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The Class 50 on freight duties.

Operations returned to Tara junction today when 075 worked the 07:30 Heuston-Cork and 086 worked the 06:00 Heuston-Cork passenger/mail which was looped at the station to allow 075 overtake.

Happy Christmas to all followers of Tara junction.

Same here

Test fitting the new extension to Ballisodare mill-a few tweeks are necessary…..

Three new arrivals in the shape of 12 ton unfitted H-vans-seen here being shunted by locomotive 188 into Ballisodare mill.

Christmas shopper specials on Tara Junction .

Yes Mol.

Correct-circa 1995.

The class 47 works a RTC test train with a DBSO undergoing testing.

A39 has charge of the Inchicore breakdown train-the crew have been looped at Tara junction and will take their PNB here.

Thanks Jason

Not on this occasion.

The first of the annual Christmas shopper special trains operated to and through Tara Junction today when , Control car 6102+4 Mk3 push pull+130 operating the Ballina-Dublin Pearse service 075 working a Dublin Heuston-Galway MK3 intercity Supertrain livery. 017 works the Sligo-Dublin Connolly Mk2D set 171 works the Athlone-Dublin Heuston Mk2a/b set, 080 works the other Mk2 a/b set forming the Tralee-Dublin Heuston service. NIR 450 class railcar 452 works a Dublin Connolly-Belfast relief service. — at Tara Junction Station.

The class 44 works a trans pennine express from Newcastle to Liverpool through Ashburton grove.

Thanks to @past avenue for supplying the name boards which were recently installed on Tara junction.

Thanks Rob

No

Connolly,Inchicore,Rosslare,Tralee and Claremorris-currently only Connolly and Rosslare are operational Whitehead has one also

A BR parcels van..

These Mk3s were purchased by Belmond for their Grand Hibernian luxury train-they were being shipped over to Scotland to be refurbished at that time in 2015, After Belmond finished here in Ireland in 2019-they were sent back again for another refurb job and are now part of the Britannic explorer train touring the UK-albeit not without their faults-they are currently back in the workshops for more attention.

Thanks Gents….having fun…A39 arrives from Sligo loco shed to shunt the empty grain wagons.

An ECS 45’ container arrives into Lakeview freight yard behind the IR liveried DAF.

The prototype HST power cars get a run out on Ashburton grove working a Crewe to Edinburgh charter train

143 has been allocated to ballast train duties for the weekend on Tara junction.