2c.'s photos

With the last of the evening light leaving the valley and the dramatic arches of the Ribblehead merging back into the moor for the night. A Northern Rail Carlisle - Leeds bound 158 catches the last glint of light as it comes off the Viaduct heading south. H

Out on the edge of Europe, In this light it's not a push to see why Skellig Micheal, lying 8 miles of the Kerry coast doubled for a Alien world in the 2015 Star wars movie, The force Awakens. These Iconic UNESCO Heritage site Islands have always been a draw over the centuries more info here.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skellig_Islands

Ex GWR 2-6-2T - No 5521 - (Small Prairie) heads a Bodmin General bound train from Bodmin Road on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway, Cornwall, England. (2011) 5521 was built in 1927 and withdrawn in 1962. In preservation it has travel extensively across the Uk & Europe and was a major part of London underground's 150 celebrations. It's currently out of steam under overhaul.

The Italian Air force paint the sky... Bray Air Display, Co wicklow, Ireland. (2016)

The Fellsman, heading north from Garsdale on the Settle & Carlisle. (Aug 11)

GM 207, Abhainn na Bóinne (River Boyne) heads the Dublin Belfast Enterprise service across the causeway over Malahide Estuary.

The Burial place of the Irish poet WB Yeats.

A Dublin bound evening service catches the last light on the Curragh, Co Kildare, Ireland.

This imposing former Midland Great Western Railway terminus is largely forgotten and a unknown architectural Dublin gem, but happily this is about to change. It's early closure in 1937 as a passenger terminus, ragged modern development have constrained, obscured and made this station largely invisible to many in recent years. It wasn't always the case, when constructed in 1850 on the crest of Constitution hill and beside the Royal canal's Broadstone harbour, the station presented a epic and confident facade for the new railway company in this historic part of Dublin. Originally the railway company had wanted to build their terminus on nearby Bolton street nearer the city centre but fledgling company could not afford the land prices. The decision to build on Constitution hill was largely based on the economics of the railway company buying the Royal Canal and running it's line hugging the canal bank tightly in most spots to Mullingar on it's quest westwards to Galway. A legacy apart from the Broadstone branch and rerouted Galway services that still exists today. Designed by John Skipton Mulvany with granite in austere neo-Egyptian style, the station faced the large canal harbour crossed by a movable pontoon bridge and contained a 5 road terminus roofed terminus behind it's impressive facade with a impressive 600ft colonnade added to the north side in 1861. The railway then filled in the large canal harbour in 1877 and resurfaced approach and front what is now a carpark. In many ways the harbour location was also the reason for the station early demise, while the station had a close proximity to the city markets, it was always felt in public perception to be a bit isolated from the city centre. It was often said the passenger station was deathly quite for hours on end between services. when the Great Southern railways took over the station it was felt the the sparser west of Ireland passenger services could be integrated into the other city stations and Broadstone demise as a passenger terminus was sealed. The last passenger train left with much fanfare on midnight 16th January 1937 with the extensive station site of goods and engine sheds becoming a steam depot until steam was phased out in 1961. The last remaining rails lifted from liffey junction in the early 1970's In the interim the site and trainshed was been phased in as a bus depot for city and regional buses, which still occupies the site today. In April 2007 Iarnród Éireann announced that Broadstone Station was to be reopened for rail passenger use by 2010. This gave rise to a dispute between the owners CIE/Irish Rail and the RPA over who gets to use the trackbed between Broadstone and Liffey Junction On 5 February 2008 the Minister for Transport, indicated his preference for the Luas light rail over the re-opening of Broadstone for heavy rail and so with with that decision light rails are set to return by 2017 to the station forecourt and once again reveal this long forgotten hidden gem to Dubliners. Broadstone Station 1854. (courtesy of irishwaterways) irishwaterways.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/broadstone-bry...

In a universal timeless scene a young boy wrestles between the awe of Ice cream and the lure of steam. Mullingar, Ireland.

On a dark wet miserable evening RPSI's No 461 rounds the bend heading the return leg of the St Canice railtour from Kilkenny to Dublin in Soft Irish day style!! H

A Northern Rail Leeds - Carlisle evening service catches the last of the sun as it passes over Ribblehead Viaduct, North Yorkshire, England. The 24 arches of this spectacular viaduct make a dramatic statement across this remote wild spot which up to a 100 Navvies died during it's 4 year construction in 1874.

A southbound EWS class 66 156 hauled permanent way drifts over summit at Ais Gill around the bend towards Garsdale head. In steam days the former signal cabin here would be a welcome sight for crews after the long climb up to the summit of the line at 1169 feet (356 m) above sea level at this lonely spot. Today, little evidence remains there was ever a signal cabin here (right side of the line, probably where the white portacabin is) and reverse sidings that ran each side of the running lines. Thankfully, the Cabin is still in existence, preserved by the Midland Railway Center in Butterley and removed from here in 1982. This view is from a small access bridge which marked the end of the sidings and the Cumbrian/Yorkshire border.

No 461 heads a return special to Dublin from Mullingar across the river Boyne, co westmeath. Ireland.

Opened in 1858 by the Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway, which the Great Northern Railway (GNR) took over in 1876. Annaghmore was served by GNR passenger trains between Belfast Great Victoria Street and Londonderry Foyle Road via Portadown. The GNR built a fruit store at the station for the considerable traffic of locally-grown produce mainly apples and strawberries, that it shipped out of the area by special trains. The Ulster Transport Authority took over the GNR's remaining lines in Northern Ireland in 1958 and closed the Portadown to Omagh section on 15 February 1965. The railway ran parallel from the right bottom corner hedge to the right of the main station building and beyond. After closure the railway became a garage for many years, nowadays it's lies derelict and abandoned. The site has full planning permission for apartments so it's future existence would seem very uncertain. h

RSPI No 461 catches the last of the light at Louisa bridge, Leixlip, co kildare, Ireland.

The driver takes a break on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway, Cornwall, England.