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Dublin / Re: The Sheds Whitworth Road
« on: Wednesday 24 March 10 18:15 GMT (UK)  »
Unlikely to be railway related. The railway that parallels Whitworth Road opened in 1864 but is in a cutting all the way - no lineside activity. The other line (in use as the railway to Sligo) didn't open until 1901 so too late for 1890.

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Dublin / Re: Broadstone Railway Station
« on: Sunday 07 March 10 22:08 GMT (UK)  »
You could also try the IRRS at Heuston (which I think was suggested above). I was there as part of an industrial heritage conference a few years back and co-incidentally, they had chosen the staff register of the Dublin Wicklow & Wexford Railway to display to the attendees - my great great grandfather had been a stationmaster with said company.

Sure enough, on providing his name, his entry in the register was found and confirmed to be stationmaster, based on the fact that he was on an annual salary as opposed to a weekly wage. I don't know if they have staff registers for the MGWR or not, but it would be worth asking.

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Dublin / Re: Dublin tram
« on: Sunday 07 March 10 21:10 GMT (UK)  »
Unfortunately the DUTC headquarters were a casualty of the Easter Rising, along with the company records. If there is anything surviving, try the Transport Museum in Howth.

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Dublin / Re: Broadstone Railway Station
« on: Sunday 07 March 10 21:07 GMT (UK)  »
Prior to 1925, Broadstone and Inchicore were the railway works of the Midland Great Western Railway and Great Southern and Western Railway respectively. As the two premier railway companies on the island of Ireland, they would have regarded each other as competition. There is also no direct rail link from Broadstone to Inchicore (not then or even now) so using the train to get from Broadstone to Inchicore wouldn't be feasible.

As the MGWR equivalent of Inchicore works until 1925, there would almost certainly have been the complete range of repair facilities available. Ernie Shepherd's history of the company (ISBN 1857800087) lists the following as present at Broadstone in 1920:
Locomotive Shop
Machine Shop
Paint shop
Carriage paint shop
Boiler shop
Smithy
Carriage repairs
Brass foundry
Signal shop (as distinct from a signal cabin)
Carpenters shop
Wagon shop
wagon repair shop

Generally speaking, the house came with the job. Leave the job and you lost the house.


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