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| Keywords: shunt trains engines steam coal wagons tracks signals athlone east athloneeast junction westmeath ireland leinster railways railroads coras iompair éireann corasiompairéireann c.i.é. cié railwaymen december 1960 1960s sixties james p. o'dea jamespodea 0-6-0 060 goods j5 class 0-6-0 j5class060 midland great western engine midlandgreatwesternengine cattle engine cattleengine loco no. 574 locono574 national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland o'dea photographic collection odeaphotographiccollection blackandwhite monochrome black and white A shunt at Athlone East Junction, Westmeath on a gloriously sunny winter's day - bet it was freezing cold though. They're not easy to spot, but there're three men in the cab of the engine. Originally asked for train buffs to translate 10S 25D, and Flying Snail kindly obliged. It's "speed limit for Steam (10mph) and Diesel (25mph) traction for crossing the Shannon Bridge. These differential speed limits were required because of the varying weight each kind of locomotive distributed onto the bridge structure." And it looks like 574 on the side of the engine... Date: 7 December 1960 NLI Ref.: ODEA 23/43 A shunt at Athlone East Junction, Westmeath on a gloriously sunny winter's day - bet it was freezing cold though. They're not easy to spot, but there're three men in the cab of the engine. Originally asked for train buffs to translate 10S 25D, and Flying Snail kindly obliged. It's "speed limit for Steam (10mph) and Diesel (25mph) traction for crossing the Shannon Bridge. These differential speed limits were required because of the varying weight each kind of locomotive distributed onto the bridge structure." And it looks like 574 on the side of the engine... Date: 7 December 1960 NLI Ref.: ODEA 23/43 | ||||
