OK this is the longest of long shots and will only mean anything to #irish folk or even #dublin (ers)…anyone got ANY idea where I could get my hands on photos of DART TRAIN INTERIORS FROM 1980’s??
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There was s scene in The Commitments that was shot on a DART which would have been late 80s. You might be able to get some stills from it, eg
@liamdv4 great thank you
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OK this is the longest of long shots and will only mean anything to #irish folk or even #dublin (ers)…anyone got ANY idea where I could get my hands on photos of DART TRAIN INTERIORS FROM 1980’s?? Not finding anything much online. Building a paper diorama of a train carriage from this era for a film project. Any leads gratefully recieved! #train #rail
Tech drawings or similar would useful too
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@TLB73 yes! Exactly! But lots, preferably from lots of different angles - big ask…
@toothless
Yeah, a big ask, the internet is mostly broken. 4 more on flkr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/dartinterior -
@toothless
Yeah, a big ask, the internet is mostly broken. 4 more on flkr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/dartinterior@TLB73 brilliant - o think the carriage model I’m after is the 8100- earliest one.
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OK this is the longest of long shots and will only mean anything to #irish folk or even #dublin (ers)…anyone got ANY idea where I could get my hands on photos of DART TRAIN INTERIORS FROM 1980’s?? Not finding anything much online. Building a paper diorama of a train carriage from this era for a film project. Any leads gratefully recieved! #train #rail
Am I losing my marbles or did the 80’s one’s also have flip down seats by the doors??
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OK this is the longest of long shots and will only mean anything to #irish folk or even #dublin (ers)…anyone got ANY idea where I could get my hands on photos of DART TRAIN INTERIORS FROM 1980’s?? Not finding anything much online. Building a paper diorama of a train carriage from this era for a film project. Any leads gratefully recieved! #train #rail
This era I think
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OK this is the longest of long shots and will only mean anything to #irish folk or even #dublin (ers)…anyone got ANY idea where I could get my hands on photos of DART TRAIN INTERIORS FROM 1980’s?? Not finding anything much online. Building a paper diorama of a train carriage from this era for a film project. Any leads gratefully recieved! #train #rail
@toothless might be worth contacting RTE to see what DART footage they have in their archive.
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@TLB73 brilliant - o think the carriage model I’m after is the 8100- earliest one.
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OK this is the longest of long shots and will only mean anything to #irish folk or even #dublin (ers)…anyone got ANY idea where I could get my hands on photos of DART TRAIN INTERIORS FROM 1980’s?? Not finding anything much online. Building a paper diorama of a train carriage from this era for a film project. Any leads gratefully recieved! #train #rail
Yes definitely 8100 carriages also known as 8300 class according to wiki:
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OK this is the longest of long shots and will only mean anything to #irish folk or even #dublin (ers)…anyone got ANY idea where I could get my hands on photos of DART TRAIN INTERIORS FROM 1980’s?? Not finding anything much online. Building a paper diorama of a train carriage from this era for a film project. Any leads gratefully recieved! #train #rail
@toothless CC @rail
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Am I losing my marbles or did the 80’s one’s also have flip down seats by the doors??
@toothless They originally did, but those were removed because they were so heavy and people kept hurting themselves on them.
There are some blueprints here: https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/5636-seeking-blueprints-cie-class-8100-dart/
404 on the pdf in the last comment, but the original is still up on irishrail.ie - https://www.irishrail.ie/IrishRail/media/Imported/ie_foi_069_0_16076_0_01_000_00_two_part_electric_suburban_train.pdf
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@toothless They originally did, but those were removed because they were so heavy and people kept hurting themselves on them.
There are some blueprints here: https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/5636-seeking-blueprints-cie-class-8100-dart/
404 on the pdf in the last comment, but the original is still up on irishrail.ie - https://www.irishrail.ie/IrishRail/media/Imported/ie_foi_069_0_16076_0_01_000_00_two_part_electric_suburban_train.pdf
@johnke thank you for confirming! This is really useful - thank you so much! God I love it here!
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@toothless might be worth contacting RTE to see what DART footage they have in their archive.
@pjs good idea! It’s stills I’m after preferably but definitely a good shout
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OK this is the longest of long shots and will only mean anything to #irish folk or even #dublin (ers)…anyone got ANY idea where I could get my hands on photos of DART TRAIN INTERIORS FROM 1980’s?? Not finding anything much online. Building a paper diorama of a train carriage from this era for a film project. Any leads gratefully recieved! #train #rail
@toothless these guys have private archive on flickr. But I suspect reaching out to them might be the best option
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OK this is the longest of long shots and will only mean anything to #irish folk or even #dublin (ers)…anyone got ANY idea where I could get my hands on photos of DART TRAIN INTERIORS FROM 1980’s?? Not finding anything much online. Building a paper diorama of a train carriage from this era for a film project. Any leads gratefully recieved! #train #rail
@toothless@theforkiverse.com the rail company might have some
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OK this is the longest of long shots and will only mean anything to #irish folk or even #dublin (ers)…anyone got ANY idea where I could get my hands on photos of DART TRAIN INTERIORS FROM 1980’s?? Not finding anything much online. Building a paper diorama of a train carriage from this era for a film project. Any leads gratefully recieved! #train #rail
@toothless Your job sounds cool
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OK this is the longest of long shots and will only mean anything to #irish folk or even #dublin (ers)…anyone got ANY idea where I could get my hands on photos of DART TRAIN INTERIORS FROM 1980’s?? Not finding anything much online. Building a paper diorama of a train carriage from this era for a film project. Any leads gratefully recieved! #train #rail
@toothless I dont know how old this is. Textile cushions seem long ago.
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OK this is the longest of long shots and will only mean anything to #irish folk or even #dublin (ers)…anyone got ANY idea where I could get my hands on photos of DART TRAIN INTERIORS FROM 1980’s?? Not finding anything much online. Building a paper diorama of a train carriage from this era for a film project. Any leads gratefully recieved! #train #rail
The library at which I work in the US has a digital archive of photos & media that's amazing & searchable. In your place, I would contact
https://www.dublincity.ie/dublin-city-librariesSolidarity from Tacoma WA!
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@toothless I hope you find them and I am very curious if the interiors looked any different
@annika @toothless never took a ride in a tram before
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OK this is the longest of long shots and will only mean anything to #irish folk or even #dublin (ers)…anyone got ANY idea where I could get my hands on photos of DART TRAIN INTERIORS FROM 1980’s?? Not finding anything much online. Building a paper diorama of a train carriage from this era for a film project. Any leads gratefully recieved! #train #rail
@toothless howdy!
I’m a US rail fan who’s done lots of niche research into old train stations, old railways, and old rolling stock.
Now… Photos from the 80’s itself?
That’s gonna be difficult to find online, but no doubt photos exist *somewhere*. The question is, how devoted are you to locating the photos that exist? Tl;dr you’ll likely need to talk to some people and hope they have enough goodwill to scan some photos.
I did find this Flickr account: https://www.flickr.com/photos/metromadme/albums/72157633512080867/ but the photos are more recent; no idea if any affiliation with Iarnród Éireann either. I don’t know if you found this already or not. But I am assuming nothing.
Most transit railroads have an archive. I’d contact Iarnród Éireann, the successor to CIE. Be gentle, these people are bureaucrats, and their archive is more a legal one in nature.
The Ireland national archives might have some, but it’s gonna be “here’s a bunch of assorted photos from 80’s trains, Godspeed.”
That failing, trying the Irish Railroad Society might work. Railroad societies everywhere often keep this sorta thing, and most collections from before the 00’s have not been digitised. Ask nicely and they might upload some scans for you if they got any. I have no personal experience with this rail society, but having talked to US rail societies, they’re the ones who usually keep this sorta thing, and the US ones are super happy to help. https://irrs.ie/
I would also contact local libraries because they know more where to look, often have local archives, some might even scan photos for you if you’re nice. They might be able to help point you to media from the era that has shots of the train interior (DART was a BFD in the 80’s). Also the national library of Ireland, look up “DART inauguration” or “suburban railway electrification.” You might be able to find some news articles with interior shots. Though local study libraries are more likely to have it (you’ll need to ask them nicely to digitise the photos).
Good luck.
