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  1. I remember it very well John, that's the low floor wagon for the priestman crane, it was very active in the Dublin area in the early 90s, used for taking out old rails from disconnected sidings, after Liffey Junction signal cabin closed in July 1991, that priestman crane was used to lift the old sidings, 005 the Aclass hauled it to Liffey Junction. When the crane was withdrawn it stabled in the dardinell sidings in NW with instructions for it NOT TO BE SCRAPPED, was surpose to be going to Downpatrick but I don't know if it ever did. Regards hg
  2. I take it Noel, Tara Junction has it's own ''health & safety officer'' that bus mechanic fixing the bus is taking great care standing on an ''oil resistant mat'' and high vis clothing. Regards hg
  3. 208 worked all over the network in NIR blue livery, it worked to Galway a few times and Tralee, Thursday 17th October 1996 it worked the 11.35 passenger Heuston / Waterford, it seemed to be always 208, 209 seldom strayed off the Northern line, between 12th August and 20th August 1996, 208 worked cement and gypsum trains between Drogheda and North Wall, it worked a Platin / Cabra cement, in September 1996 it was in Tralee. 209 lost its blue livery in March 1997, 208 was repainted a few months later. Regards h.gricer
  4. Many thanks Noel, its nice to see them close up, the weathering is excellent, right down to the dirty numbers, it was rare to see a clean fert wagon, maybe just out of the works, the fertiliser wagons got very dirty, Shelton Abbey was a dirty kip, the dust was everywhere, loading fertiliser in places like New Ross or Foynes, then unloading it in places like Athenry or Farranfore in the winter in poor weather, the wagons where always dusty, very unusual and rare to see them exWorks. Regards hg
  5. That Sperry is just like the real thing, Noel can you post up some close up photo of the ''weathered fertiliser'' wagons, the detail is superb, I'm definitely due another visit. Regards hg
  6. Its more than a loop, the loco moves on to the ''traverser'' then moves across for it to run round, the wagons follow to be unloaded, the 071 just barely fits. Speaking of 141s on Taras, when the Iranian Leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was running his Presidential campaign to became President of Iran, his campaign workers downloaded a photo of 181+155 on a Tara train off the Meath on Track website, it caused quite a bit of amusement at the time, some say he should have used a modern railcar instead of vintage locomotives, it would have given Irish Rail better publicity and free advertising, maybe even get Iranian tourists to visit the Emerald Isle, very funny at the time, you can read it here http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/iran-on-track-with-help-of-irish-rail-26542633.html Regards hg
  7. The 201class doesn't fit on the traveser in the Tara Depot in Dublin Port. The Aclass was a perfect fit, the buffer stops had to be removed to accommodate the 071class, 201class are cleared to work the Navan Branch, 228 worked a GAA special September 1996. Pairs of 141s have worked Taras, but limited to 10wagons. The As worked 11wagons, Taras only started working 12wagons since the 071s took over. Regards hg
  8. Josefstadt The Athlone Midland station photo is also back to front, the main station building is on the upside on the western side of the viaduct, it had me puzzled as its the other way round, maybe try and fix it
  9. I really don't know how you do it ttc0169, that train shunter is the spit of Tony Maguire train examiner in North Wall (now retired) and don't tell me thats by accident, 077 did indeed work the HOBS,so thats certainly up to date. Regards h.gricer
  10. Further to my reseach on locomotive 086, on Saturday 1st September 1990 on an IRRS visit to Inchicore Works 086 stood outside the running shed sporting its new IR livery with white strip. Sunday 2nd September 1990 086 did its first run in the new IR livery working an 18.50 Connolly/ Galway GAA special with 12MK11 coaches, its interesting also that this special worked via Mullingar, Moate, Athlone Midland mainline. The mystery regarding 086 with the IR logo in supertrain livery has now finally been solved.
  11. Well Eiretrains, you'v certainly nailed it, not only producing photographic evidence, but providing very important information for me to do my own seach. I deliberately didn't get involved this thread as I wasn't sure, being out of one's dept comes to mind, then getting caught out later. Now that Flicki photo is dated 20th April 1990, dates are so important on photos, we learn a lot. I did a seach of slides I took 1990 period, lo and behold I found 086 passing the Curragh on a 17.40 Heuston / Limerick, IR logo, no strip, 25th July 1990, so it must have carried the IR logo for a few months in 1990 before it was painted. Then there was locos that carried nothing, like 014 018 and classleader 121, don't ask for a list, Im not sure, I maybe out of my depth. Regards h.gricer
  12. h gricer

    New IÉ logo...

    After much enquiries from good scources, this definitely didn't happen, Id take with a grain of salt whats on boards.ie, maybe the member in question needs a quick spin around the block to specsavers. Regards h.gricer
  13. Iv had a good look at some of my own slides, the large window seem to have been replaced when the 121s where repainted in the IR white strip livery, before that in the CIE broken wheel super train livery they all had the large middle window. Then of course the 2windows overlooking the bonnet where blanked out in later years, this was only done on 4 of the 121s, 123, 124, 131 and 134. This is all a nightmare for modellers, theres nothing worse than getting detail wrong, in other words, modelling something that never was. Regards h.gricer
  14. Absolutely agree, you can read my reply here, my opinion hasn't changed http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/reply/53257/Great-British-Railway-Journeys#reply-53257 Regards hg
  15. I think it was actually 146, the rebuilt cab was very noticeable with its bigger numbers at 1 end. Regards hg
  16. My mistake josefstadt, it was actually the MK2 (ABs) stock that 215 was shunting when it derailed, that stock used to work the 10.00 Heuston / Limerick, found the slide which I must scan. Regards h.gricer PS hard to believe 171 survived another 35years after the wash road incident.
  17. I had forgotten about that, there have been a few in resent years, 21st July 1994 locomotive 073 derailed on the trap points at Newcommen Junction with a Sligo liner, it very nearly ended up in the Royal Canal. On the morning of Wednesday 9th April 2003 201class locomotive 215 was involved in a very spectacular derailment at Heuston while shunting the MK2 AB coaches, the incident happen early in the morning, by 11am 215 was leaning at a 45degree angle in danger of topping over, ballast was put under the loco to support it, then 2 road cranes had to be brought in to ''stabilize the loco'' press photographers where hunted off the site, but the photos still appeared in newspapers the following day. Regards h.gricer
  18. More information on the 191 Clonsilla incident in this thread http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/67-Tara-Junction?p=8903#post8903, if I got a euro for everytime I retolded it, Id be a millionaire now. Regards h.gricer
  19. I have to agree josefstadt, it looked absolutely awful on 019 when I saw it in Inchicore on Saturday 17th September 1994 on the IRRS visit, if that had of appeared on the 15.00 Bell to Waterford I would have thought the world had gone completely mad, it looked really well 12months previous in the new IR livery, it was to be the big story on the beet campaign that year, but it never was, if only... Regards hg
  20. No it never ran in that livery 019, it was painted in the new IR livery in August 1993 and was all set to re enter traffic in October that year for the 1993 beet campaign then it was involved in a shunting incident in Inchcore. It was then used for experiment liveries in August and Sepember 1994 where it was seen on IRRS Inchicore visit that year, it never ran in its new IR livery or any of the trial liveries, it was finally withdrawn around December 1994, but it was a great locomotive for hauling Bell Liners, thats another story. Regards h.gricer
  21. Lovely photos on that entire Flicki site, John Phillips certainly visited Ireland at an interesting time, before Tod Andrews started swinging the axe. Regards h.gricer
  22. It actually wasn't that rare, infact if you go into Eiretrains, theres 3 different photos taken on 3 different days with the 121s working bonnet first, it was a local arrangment in the Dundalk area and happened at least twice a week at the time. I remember watching for the 9.45 North Wall liner to Belfast in the 1990s and if it was a mixed pair, particular if the 121 was facing south then Id be in for a treat the next day, the liner locos would be split in Adelaide the following day which ment that the 121class would work the 11.35ex Adelaide, on arriving into Dundalk, it would work bonnet first down to Barrack St to pick up the cigarette containers from Carrolls which arrived under Garda escort, then working back up to the station with its containers and on to North Wall, maybe dropping off cement bubbles at Drogheda for Platin. Another area where they worked bonnet first regularly was between NW and Inchicore, after arriving into NW off a liner, 126 regularly worked the Cork TPO from Heuston to Connolly for the down night mail, then returned to Inchicore bonnet first where it was turned on the turntable to work the 5.50 down day cork mail the following morning. It wasn't rare as such but you did have to be on hand with a camera to record it. 126 gained the name ''de Cork mail loco'' 1 evening in September 1991 126 worked the TPOs bonnet first Heuston to Connolly, ekkkkkkk on that occasion, sadly but foolishly I left the camera at home. Regards h.gricer
  23. It was a great night, big crowd, very enjoyable, it brought back a lot of memories for me, ammonia trains, bubble cement, keg beer trains and so much more, Brian Solomon can make the most boring and uninteresting photo very interesting all over, who would ever have thought of taking a photo of the old booking office and Fastrack office in Connolly, they where certainly dreary places but Brian captured them on 35mm slide film, superb stuff, 121class doing push/pull, its only a few years ago, but a completely different world now with plastic railcars. Brian is also a great orator which made it a great entertaining night. Regards h.gricer
  24. A really nice calendar, 1 of the nicest railway calendars in resent years, I just love the June photo of 082 and the December photo of 8208 and August photo of 234, I got 1 today, but its a great size, a nice item to hang on the wall for the next 12months and keep for ever after. Regards h.gricer
  25. It was a great show, colour photos in the early 1950s, colour photos of the 121class in the early 1960s in ''yankee livery'' pure class, you really have to see colour photos of that livery to see their beauty and all their glory, the late Cyril Fry is a long time dead, probably longer than most members here before they where born, but his photos and his model trains of course live on and on and on....... Regards h.gricer
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