictured, given the points in the foreground.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Niall McAuley Incredible is right!!