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Welcome to my gallery of foreign Railways.
As far as Irish railways go, I am most interested in the railways of Bord na Mona, the Irish Peat Board. They have around 1200 route miles (though not all is used), and harvest peat for use in power stations, home fires and horticulture. Locomotives of a variety of ages and makes can be seen- the oldest I photographed in action was a 1948 Ruston, the newest a 21st century BnM built machine.
I also have an interest in German railways, where the old often rubs shoulders with new state of the art trains, and where public transport in general is excellent.
I hope you enjoy viewing these photographs as much as I enjoyed taking them. |
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 | 29th Oct 2009
to 1st Nov 2009 | Germany 29 October - 1st November 2009 |
 | 28th Oct 2009 | Saxony and Bohemia, 28th October 2009. |
 | 27th Oct 2009 | Saxony, 27th October 2009 |
 | 26th Oct 2009 | Holland, 26th October 2009 |
 | 5th Mar 2009
to 8th Mar 2009 | A trip to South Island, March 2009 |
 | 1st Mar 2009
to 30th Apr 2009 | Latest Photos |
 | 18th Jan 2009 | Wings over Wairarapa 2009 |
 | 1st Jan 2009
to 31st Jan 2009 | New Zealand Railways: 2009 |
 | 26th Oct 2008 | North Island Main Trunk centenary celebrations, Feilding
On the Sunday of Labour Day weekend I took the Overlander from Wellington to Feilding to watch the locomotive cavalcade in celebration of 100 years of the North Island Main Trunk railway. As well as enjoying haulage by DC, EF and Wab classes I saw DXBs, DFBs, F, J, Ja, Ka, Silver Fern, RMs, EWs and more.
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 | 2nd Oct 2008 | Ships in New Zealand |
 | 2nd Oct 2008
to 31st Oct 2008 | New Zealand Railways: 2008 |
 | 2nd Oct 2008 | New Zealand
A few pictures from my recent move to Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
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 | 18th May 2008 | Karlsruhe and Mannheim, 18th May 2008 |
 | 17th May 2008 | Czech National Railway Museum, Lužné u Rakovníka |
 | 11th May 2008
to 17th May 2008 | Czech Republic- May 2008
Only 14 months after the visit I actually get round to uploading pictures... I had a severe case of anti-froth. Dirty trains, cold beer, hot weather. I'd go back, but stick to travelling on Eurocities!
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 | 10th May 2008 | Dutch and German railways, 10th May 2008 |
 | 21st Apr 2008 | Nordrhein-Westfalen, 18/19 April 2008
A trip to Intermodellbau with John Cordrey gave the opportunity to photograph some German trains.
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 | 11th Apr 2006 | Iarnród Éireann April 2006
The 5'3" highlights of my April 2006 visit.
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 | 10th Apr 2006 | Ballydermot, Clonsast, Derrygreenagh, Lullymore and Timahoe (Bord na Móna)
The various interlinked systems to the West of Offaly and East of Kildare feature some marked contrasts- most of the lines in the Allenwood area are disused (including the famous lifting bridge over the Grand Canal), while only a few miles away at Edenderry power station it is possible to view nearly non-stop action.
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 | 10th Apr 2006 | Mountdillon system (Bord na Móna)
The Mountdillon system spans Roscommon and Longford, and is primarily concerned with delivering peat to Lough Ree power station at Lanesborough. At this site one can see the unusual sight of two power stations within yards of each other, as the old Lanesborough power station has not yet been demolished (correct at April 2006). We were granted the priviledge of entering the works at Mountdillon (a few miles west of Lanesboro'), and saw many locomotives we would not otherwise have seen.
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Boora system (Bord na Móna) |
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