railwaymen

many moustaches! -- Seen on my Flickr home page. (?)

joe crowley Obviously the rebel of the bunch!

National Library of Ireland on The Commons ...or he got banished to the back row! haha

From this article For their impact on the character of trade unionism, the most important state interventions were those on the railway and in agriculture. Under severe rank and file pressure, the London-based National Union of Railwaymen (NUR) sanctioned a national strike in Ireland in December 1916. As private interests would not meet the pay demand, the government stepped in to keep the war effort running smoothly, took control of Ireland's thirty two railway companies, and awarded a substantial war bonus. Over the next nine months the NUR's Irish affiliation rocketed from 5,000 to 17,000 members. It was a victory for the rank and file over the union’s London executive, as well as for the union over the railway companies. In 1917 NUR men launched the monthly journal New Way and developed the most articulate rank and file movement in Ireland during these years. The same article mentions James 'Big Jim' Larkin (and his hat and droopy moustache), but according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Larkin he was in the USA between 1914 and 1923.

British Library, Colindale Newspaper Library "The New Way" Dublin 1917, Irish Railway Review The organ of railway workers and railway users in Ireland. Microfilm: Oct.1917 explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt...

Your Correct, water is being taken on in this image and not coal! You can see in enlargement water running from the end of the metal feed pipe where it meets the canvas hose, on close inspection you can see the canvas hose entering the water tank on the tender just below the circular tank cover which is standing up against the upright of the coal bunker and the fireman is watching closely the water level as I think this tank is almost full

The folks in that house on the right have built an extension since 1961 (Google Streetview). The railway layout was a little different in 1907 (Os 25" map), the tank was originally to the right, not between the tracks, and there was a turntable to the right where that engine shed is in 1961.

This looks great on black Carol.

Nice shot

I was trying to figure out why the worker had to put such effort into lifting the hose but of course he is not lifting the hose he is opening the valve to allow the water to flow into the tank. Its a nice shot of the operation though the hose connection below the tower is a lot lower than I remember them.

Guessing somewhere between September and November 1893.

There was a later 'barn' on the right, via loose_grip_99 -
Ed. - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000322726

Mr O'Dea was there at the end in 1959 - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000304742

Services began 4/09/1893

Sometimes Flickr is amazing! The water tower (above the carriages with pristine stonework) has survived. In 2014 via loose_grip_99

Suck Diesel beachcomber australia I will go with 1893 as the start year, I need a little more before changing the end date. Mary