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Irish Railways 1979

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Inchicore noise barrier, including a number of Sulzer B-class diesels with B101 & B102 nearest the camera

May 15, 1979



Large GM 087 peeps out of the servicing shed at Inchicore

May 15, 1979



Inside the servicing shed at Inchicore

May 15, 1979



Inside the Carriage Works at Inchicore

May 15, 1979



Sulzer B112 at Inchicore

May 15, 1979



085 at Inchicore

May 15, 1979



Inside the Erecting Shop at Inchicore

May 15, 1979



The Sundries Terminal at North Wall

May 15, 1979



North Wall

May 15, 1979



Freightliner container at North Wall

May 15, 1979



Reach Stacker at North Wall

May 15, 1979



North Wall

May 15, 1979



North Wall

May 15, 1979



I Mech E Railway Division special awaits departure at Boora Bord na Mona depot

May 16, 1979



BnaM inspection trolley at Boora

May 16, 1979



Hunslet Wagonmaster

May 16, 1979



Ex- West Clare Railway railcar trailer

May 16, 1979



Turf harvesting on Boora Bog

May 16, 1979



Turf harvesting on Boora Bog

May 16, 1979



Turf harvesting on Boora Bog

May 16, 1979



Turf harvesting on Boora Bog

May 16, 1979



Loaded train departs from Boora Bog

May 16, 1979



Boora Bog

May 16, 1979



The depth of turf ready to be harvested

May 16, 1979



The mainline across the bog!

May 16, 1979



Boora Bog

May 16, 1979



Train being loaded

May 16, 1979



One of the temporary turnouts leading down onto the working levels

May 16, 1979



The I Mech E special

May 16, 1979



The turf tippler at the power station

May 16, 1979



Brickette making machine

May 16, 1979



Brickette Factory

May 16, 1979



Inside a brickette Factory

May 16, 1979



Brickette Factory

May 16, 1979



Brickette Factory

May 16, 1979

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I was born in 1953 and educated at Tonbridge and Bristol University. Since then I have been employed on the Railways, most of the time in the West Midlands. From 1980 I lived in Wolverhampton, and for the last 20 years in Bridgnorth