TOM CLARK: Winter trip to the land of Basura

Slow walk to the Greenore Railway Saloon | by National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Slow walk to the Greenore Railway Saloon: photo by James P. O'Dea, 24 September 1960 (National Library of Ireland)

THE GREENORE TRAIN RIDES AGAIN!

The re-construction of the last journey of the old Greenore train as a fund-raising event for the "People In Need Telethon" is sure to bring a nostalgic tear to many an eye, as the train makes its journey from Greenore to Dundalk to-morrow.
The train, which has been built around a car, under the watchful eye of Declan Tinnelly, will be pushed by a crew of 40 staff and regulars of the Greenore Railway Saloon, Quay Street.

It won't be able to follow the exact route the last train took in 1951, as the railway line has since become overgrown or incorporated into surrounding fields. Instead the train will travel along the main road, with the crew collecting money for "People In Need" along the way... The train, which is a replica of the last engine to make the journey from Greenore to Dundalk, is 30ft long and 12 ft high.

Dundalk Democrat, 28 April 1990

New location | "2105 RARKER RIGHT @ NEXT CONER" (near Shattuck at Parker) [Le Conte, Berkeley]: photo by efo, sometime in 2017

Complete security | by efo

Complete security [Downtown Berkeley]: photo by efo, sometime in 2017

Churchill Downs [Louisville, Kentucky]: photo by Joey Harrison, 24 September 2016

Keeneland [Lexington, Kentucky]: photo by Joey Harrison, 22 October 2016

Old Trinity at night after my mother’s funeral | by efo

Old Trinity at night after my mother's funeral [Brooklyn, Connecticut]: photo by efo, 15 February 2018

021A4515 [nebraska]: photo by alex matzke, 1 July 2016

021A5904 [control burn, nebraska]: photo by alex matzke, 1 July 2013

021A5904 | by a.matzke

021A5904 [control burn, nebraska]: photo by alex matzke, 1 July 2013

Manipulation | Monterey Highway. San Jose, CA 2015: photo by Josh Marcotte, 22 November 2015

You know how it is with them

Anything that doesn't kill them

Makes them stronger

Everything you do makes them stronger

They make you suffer then kill you

The Window Display [East Vancouver] | On East Hastings near Glen Drive. This was a dental supply business that's no longer there anymore.: photo by Photocatvan, 1 March 2012

You know how it is with them on other days

Anything that doesn't bother them

Makes them stronger

Everything you do bothers them

They make you suffer then kill you

Winter trip (Haute-Savoie): photo by Punkroyaltiger, 3 January 2016

Pink Centurion 2: photo by CarusoPhoto, 22 February 2016

Moving On | Monterey Highway. San Jose, CA 2015: photo by Josh Marcotte, 23 November 2015

O Rose, Rose

You used to be such a pretty little girl

O how you've let yourself go

It's horrible to behold, Rose

As though you were not really an Artist at all

But merely someone's tossed away plaything!

So did the operation hurt like

A lot, or only

A little, like a tiny bee bite

On a planet where there are no bees

Only special effects

But tremendous special effects?!

Don't Throw Me Away. San Jose, CA 2015 | by Lost San Jose

Don't Throw Me Away | San Jose, CA 2015: photo by Josh Marcotte, 12 May 2015

Today is James 'Blood' Ulmer's 77th birthday | by Joey Harrison

Today is James 'Blood' Ulmer's 77th birthday | I took this photo in 1979 at Hurrah in New York City. He was playing with Henry Threadgill and Calvin Weston. (Don't remember who the bass player was.): photo by Joey Harrison, sometime in 1979

Untitled: photo by Missy Prince, 2 February 2018

TOM CLARK

Sunday, 18 February 2018

Winter trip to the land of Basura

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