#royalcanal — Public Fediverse posts

A sea of yellow as the rapeseed bursts into bloom along the #RoyalCanal towpath in #Maynooth! #Bloomscrolling

A sunny afternoon on the #RoyalCanal towpath in #Maynooth — I met plenty of fellow walkers enjoying this beautiful amenity as the #IrishRail trains rumbled past.

The rapeseed flowers are really coming into bloom, both in our fields, and, along our hedgerows, including along the banks of the #RoyalCanal near #Maynooth. Not quite the same shade of yellow as the safety front on the #IrishRail trains, but thought it was a fun pairing anyway 🙂 #Bloomscrolling

A traditional railway fan portrait of an #IrishRail InterCity class 2200 as it approaches #Maynooth along the banks of the #RoyalCanal on the picturesque former MGWR line to Galway/Sligo/Cavan (only the line to Sligo remains today 🙁)

An #IrishRail InterCity enroute from Dublin to Sligo passing under Pike Bridge along the #RoyalCanal as it approaches #Maynooth on a beautiful spring afternoon.

It’s starting to feel like summer along the #RoyalCanal in #Maynooth as the #IrishRail Commuter trains role by under blue skies and fluffy clouds!

An #IrishRail InterCity accelerating away from #Maynooth along the #RoyalCanal en-route to Sligo on an April afternoon. #BlackAndWhite

Yellow meets yellow — a yellow-fronted #IrishRail Commuter train leaving #Maynooth along the banks of the #RoyalCanal passes a cluster of yellow Dandelions. #Bloomscrolling

When you’re standing in a beautiful dusk scene it’s always tempting to shoot into the setting sun and get those amazing oranges, but when you turn the opposite way you get cool rich blues which can be beautiful in their own way!

I shot this #IrishRail commuter train approaching #Maynooth along a mirror-smooth #RoyalCanal with my back to the setting sun.

An evening #IrishRail commuter train pulling away from #Maynooth along the banks of the #RoyalCanal as it starts its journey towards Dublin, bring home students after a busy day studying in #MaynoothUniversity.

An #IrishRail Commuter train passing the Duke’s Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at Pike Bridge east of #Maynooth opposite the entrance to Carton House. The sun peeped through the racing clouds at just the right moment!

An #IrishRail InterCity passing the #RoyalCanal jetty at Jackson’s Bridge while the spring sun shines down on the still bare trees. The leaf buds on the trees are right on the verge of opening, so by next week the trees will probably be greening.

Peacefully grey — an #IrishRail InterCity accelerating out of #Maynooth along a mirror-smooth #RoyalCanal on a dull but perfectly still Irish spring afternoon.

A leisurely evening commute — an #IrishRail #train likely filled with students returning to their digs for another busy week of study coasts into #Maynooth along the banks of the #RoyalCanal as Sunday dusk falls.

An #IrishRail InterCity reflected in the #RoyalCanal as it accelerates away from #Maynooth on a dull but tranquil February afternoon.

Through Pike Bridge — a view down the #RoyalCanal towards #Maynooth on a perfectly calm winter day as an #IrishRail InterCity #train starts into the last leg of it’s cross-country trek from Sligo to Dublin.

A bleak, but dry and calm, afternoon along the #RoyalCanal as an #IrishRail Commuter train starts it’s journey from #Maynooth towards Dublin.

This shot of some rare winter sun on the nose of an #IrishRail Commuter train approaching #Maynooth along the #RoyalCanal has been sitting in my camera roll for a few days — I forgot I snapped it on one of my few recent umbrella-free walks!

Racing the train — joggers and an #IrishRail Commuter service heading towards #Maynooth along the #RoyalCanal

A still Irish winter afternoon on the #RoyalCanal just east of #Maynooth as an #IrishRail Commuter train approaches.

An #IrishRail InterCity reflected in the #RoyalCanal as it speeds away from #Maynooth, starting the last leg of its cross-country trip from Sligo to Dublin.

An idyllic winter evening along the mirror-smooth #RoyalCanal just east of #Maynooth as an #IrishRail Commuter train is reflected in the water.

An #IrishRail Commuter service slowing down for the signal protecting #Maynooth station along the banks of a perfectly still #RoyalCanal

My last shot of former #GNRi 4-4-0 steam loco No. 171 Slieve Gullion working the last of the steam-hauled #RPSI Santa Specials of 2025. She performed wonderfully, and sped past the Duke’s Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at #CartonHouse near #Maynooth. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it! 🎄

My last shot of former #GNRi 4-4-0 steam loco No. 171 Slieve Gullion working the last of the steam-hauled #RPSI Santa Specials of 2025. She performed wonderfully, and sped past the Duke’s Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at #CartonHouse near #Maynooth. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it! 🎄

My last shot of former #GNRi 4-4-0 steam loco No. 171 Slieve Gullion working the last of the steam-hauled #RPSI Santa Specials of 2025. She performed wonderfully, and sped past the Duke’s Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at #CartonHouse near #Maynooth. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it! 🎄

My last shot of former #GNRi 4-4-0 steam loco No. 171 Slieve Gullion working the last of the steam-hauled #RPSI Santa Specials of 2025. She performed wonderfully, and sped past the Duke’s Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at #CartonHouse near #Maynooth. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it! 🎄

My last shot of former #GNRi 4-4-0 steam loco No. 171 Slieve Gullion working the last of the steam-hauled #RPSI Santa Specials of 2025. She performed wonderfully, and sped past the Duke’s Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at #CartonHouse near #Maynooth. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it! 🎄

A peek at former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion through Pike Bridge at the Duke’s Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at the entrance to #CartonHouse pulling the last steam-hauled #RPSI Santa Special of the 2025 season out of #Maynooth.

A peek at former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion through Pike Bridge at the Duke’s Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at the entrance to #CartonHouse pulling the last steam-hauled #RPSI Santa Special of the 2025 season out of #Maynooth.

A peek at former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion through Pike Bridge at the Duke’s Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at the entrance to #CartonHouse pulling the last steam-hauled #RPSI Santa Special of the 2025 season out of #Maynooth.

A peek at former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion through Pike Bridge at the Duke’s Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at the entrance to #CartonHouse pulling the last steam-hauled #RPSI Santa Special of the 2025 season out of #Maynooth.

A peek at former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion through Pike Bridge at the Duke’s Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at the entrance to #CartonHouse pulling the last steam-hauled #RPSI Santa Special of the 2025 season out of #Maynooth.

An #IrishRail Commuter train passing under Pike Bridge at the Duke’s Harbour on the #RoyalCanal opposite the entrance to #CartonHouse near #Maynooth.

Former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion passing the Duke’s Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at the gates to #CartonHouse as seen from Pike Bridge with the last steam-hauled #RPSI Santa Special of the 2025 seanson. No steam as she’s coasting towards the #Maynooth approach signal.

Former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion passing the Duke’s Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at the gates to #CartonHouse as seen from Pike Bridge with the last steam-hauled #RPSI Santa Special of the 2025 seanson. No steam as she’s coasting towards the #Maynooth approach signal.

Former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion passing the Duke’s Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at the gates to #CartonHouse as seen from Pike Bridge with the last steam-hauled #RPSI Santa Special of the 2025 seanson. No steam as she’s coasting towards the #Maynooth approach signal.

Former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion passing the Duke’s Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at the gates to #CartonHouse as seen from Pike Bridge with the last steam-hauled #RPSI Santa Special of the 2025 seanson. No steam as she’s coasting towards the #Maynooth approach signal.

Former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion passing the Duke’s Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at the gates to #CartonHouse as seen from Pike Bridge with the last steam-hauled #RPSI Santa Special of the 2025 seanson. No steam as she’s coasting towards the #Maynooth approach signal.

Former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion working an #RPSI Santa Special tender-first along a beautiful rural stretch of the #RoyalCanal east of #Maynooth.

Former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion working an #RPSI Santa Special tender-first along a beautiful rural stretch of the #RoyalCanal east of #Maynooth.

Former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion working an #RPSI Santa Special tender-first along a beautiful rural stretch of the #RoyalCanal east of #Maynooth.

Former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion working an #RPSI Santa Special tender-first along a beautiful rural stretch of the #RoyalCanal east of #Maynooth.

Former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion working an #RPSI Santa Special tender-first along a beautiful rural stretch of the #RoyalCanal east of #Maynooth.

As the wind picks up the steam from former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion swirls down and onto the #RoyalCanal towpath east of #Maynooth as she pulls an #RPSI Santa Special back towards Dublin tender-fist. Thankfully she was running clean, smelled like an open fire when it hit me 🙂

As the wind picks up the steam from former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion swirls down and onto the #RoyalCanal towpath east of #Maynooth as she pulls an #RPSI Santa Special back towards Dublin tender-fist. Thankfully she was running clean, smelled like an open fire when it hit me 🙂

As the wind picks up the steam from former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion swirls down and onto the #RoyalCanal towpath east of #Maynooth as she pulls an #RPSI Santa Special back towards Dublin tender-fist. Thankfully she was running clean, smelled like an open fire when it hit me 🙂

As the wind picks up the steam from former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion swirls down and onto the #RoyalCanal towpath east of #Maynooth as she pulls an #RPSI Santa Special back towards Dublin tender-fist. Thankfully she was running clean, smelled like an open fire when it hit me 🙂

As the wind picks up the steam from former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion swirls down and onto the #RoyalCanal towpath east of #Maynooth as she pulls an #RPSI Santa Special back towards Dublin tender-fist. Thankfully she was running clean, smelled like an open fire when it hit me 🙂

Former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion with it’s clean white steam contrasting against the December clouds as she works hard accelerating an #RPSI Santa Special away from the sharp turn in the line and #RoyalCanal at #Leixlip Louisa Bridge.