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Shannon Bridge - Athlone

  • 21-08-2013 4:05pm
    #1
    Victor
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    Does anyone have photos of the deck of this? Preferably without a train.

    Was there once a public walkway on it?


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  • #2
    interlocked
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    No. It was originally double track with an opening span.


  • #3
    Banjoxed
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    Victor wrote: »
    Does anyone have photos of the deck of this? Preferably without a train.

    Why would that be?


  • #4
    dowlingm
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    Separate tracks for MGWR/GSWR maybe?


  • #5
    Victor
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    Banjoxed wrote: »
    Why would that be?
    I'm not a train spotter, I'm a railway spotter. :)

    I'm looking for pics of the bridge, not a train. Pics of trains often tend to treat their backgrounds somewhat incidentally.


  • #6
    Banjoxed
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    Victor wrote: »
    I'm not a train spotter, I'm a railway spotter. :)

    I'm looking for pics of the bridge, not a train. Pics of trains often tend to treat their backgrounds somewhat incidentally.

    Thanks! Had a momentary flashback to the aborted idea in the 80s to terminate the western railway at Athlone. To hell and to Connaught you might say. :)


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  • #7
    Eiretrains
    Registered Users Posts: 270 ✭✭Eiretrains


    Would this photo from the O'Dea Collection be useful? I don't think it ever had a footpath on it, the wide formation dates back from the time of double track which people have mentioned. :)
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/47290943@N03/6178084831/in/photolist-apWinZ


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