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Great photos there Tom,it's nice to see Waterford from a different vantage point.

Evening lads, As its the time of year for the annual weed spraying train to tour if the IE system mine was given a brake test yesterday and was put out behind loco 083 tonight, The prototype train is in Claremorris this evening and its loco-083 went back light engine to Portlaoise this morning, I also seen that the 20'brown storage container on the rear of the real train has the end of the container painted yellow,so after a brief visit to Tara Junctions paint shop my train has received the same treatment.... 083 hauls the Weedspray train on its first spraying run,it would cover all four lines over the course of the evening-(a video is on YouTube showing some of the operations earlier) Two red tail lamps are now on the rear of the train along with the yellow painted container end.

Definatly agree with you there Kieran and Stephen-a top class railcar in model form which looks even better on Kirley Junction,, Let us know how you get on fitting a sound chip to it please Stephen.

Nice one Kieran-well done.,

Hi HF-The lower half from the marker lights down is the original,while above that is all newly rebuilt cabs,doors and side panels...

Correct Fran-same reason for the refurbished 071 locos.

Yes Sean-at the moment 071 will work the laden timber train to Waterford,so get your camera out.

Health and safety dictated that those steps had to be plated over on the IE locos for the simple reason it was deemed too"dangerous"for maintenance staff at outlying depots to work on those steps when replacing headlight bulbs or windscreen wipers-a new type of platform is in use now at those depots now to perform any maintenance duties.

Wow brilliant photos there Stephen,thanks very much for posting,I had often wondered what condition 125 was in after being removed by the steam cranes.

Evening lads-some engineering works took place over the weekend at the junction,this was to install a new crossover to provide more flexibility when overtaking other trains on the four track section, The previous left hand point wasn't a success as some trains were derailing when passing over it,so this time I installed a right hand point to connect with the other point which has worked well so far-here are a few photos of the engineering work.... Ballasting taking place with the excavator and tamper 751 starting work. Welding and tightening of the new crossover is taking place. The Perway gangs are hard at work. A 5 mph TSR is in place as loco 088 hauls a set of Cravens slowly past the worksite while the 29000 railcar awaits departure back to Central station.

Not too far out....it was Bellco and its located about three miles to the south of Ballina alongside the Ballina-Manulla line.

Loco 125 ran away down the hill into Roscommon station while working the 19:15 Ballina-Northwall goods train and was diverted into the long up siding at the Athlone end of the station where the loco nosedived into the stream after demolishing the buffer stop.

A photo taken of 072 shortly after arriving at Ballymote station with the 14:00 Sligo-Connolly RPSI Cravens rail-tour this afternoon.

Glad you got it Anthony well done.

Sure did Anthony-after shunting the liner to the through road to make way for 081 on the DFDS CPW liner and 230 on the second IWT liner' date='071 was uncoupled and conveniently placed across from the station platform for more photos...

92-60-0117-071-7 worked the Northwall-Ballina IWT liner for the first time today, Seen here after arrival in Ballina.

Derek has done a great job on the garage and is a gentleman to deal with, I've bought a few buses off him in the past I think he may be offering a building service of bus garage scenes-which judging by those photos would be well worth it.

Nice job Kieran-that back-scene is breathtaking well done.

230 is pictured here after arrival at Ballina freight yard with today's IWT Liner

Thanks for sharing the photo Paul-after checking my Guards journal for that day which was Friday 22 July 2005,the following locos are in the photo, The Ballina branch loco is 074 with Cravens coaches 1558,1547 and SHV 3173, The 17:50 up Westport Mk3 set was hauled by 214 and had Mk3a coach 6208 in the set, The FO 16:20 Heuston-Ballina was hauled by loco 085 and had SHV 3185,1536,1528,1529 and 1530 in that order, The timber train that got into difficulty on the approach to Claremorris was hauled by locos 175+177, After the Mk3 set departed for Dublin the branch set was moved up to the platform where 074 was uncoupled and ran around the set and then went to shunt the Guinness wagons on the right hand side to couple up to the other wagons in the distance to form the liner later on that night back to Dublin,the Claremorris loco oil two axle tanker is parked in the dock siding and would be shunted out on the following Monday night, Great memories and lots of variety-and lots of potential for a future layout with lots of options available for different eras.....