Cork City Railway 1975

8mm Cine of the Cork City Railway in 1975 . The Line closed in 1976. It was used for Fertilizer traffic from Albert Quay to Kent Stn Cork. Albert Quay was the terminus of the West Cork
Rail lines which closed in March 1961.

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People & Blogs

Tags:

• Cork
• City
• Railway
• 1975

[RYNT1157]

I am a driver with Irish Rail and I learned the road with Mick he was a gent. the day before he passed away we crossed in Cork with the Ammonia trains and that was the last I saw of him until I heard the sad news the next morning. There is photos of him on my facebook page and I one photo of Dan as well. Hope you are all well Tom Ryan.

[RYNT1157]

Yes I am still , I was an office messenger at Cork Goods and I used to have the Cine with me going to the Albert Quay Offices.

[redkapital9]

Beautiful film Tom, I have happy memories of going over to the Bandaon on a train with either my father Paddy O' Shea or Marty Donoghue. Mick Cronin (Monica) was a gent and his brother Dan was pure class.

[dc99ism]

that's a great video RYNT1157. The driver at the start of the clip is my father Mick Cronin. I was wondering if you would have any more "action" shots of him or his brother Donie (Dan) Cronin. Very much appreciated

[1969atam]

I remember the train going through the city. Why the hell did they dig up the Cork/Bandon line and jam the place with cars and crap. Ireland really went backwards in the last 40 years and now look at the cost of a simple thing like motoring!!! Sickening!

[buffer121]

A beautiful piece of Cork Railway history and the commentary including the staff names is very well done. Thank you very much for sharing this lovely film.

Billy Maher.

[kgrabe]

brilliant, thanks for uploading

[fireeater999cmcc]

I miss how things used to be on the railways...

[stuartcorrigan]

Very nice footage and thank you for sharing this.

[metrovick001]

Fantastic piece of footage. Thanks for posting it RYNT1157