Gordon71 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 4.12.16. GM 112 at Lisburn to do brake tests on the stored RPSI Gatwick carriages. 4.12.16. Trains at Lisburn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barl Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Great pictures guys. Thanks for posting the pictures of the LCC too, having worked on the design team it's nice to see it come to fruition....and that the Broombridge depot hasn't flooded yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Great to see the pockets in action in Dublin again. Captured this wee race between 078 and Mark IVs at d'local station this lunchtime 078, Pockets and Daffy by franburke, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnyus Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Good morning, some photos taken in Dublin on Wednesday 21 Dec 2017: https://flic.kr/s/aHskKm5Cbc Includes: - 071 operating Tara Mines trains - 078 on the morning IWT ex Ballina North Wall Finbarr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 Evening all, Friday 23rd December 2016: A stop off at Ballybrophy to photograph up and down MKIV operated Cork services. Click http://smu.gs/2hk6XgR to view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) Evening folks, Saturday 24th December 2016: Just one from Killarney showing 22030 departing from the station with the 1305 Tralee - Mallow. Click http://smu.gs/2hC0nyc to view the full size image. May I also take this opportunity to wish all visitors to the website a very Merry and Peaceful Christmas. Edited December 24, 2016 by thewanderer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon71 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 10.12.16. RPSI Santa Trains at Yorkgate Belfast & The Dargan Bridge Belfast. 11.12.16. RPSI Santa Trains around the Portadown Area. 18.12.16. RPSI Santa Trains at Whitehead & Belfast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Evening folks, Thursday 29th December 2016: As dusk was falling I visited Portarlington station to photograph 231 hauling failed MKIV set 4006 and loco 218 from Ballybrophy to Heuston. The loco had failed while working the 1220 Cork - Heuston and was terminated at Ballybrophy with passengers transferred to the following 1320 Cork - Heuston. Plus photos of a few other odds and sods. Click http://smu.gs/2iJqAiT to view all the images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 The two zebras seem to turn up all over the place! I had one on the 0700 Cork a few weeks ago..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 Evening all, Friday 30th December was another poor day for the loco fleet with 234 working the 0900 Heuston - Cork failing between Mallow and Cork in the Burnfort area. Cork Thunderbird 229 was sent to assist it and hauled it into Cork where it arrived 90 minutes late. Photos from the day include Clonkeen, Lisduff & Templemore showing 201 Class and MKIV sets. Click http://smu.gs/2hCDDSQ to view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 . . . 0900 Heuston - Cork failing between Mallow and Cork in the Burnfort area. Cork Thunderbird 229 was sent to assist it and hauled it into Cork where it arrived 90 minutes late. . . . Great pics as ever. One of the advantages of BRs 125 Intercity fleet was a power unit at each end so at least they could limp home under their own power at reduced speed if one power unit failed. Does anybody know if a 201/Mk4 set fails but a second 'rescue' loco is coupled up to the failed loco, can it still be driven in the opposite direction from the DVT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKrocker Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Great pics as ever. One of the advantages of BRs 125 Intercity fleet was a power unit at each end so at least they could limp home under their own power at reduced speed if one power unit failed. Does anybody know if a 201/Mk4 set fails but a second 'rescue' loco is coupled up to the failed loco, can it still be driven in the opposite direction from the DVT? If it's like our Class 68's on Chiltern, then the failed loco is dead hauled, in the case of a 68, you isolate a few cocks in the clean air compartment. Then drive from the DVT as normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 That's never happened here and I can't see it happening. Assistance usually comes from the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKrocker Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 That's never happened here and I can't see it happening. Assistance usually comes from the front. We have only spare 68 on Chiltern, which is kept at Chiltern's Wembley depot. So if you fail, the loco can be put in front of the DVT or attached to the failed loco, all depends where you have failed and what end is easier to get to. Like the Irish network, we don't have the luxury of 4 track working. Touch wood, it has'nt happened yet!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 Evening folks, The final photos of 2016 are from Nenagh to see the final train of 2016 to pass through the station. 2817 + 2818 1905 Ballybrophy - Limerick. May I take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy & Prosperous New Year! Click http://smu.gs/2hAsCwv to see the full size image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Thank you for all the superb photos last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 With 2017 upon us its time to reveal the 2016 Year in Review. This gallery contains over 400 photos and videos from the past 12 months from the railways of Ireland. Enjoy the gallery and let's hope 2017 will be just as interesting. From a personal viewpoint the painting of 071 into its original CIE Supertrain livery was certainly the highlight of the year for me. Let's see what 2017 will bring us.... Click http://smu.gs/2hX3lNX to view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnyus Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Morning all & Happy New Year! Some photos taken over the last few weeks: https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/ Includes: - trip to UK (including Bristol, Exeter, Barnstaple, Dawlish, Plymouth & Paignton) - Deise Greenway - North Cork Mallow Viaduct Dawlish Warren Dawlish Kilbarry Finbarr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Thanks for posting guys. Two absolutely stunning sets of rail photography. Finbar I feel very nostalgic looking at the BR 125 sets - 40 years and still going strong. That's maximising asset earnings. I travelled frequently on them in the 80s and 90s. Never had a model 125 mind you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 Thanks Noel. Tuesday 3rd January 2017: We start off the 2017 pictures with a visit to Ratheven outside Portlaoise to photograph 076 hauling failed 234 from Cork to Inchicore plus the usual MKIV and 22000 sets on passenger traffic. Click http://smu.gs/2iLRIdG to view all the images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 Evening all, I didn't think my first train trip of 2017 would be on a 22000 set on the Nenagh branch! But that is what happened today. Due to a large number of passengers travelling to Limerick this morning on the 1005 Ballybrophy - Limerick service, mostly from Cloughjordan, which was organised by the Nenagh Rail Partnership for their annual outing to "Limerick on Ice" (Ice skating). Iarnrod Eireann decided to allocate the Limerick - Limerick Jct ICR set to the evening Ballybrophy service. I travelled north from Nenagh to Ballybrophy on it. Click http://smu.gs/2iBLyPQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon71 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 12.12.05 . 8453 at Coleraine. 18.12.05. RPSI Whitehead Base . 18.12.15. Here & There on NIR . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricanemk1c Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Evening all, I've been away in the UK for the past week, mainly visiting family (and with a day out in Derby for bus photographs). However, I did get a few railway-related photos as well. Gedling Colliery opened in the 1890's and closed in 1991. The former rail-served site is now a country park, but some of the original railway equipment survives. In the hour or two spent walking around the park, I observed a former bridge (still maintained by Network Rail), rail-built bufferstop, telegraph pole, embedded rails, baseplate and a rather interesting chair. Click on any of the photos below or the link at the end to view them all Album Link - Regards, Kieran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Evening folks, Several photos from the weekend at Portarlington, Portlaoise, Ballybrophy, Birdhil, Killonan and Ennis. Click http://smu.gs/2i5BB9m to view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 Evening folks, Monday 9th January 2017: The day starts off in Limerick before heading to Dublin to see retro CIE liveried 071 on the 0920 Tara Mines to North Wall laden working. Click http://smu.gs/2i79zz9 to view all the images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Great shot of 071 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 Evening all, A trip to Dublin this morning. Very handy when needing to go to Connolly area of the city to use the Phoenix Park Tunnel services. Pictures are from: Sallins Connolly Malahide - highlight being 085 on the afternoon Tara. Portarlington. Click http://smu.gs/2jF9xi8 to view all the photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Great moon shot. They can be difficult to get right. 085 shot is particularly tasty too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Morning all, I'm in London this weekend for a railtour on the Saturday. The first batch of images from Friday have now been uploaded to http://smu.gs/2jhyDTj The photos start at Dublin Airport and feature such exotic locations as Greenford and Stratford plus many more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon71 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 8.1.17. Drogheda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 Evening all, The next batch of photos from my weekend in London have now been uploaded to the website. The main event of the day was the Branch Line Society's "The Vossloh Voyager" which traversed three much sought after depot / yard lines and other interesting track including East Putney in both directions. The 8-coach train was formed of the two Class 455 EMUs that have been recently used as the test bed for the new Vossloh Kiepe three phase AC traction motor project – 5732 and 5870. In recognition of the special train, all profits will be donated to SWT's nominated charity, Railway Benefit Fund (RBF). A grand total of £14,500 was raised. All the photos from the railtour can be viewed at http://smu.gs/2iXMmvt The other non-railtour images from Saturday include visits to: - Clapham Jct. - Waterloo. - Stockwell. - Brixton - Kingly Court Underground Station. It's not what you think it is These can be viewed at http://smu.gs/2jetJEH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 So Conor McGregor's driving a train? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 No he was learning the road (yesterday!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Evening all, The final batch of images from the London trip have now been uploaded. Featuring pictures from the scene of the awful Croydon Tramlink accident on 9th November 2016, before heading to Hayes and back into London Bridge & Blackfriars for a train to Gatwick. Click http://smu.gs/2jt8CAO to view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricanemk1c Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Morning all, A few more from my Nottingham stay at the beginning of the month. As always, click on the photo to view them full size I was lucky enough to have a walk through the remains of a Nottingham Suburban Railway tunnel at Sneinton. Now in use as a club shooting range, it is very dry and very bright - which makes a change for railway tunnels! Album link - Regards, Kieran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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