Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was wondering about the "Atmospheric", so I went to the Wikipedia article: The standard gauge <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_gauge> line was 9,200 feet (2,800 m) in length with an average uphill gradient of about 1 in 110. Vacuum power via a 15-inch (380 mm) pipe was used for the ascent to Dalkey, speeds of up to 40 mph (64 km/h) being achieved, and the return journey was by means of gravity. The vacuum tube fell 560 yd (512 m) short of the Dalkey station, and the train relied on momentum for the last stretch of the journey. To commence the journey from Kingston the train had to be pushed by hand until the piston engaged with the tube.[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalkey_Atmospheric_Railway#cite_note-2>Trains ran every half-hour between 8:00am and 6:00pm. On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > George, the wall is the original boundary wall of Bray railway station > which was built in 1854. Its 160th birthday is on the 10th July this year. > Don't whether the wall is actually that old as the line was extended > southwards to Greystones in 1855, but it is no younger than 1855. So it's > probably 159 years old, but might be 160... > > The original line from Dublin to Dun Laoghaire was the third oldest > railway in the world (and the first commuter line in the world) when it > first opened in 1834, and it in turn was extended to Dalkey using the > tracks of the Dalkey Atmospheric Railway (the first of of its type in the > world too) and then to Bray over the next twenty years. > > Wikipedia has a bit on it. > > Things are very old around here - me especially.... > > Douglas > > > "George Lottermoser" <george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote > > neat cityscape >> >> is that stone wall as old as it appears? >> >> > On Feb 24, 2014, at 4:04 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: >> >> ... Like Fun. >>> The back entrance to the Fun Palace Casino looks like a cavernous maw >>> that swallows a punter's money. >>> >>> Bray, Co. Wicklow. >>> Fuji X100S. >>> See Large. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/DoesntLookMuch.jpg.html >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA