wexfordloco10 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Hi All just a couple of photos Videos will not upload due to being too large a file any advice David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
201bhoy Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Great pics thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Great stuff - is that a shed pretending to be houses in the background..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Stick the videos on YouTube and paste the links here would be your best bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aclass007 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Great stuff - is that a shed pretending to be houses in the background..? I assume you mean the red and white buildings? They are part of a relatively new industrial/retail estate.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttc0169 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 David's photos were taken shortly after a set of new hand points were laid into place, The points replaced a life expired set that were there since the yard was remodelled for the Asahi traffic in 1977, and had been electrically operated from the signal cabin until the introduction of the Mini CTC system in Mayo 2007, The new points were built over a couple of weeks further up the yard,(where the red and white industrial building are)-and were lifted into place by the excavator in the photo along with another one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
201bhoy Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 David's photos were taken shortly after a set of new hand points were laid into place,The points replaced a life expired set that were there since the yard was remodelled for the Asahi traffic in 1977, and had been electrically operated from the signal cabin until the introduction of the Mini CTC system in Mayo 2007, The new points were built over a couple of weeks further up the yard,(where the red and white industrial building are)-and were lifted into place by the excavator in the photo along with another one. Are you from Ballina Noel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttc0169 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) Are you from Ballina Noel? No Vincent,I worked out of Ballina station,so I know the yard and Ballina branch and Mayo line like the back of my hand. Edited January 29, 2013 by ttc0169 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wexfordloco10 Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 Hi My videos of the track work relaying can be found on my Filckr pages http://www.flickr photos.com/bluefredie David Wexford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave182 Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Just revisiting this thread in light of the news that the former Asahi Plant site is to be home to a new biomass power station. Can anyone clarify, was there a direct rail link to the plant or were the Asahi tanks forwarded on by road from Ballina? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Great stuff - is that a shed pretending to be houses in the background..? NO. Just some reeeeeeeeeally big cartons of Marlboro cigarettes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eiretrains Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Just revisiting this thread in light of the news that the former Asahi Plant site is to be home to a new biomass power station. Can anyone clarify, was there a direct rail link to the plant or were the Asahi tanks forwarded on by road from Ballina? It was forwarded by road to Killala from Ballina station. There's some pictures of the Asahi plant with its containers on the RTÉ Archives site. https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2154/042.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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