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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

CIÉ locomotive 076 takes the IÉ PWD Sperry train around Killiney Hill, Co. Dublin, en-route to North Wall, October 2018. #irishrailways #Killiney #irishrail

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Taylorstown Viaduct, Co. Wexford, with CIÉ loco 077 on the Irish Rail weed spray-train, May 2017. Different brick shades indicate the rebuilt arches post-1923. #irishrailways #irishrailarchives #taylorstown #wexford

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Mémoire de trains @memoiredetrains.eurosky.social · 16/09/2025

Today view of the #Taylorstown Viaduct. Built 1904-6 opened 1906. Damaged 1922 reconstructed 1923. Erected by Sir Robert McAlpine and Company of Glasgow as an important component of south County Wexford development through the connections with the Fishguard and Rosslare Railway (FRR) line.

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Taylorstown Viaduct, Co. Wexford, recording the destruction of the arches during the Irish Civil War, c1923. #irishrailways #irishrailarchives [Photo © IRRS Archive / www.irrs.ie] 11m

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Ireland's smallast signal cabin, Kellystown, Co. Louth (Great Northern Railway; Drogheda-Dundalk section), pictured 1969. #irishrailways #irishrailarchives [Photo © IRRS Archive / www.irrs.ie]

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Irish Railway photos I've digitised recently; featuring 1960s/70s/80s scenes from Dublin and Belfast accessible via IRRS Archive @ irrs.ie/membership/). #irishrailarchives #irishrailways

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

May 1971 @ Inchicore running shed as re-engined CIÉ loco B210 is shunted by Maybach-engine B233. [Digitised 35mm-negative recenly received by the IRRS Archive]

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Locomotive shed @ Athboy terminus (Midland Great Western Railway), Co. Meath, pictured 1953 / 2013. [Photo © IRRS Archive / www.irrs.ie] #irishrailarchives #irishrailways

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Another CIÉ "SuperTrain" publicity booklet, featuring the new AC MkII carriages and A Class locomotive in the Avoca Valley, Co. Wicklow, circa 1973. #irishrailarchives #irishrailways www.irrs.ie

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Amiens St. (aka Connolly Station) with neon Great Northern Railway lights (GNR); pictured during the 1953 'An Tostal' festival. #irishrailarchives #irishrail #ConnollyStation #amiensstreet

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Looking forward to Saturday & the 1st public outing for our Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts project exhibition! We'll be displaying it at the #Hampshire Genealogical Society's conference day at Wickham - come along! #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory www.hgs-familyhistory.com/2025/08/hgs-...

Covers of a tri-fold leaflet, showing an image of a steam train leaving Fratton station in Portsmouth, passing a tall signal; text and logos on the other pages, and an image of railway worker Walter Bridger standing on a signalbox steps.

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araireland @araireland.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

This month’s Explore Your Archive theme is #EYAEducation / #EYAOideachas! We want to see everyone’s archives relating to education/oideachas 🍎📝 Don’t forget to tag 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

CIÉ Metrovick loco A42R departing Portlaoise with laden-beet for Thurles Sugar Factory, November 1969. [Photo © IRRS Archive] #irishrailarchives #CIÉ #portlaoise

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

'Enterprise' DVT 9003 leading the 16:00 Belfast-Dublin past Harmonstown, Aug 2025. #Enterprise #irishrailways @irishrail @translinkni #Harmonstown #rainbow #Dublin

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

'Enterprise' trains @ Killester and Raheny on the Dublin-Belfast main line, Aug 2025. #irishrailways #Enterprise #Killester #Raheny

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

CIÉ loco 072 with new intercity carriages @ Alexandra Road, Dublin Port, Sept 2022. #irishrailways #irishrail #dublinport 38s

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Irish Rail retro loco 220 "River Blackwater" passing Newbridge Ballast Pit with a Dublin-Cork train, Aug 2025. #irishrail #irishrailways #newbridge

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

CIÉ locomotive 080 new @ Dublin Port, Sept 1976 ; and PWD duties @ Wexford, Aug 2025. #irishrailarchives #irishrailways #CIÉ #DublinPort #Wexford

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

CIÉ "SuperTrain" publicity poster for the new Mk2 carriages, pictured @ Killiney, Co. Dublin, circa 1973. #irishrailarchives #irishrailways #killiney

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Rosslare Harbour locomotive shed at Ballygeary, Co. Wexford; CIÉ locos B141, C215 and B122, pictured by G.R Mahon in May 1964. [Photo © IRRS Archive] #irishrailarchives

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

CIÉ loco 073 in Irish Rail 'retro' livery passing Ossory Road, Dublin, bound for Wexford with PWD ballast-train, May 2025. #irishrailways #dublin #irishrail

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

CIÉ DART 8101 'on test' @ Howth Junction, Dublin, Jan 1984; and 40-years later departing Sutton, July 2024. [Photo © www.irrs.ie ] #irishrailarchives #DART #Sutton #HowthJunction #Dublin #irishrail

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

CIÉ retro-livery locomotive 071 leads the morning Tara Mines to Dublin Port laden ore train past Balbriggan, Feb 2022. #irishrailways #balbriggan #CIÉ

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

IÉ locos 077 and 082 working Navan-Dublin Port laden Tara Mines train @ Malahide 🎥 July 2022. #irishrailways #Malahide #TaraMines

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Railway Architecture @railwayarch.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

175 Years of Navan Railway, free exhibition at Solstice Arts Centre Navan 20th-24th August for Heritage Week. I curated this with Navan & District Historical Society. There'll be photos and original drawings on display. Book your free place for launch & lecture solsticeartscentre.ie/event/175-ye...

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Sunday excursion from Dublin City on the Dublin & Lucan Tramway, pictured @ Dodsboro, c.1900. [Photo IRRS Archive] #Lucan #tramway #trams #archives

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

IÉ retro locomotive 073 powers away from Clontarf on the last leg of its journey from Tara Mines to Dublin Port. May 2020 #irishrailways #clontarf #taramines

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

CIÉ loco 171 (built 1962 by General Motors) departs Dublin Connolly with RPSI heritage set 🎬🎥 July 2010. #irishrailways #CIÉ #RPSI #dublinconnolly

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Past & present restoration pictures; bridge @ Castletown (Mullingar-Athlone Old Rail Trail). #castletown #irishrailways #oldrailtrail 😍

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Past & present restoration pictures; Moate Station waiting shelter (Mullingar-Athlone Old Rail Trail). #Moate #irishrailways #oldrailtrail 😍

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

After a brief but heavy shower, Irish Rail 'retro' locomotive 073 shunts Tara Mines wagons @ Dublin Port. #irishrailways

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Past & present restoration pictures; Castletown signal cabin (Mullingar-Athlone Old Rail Trail). #Castletown #irishrailways #oldrailtrail 😍

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Past & present restoration pictures; Moate Station (Mullingar-Athlone Old Rail Trail). #Moate #irishrailways #oldrailtrail 😍

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

One of my favourite past & present restoration pictures; Moate Station waiting shelter (Mullingar-Athlone Old Rail Trail). #Moate #irishrailways #oldrailtrail 😍

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Dublin & South Eastern Railway loco No. 461 (built 1921) on the curves near Blakestown, Leixlip, working a RPSI steam trial-train from Maynooth. #irishrailways #Leixlip #RPSI

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araireland @araireland.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

This month’s #ExploreYourArchive | #CuardaighDoChartlann theme is #EYANature | #EYADúlra & we want to see all your archives relating to this theme! Don’t forget to 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts & stories! 🌳🌿🍂🌾🍃🍄

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

CIÉ track-lifting operations on the North Wexford Railway, between Sparrowland/Macmine Junction; 8mm-film from Tony Price/IRRS Archive. #irishrailarchives

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

One from the archives for 'International Level Crossing Awareness Day'; Cavan & Leitrim Railway when the Arigna train struck a car at Mahanagh Crossing, June 1953. #ILCAD #irishrail #archives

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

How many changes can you spot @ North Wall, Dublin? (1959 Vs. 2015). IRRS Archive photo Vs my picture. #irishrailarchives #irishrailways #NorthWall #Dublin #PastPresent

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Translink's (NIR) rainbow train crossing the bridge @ Clontarf Road, Dublin, June 2020. #rainbow🌈 #irishrailways #Clontarf

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

RPSI "Midlander"steam tour to Maynooth with Great Northern Railway loco No. 131 passing Reily's Bridge, Cabra. #irishrailways #RPSI #steamtrain #Cabra

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Mallow-Waterford railway scenery; filmed by the late Tony Price prior to closure, March 1967. 🚊🎥 [©IRRS Archive] #irishrailarchives #Mallow #Waterford #irishrailways #archives

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Archive film compiled by Tony Price of the Western Rail Corridor during the mid-1970s, which I have digitised/edited from the IRRS Archive @ youtu.be/K5hZqQKBfjA?... #irishrailarchives

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

'Columbo' the signalman's dog @ Ardrahan Station, Co. Galway, filmed March 1976 by Tony Price/IRRS Archive. #irishrailarchives #ardrahan 🐶🎬

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

IÉ locomotive 220 looking superb in its 1990s retro Irish Rail orange-livery on RPSI "Seabreeze" special. #irishrailways #RPSI

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

RPSI locomotives Nos. 171 (GNR 'Slieve Gullion') and No. 4 (NCC) pictured working hard on the climb to Rathpeacon, Co. Cork, on the 'Brian Boru Railtour', April 1969. [35mm kodachrome slide © C.J Gammell/IRRS Archive] #irishrailarchives

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Great Northern Railway 4-4-0 steam locomotives Nos. 171 & 131 pictured on RPSI workings on the Maynooth line today. #irishrailways

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

No. 170 "Errigal" in Great Northern Railway sky-blue livery @ Amiens St Station, Dublin, May 1961. [© IRRS Archive] #irishrailarchives

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Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Cavan & Leitrim narrow-gauge railway of CIÉ closed #onthisday 66 years ago on 31st March 1959; pictured @ Drumshanbo. [Photo © IRRS Archive] #irishrailarchives

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