Reg Ludgate Collection
Reg Ludgate was born in 1921 and spent his early career as a clerk with the Belfast and County Down Railway (BCDR). He was transferred to the Ulster Transport Authority when it acquired the BCDR in 1948. By 1950, Ludgate was working in the advertising and publicity department where his photographic skills were widely used. For instance, he was responsible for producing the all-Ireland coach brochures.
He began to contribute photographs and later a regular Irish column to the magazine Buses Illustrated, but he was also well known for his love of trains and became a contributor to Trains Illustrated.
He was an acknowledged authority on Belfast trams and was a co-author of the book Gone but not Forgotten – a photographic history of Belfast trams published jointly by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland and the Irish Transport Trust around 1979.
He was a prolific photographer and, fortunately, several thousand of his photographs, negatives and slides were presented to The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum by G Irvine Millar.
Thanks to Irvine Millar for permission to use his obituary of Reg in Buses November 1995
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Photograph of O'Connell Bridge, Dublin
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Photograph of horse- drawn trams
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Photograph of Dublin trams
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Photograph of O'Connell Bridge, Dublin
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Photograph of Clontarf horse-drawn tram
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Photograph of Dublin electric tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin Electric Tramways Motor Car
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Photograph of Dublin Electric Tramways Motor Car
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Photograph of Dublin electric tram
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Photograph of Rathmines Road, Dublin
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Photograph of Dublin trams
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of electric tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of electric wheel car tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin trams
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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Photograph of Dublin tram
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