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Hot rivetting

Hot rivetting of boiler plates at the sadly now defunct Dorothea Restorations, Whaley Bridge...

Uploaded on Jan 3, 2012

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Man and machine

Uploaded on Dec 13, 2011

Remote control?

Driving from the running board as always, Eddie Lenahan eases his old Ruston towards the wagon tippler. Gilltown, Co Kildare 26/10/2011

Uploaded on Dec 3, 2011

Wagon sculpture

A squeezed version of an 1850s coal wagon. It's intended to be a sculpture and not a replica but the...

Uploaded on Nov 25, 2011

Briefly at rest

We've brought in one train and there's just time for a quick snack in the mess room before we set...

Uploaded on Nov 23, 2011

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Sinking only slowly

Leaves in a stream. Stalybridge 17/11/2011

Uploaded on Nov 18, 2011

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Proud foundry

The Horseley Iron Co must have been very proud of the cast iron swing bridge they supplied to the...

Uploaded on Nov 12, 2011

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Straight as a die

Another challenging bit of trackwork, at Ballaghurt Bog, Co Offaly. 29th Oct 2011. The trains...

Uploaded on Nov 8, 2011

Gateway to......?

The mighty Shannon at very normal flood levels, covering thousands of acres on both shores south of Athlone. 29th Oct 2011

Uploaded on Nov 8, 2011

Bad fortnight!

John, the driver of this train has had a rough couple of weeks. Two weeks ago, he was bringing in a...

Uploaded on Nov 4, 2011

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Job done!

Everything loaded and ready, breakfast eaten in the van, it's time to go as the lads head for West...

Uploaded on Nov 3, 2011

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Not what it appears...

A stack of abandoned track panels? See next photo.

Uploaded on Oct 31, 2011

...what it actually is

A train full of lifted track sections, ready to move to a new site. One of the Bloomhill Bogs in County Offaly. 29/10/11

Uploaded on Oct 31, 2011

Stiff climb

LM431 blasts up the gruelling gradient to the Shannon Viaduct at Shannonbridge with sixteen loaded...

Uploaded on Oct 31, 2011

C6 (probably)

I think this is incline C6, up near the top of the 'C' or 'Wellington side of the quarry. It is...

Uploaded on Oct 17, 2011

Heavy duty drum brakes

One of several surviving funiculars at Dinorwic is this one on the 'C' side of the quarry. Like...

Uploaded on Oct 17, 2011

Dinorwic revisited 3

Half of the lineshaft drive to the slate saws alongside Australia Mill high up in Dinorwic Quarries. 14th Oct 2011.

Uploaded on Oct 16, 2011