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| Keywords: kingsbridge station kingsbridgestation heuston station heustonstation d. o'sullivan dosullivan t. miller tmiller dublin ireland leinster clock desk phones braces cigarette smoking calendar flourescent tube flourescenttube tongue and groove tongueandgroove overcoat newspaper tuesday 14th march 1961 1960s sixties james p. o'dea jamespodea trains railways railroads c.i.é cié coras iompair éireann corasiompairéireann signal box signalbox signal cabin signalcabin electronic lever frame electronicleverframe fire extinguisher fireextinguisher great southern railway greatsouthernrailway re-signalling scheme resignallingscheme levers national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland o'dea photographic collection odeaphotographiccollection blackandwhite monochrome black and white These gentlemen are D. O'Sullivan and T. Miller, and the photo was taken at Kingsbridge (now Heuston) Train Station in Dublin. The photo was taken at around 1.48 p.m. or 13:48 to use train time. Flying Snail said: "That signal cabin was installed by the Great Southern Railway in 1935/6 as part of a major re-signalling scheme for the Dublin area, which included converting the old fashioned semaphore signals to then modern colour light signals. You will notice the levers in Heuston cabin are rather stumpy (and easier to use!), as they operated the points and signals electronically, rather than fully manually. Heuston cabin was eventually closed and demolished in 2002." Date: Tuesday, 14 March 1961 NLI Ref.: ODEA 23/87 These gentlemen are D. O'Sullivan and T. Miller, and the photo was taken at Kingsbridge (now Heuston) Train Station in Dublin. The photo was taken at around 1.48 p.m. or 13:48 to use train time. Flying Snail said: "That signal cabin was installed by the Great Southern Railway in 1935/6 as part of a major re-signalling scheme for the Dublin area, which included converting the old fashioned semaphore signals to then modern colour light signals. You will notice the levers in Heuston cabin are rather stumpy (and easier to use!), as they operated the points and signals electronically, rather than fully manually. Heuston cabin was eventually closed and demolished in 2002." Date: Tuesday, 14 March 1961 NLI Ref.: ODEA 23/87 | ||||
