Historical Collections Online
Search our Historical Collections Online, a sample of 10,000 artefacts from the National Museum of Ireland’s Historical, Military and Easter Week Collections, published as part of the Decade of Commemorations.
postcard photograph / Trevithick's Road Locomotive
Photograph, British Stationary Office postcard photograph. Trevithick's Road Locomotive. Postcard produced by The Zinco Collotype Company, Edinburgh.
photograph / Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway, 'Oberon'
Photograph; Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway locomotive 'Oberon', 2-2-2.
photograph / Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway
Photograph; Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway locomotive No. 14, 2-4-0. In service up to 1890.
photograph / Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway
Photograph; Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway, result of an explosion of an engine, with text.
drawing / Great Southern and Western Railway, c.1896
Photographic print of a drawing of railway coach, Great Southern and Western Railway, c.1896. Print from glass plate returned to lender.
drawing / Dublin and South Eastern Railway, 1921
Sketch of break down equipment, Dublin and South Eastern Railway, 1921.
photograph / Dublin and South Eastern Railway, 1920
Photograph of Dublin and South Eastern Railway 2-6-0 locomotives, 1920. Photographed by Lafayette.
photograph / Dublin to Blessington, 1887
Photograph of Dublin to Blessington steam tramway coach, 1887. Overall length 30 feet. Seats capacity 68. Bogey wheels 2 feet in diameter, base 4.5 feet, bogey centres 18 feet 3 inches.
photograph / Dublin to Blessington Railway, 1887
Photograph of Dublin to Blessington locomotive, No. 6. Built Falcon Company, Loughborough, 1887. Confled wheels 2.5 feet, wheel base 5.5 feet. Cylinders 9" x 14". Tank capacity 230 gallons. Coal 10 units(?). Total weight 11 tons. Working pressure 175lbs per square inch.
photograph / Dublin to Blessington Railway, 1899
Photograph of Dublin to Blessington locomotive, No. 9. Bush Electric Engineering Company, Loughborough, 1899. Confled wheels 3'3", confled base 5'6". Leading and traiting wheels 1' 10", cylinders 13" x 18". Tank capacity 350 gallons. Coal 35 units(?). Total weight 29 tons. Working pressure...
drawing / Great Southern Railways
Blueprint drawing of a Great Southern Railways locomotive, 400 class.
drawing / West Clare Railway, 1918
Blueprint drawing of a West Clare Railway locomotive, 3' guage. c. 1918.
photograph / Great Southern Railway
Photograph of the first Dublin to Bray train - the Drumm train. Great Southern Railway.
drawing / Dublin and Blessington Railway
Outline print drawing (quarter inch to one inch), Dublin and Blessington steam tramway locomotive, No. 9. 2-4-2 Type 1/4 inch to one foot. Initialled C.L.F.
photograph / Ballybunion and Listowel Lartigue Railway
Photograph, framed. Ballybunion and Listowel Lartigue Railway, locomotive at Ballybunion.
photograph / Ballybunion and Listowel Lartigue Railway
Photograph, framed. Ballybunion and Listowel Lartigue Railway, Ballybunion Station.
photograph / Ballybunion and Listowel Lartigue Railway
Photograph, framed. Ballybunion and Listowel Lartigue Railway, remnants of a burnt coach, 1922.
photograph / Dublin and Kingstown Railway, 'Hibernia'
Photograph, Dublin and Kingstown Railway locomotive 'Hibernia'. Model of, with figures.
drawing / Dublin and Blessington Railway
Outline print drawing (quarter inch to one inch), Dublin and Blessington steam tramway locomotive, No. 6. 0-4-0 Type 1/4 inch to one foot. Initialled C.L.F.