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| Keywords: monaghan train station monaghantrainstation monaghan ireland ulster driver joe driverjoe engine 609 engine609 customs and excise customsandexcise border i.r.r.s. irrs irish railway records society irishrailwayrecordssociety c.i.e. cie coras iompair éireann corasiompairéireann train driver traindriver cap tracks railways railroads sleepers platform james p. o'dea jamespodea locomotive december 1959 1950s rail car railcar aec diesel trains c609n saturday 19th national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland o'dea photographic collection odeaphotographiccollection blackandwhite monochrome vehicle train railroad black and white This is Driver Joe beside his train at Monaghan Railway Station. This train was an Irish Railway Records Society Special Train, and you can see members of the Society fanning out over the tracks in the background. According to MB89763733: "The railway to Monaghan closed 31st December that year and this was the last passenger train to use it. It officially closed to passengers 13.10.1957 but periodic specials such as GAA trains continued to operate." Note the Customs and Excise sign behind Joe - Monaghan was Border country. Date: Saturday, 19 December 1959 NLI Ref.: ODEA 18/1 This is Driver Joe beside his train at Monaghan Railway Station. This train was an Irish Railway Records Society Special Train, and you can see members of the Society fanning out over the tracks in the background. According to MB89763733: "The railway to Monaghan closed 31st December that year and this was the last passenger train to use it. It officially closed to passengers 13.10.1957 but periodic specials such as GAA trains continued to operate." Note the Customs and Excise sign behind Joe - Monaghan was Border country. Date: Saturday, 19 December 1959 NLI Ref.: ODEA 18/1 | ||||
