Liselton station, Lartigue rail
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| In collection: | The Lawrence Photograph Collection |
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[between 1880-1900]
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| Notes: | Featured in the exhibition entitled "Trainspotting" which took place in the National Photographic Archive in March 2000. Additional information about this photograph may be available on the National Library of Ireland's Flickr Commons photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/5903843291/in/photostream/ Robert French was the chief photographer responsible for photographing three quarters of the Lawrence Collection. For more information, see the Dictionary of Irish Biography: http://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a3369 Physical description: 1 photographic negative glass 25 x 30.5 cm Geographic Coverage: Ballybunion, County Kerry, Province of Munster, Ireland. more |
Photo taken at the tiny Lisselton Station, Co. Kerry.
According to abandoned railways, the "pivot on the turntable was eccentric [wasn't in the centre]. They had to switch twice for each junction. Balance was a big problem for every journey."
johnnyg1955 was really lucky to see original drawings of these rather bizarre but beautiful engines:
"When I was an apprentice at Hunslet Engine Co in the early 1970's, I remember spending time looking through old drawings held in a basement in the company and coming across the original drawings for these locos. They were drawn in ink on linen and were absolute works of art and they were over 80 years old then." John also provided us all with a link to the Lartigue Monorail site.
Date: Circa 1890
NLI Ref.: LIMP 3116
Tags:
Lartigue Monorail, Monorail, Lisselton, Co. Kerry, Robert French, 0-6-0, Hunslet Engine Company, Pivot, Turntable, Glass Negative, 1890s, William Lawrence, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland
Comments
Mike | MP-P
That is quite fascinating. I never realized that the concept of a monorail dates back so far.
Posted: 05.07.2011
JFGryphon
What a strange train.
Posted: 05.07.2011
Whitecastles
Amazing !
Posted: 07.07.2011
Born in York
@23885771@N03/ a single boiler would have to be much larger, and positioned above the carrying wheels would raise the centre of gravity considerably. Having two boilers means they could be smaller and lower, keeping the whole thing more stable.
The turntable/point arrangement is a fascinating piece of engineering and design.
Posted: 25.09.2011
heady school
More info in the Lartigue monorail here.
@23885771@N03 According to that Wikipedia piece there were two fireboxes, one of which had to be stoked by the driver.
The locomotives were of the 0-6-0 type (strictly speaking, 0-3-0), constructed by the Hunslet Engine Company. They were specially built with two boilers in order to balance on the track, and consequently two fireboxes, one of which had to be stoked by the driver. They were also fitted with powered tenders for auxiliary use on hills. The tender wheels were driven by two cylinders via spur gears. Two small chimneys were fitted to each tender to discharge the exhaust steam from these cylinders.
Posted: 05.01.2012
abandoned railways
The pivot on the turntable was eccentric [wasn't in the centre]. They had to switch twice for each junction.
Balance was a big problem for every journey.
Posted: 27.02.2012
johnnyg1955
When I was an apprentice at Hunslet Engine Co in the early 1970's, I remember spending time looking through old drawings held in a basement in the company and coming across the original drawings for these locos. They were drawn in ink on linen and were absolute works of art and they were over 80 years old then.
The current railway can be seen at Lartigue Monorail
Posted: 06.05.2012
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
@johnnyg1955 They sound gorgeous! Wonder where they are now... (added your story into description above - hope that's ok?)
Posted: 07.05.2012
johnnyg1955
The drawings should still be with the latest re-incarnation of the Hunslet Engine Co.
Posted: 08.05.2012
Jonboy270
There is also great photos when you Google: "Lartigue Monorail".
Posted: 15.08.2012
kozyair
O'Connor family from county Kerry?
Posted: 21.12.2016
suckindeesel
This was the only"passing loop" on the line, at about the half-way point. So used as points, rather than as a turntable. Building on left is Station, on right is post office.
Posted: 28.09.2019
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/184711311@N04] Thanks.
Posted: 29.09.2019
