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Giving the SD70 ACe a run to the Lakeview freight yard…who knows what might happen….

Nothing beats the unmistakable sound of a GM loco….lovely driving skills @Dempsey

Issue with the doors was quickly resolved

A wheelchair user boards Arrow railcar 2601 at the bay platform on Tara junction.

Sunday evening we see a mixed formation DMU operate local services as 37116 propels the inspection saloon through Ashburton grove.

Thank you Jonathan-much appreciated.

PM me when you decide to visit and we will arrange a viewing and a spin…!!

An early morning start at the Lakeview MPD as 121/141/181 locomotives are prepared for liner train duty on Tara junction.

An excellent video of Maam cross station by @declan64

Excellent video Declan, it was lovely to meet you last weekend.

Ya legend….

A video…of operations on Ashburton grove Ashburton grove.mov

@WRENNEIREwill you be attending this one Dave?

Thanks DJ

Work continues at the Maam Cross Connemara Railway Project, Ballast plough van 24853 is in the early stages of its bodywork overhaul and repaint, A base undercoat of grey was applied to one side of the bodywork and veranda today to assess what will be required from the forthcoming body makers visit, Thank you goes to the Iarnrod Éireann paint spray facility at Inchicore for help and advice on this ongoing project. Also more work was completed on the fantastic signal cabin with interior and exterior work ongoing, Finally our hard working Deutz locomotive received some maintenance and was used for several light engine movements up and down the line and all is well

And the CIE Cravens……

Friday night on Tara junction,Cravens coach 1523 bring back memories of nights seeing the real thing on the Ballina branch,here we see passengers enjoying the comfort of the coach as the steam heat oozes from the pipes between coaches….

The class 40 is about to depart from the MPD for MGR duties.

They sure are DJ…..they really capture the look of the interior-just as I remember them in service.

Ongoing work continues on the signal cabin at Maam cross

Train tech lights-battery/motion operated lighting.

Some new additions to Ashburton grove.

Lights,camera-action….. With the darker evenings drawing in I have commenced fitting interior lights to my coaching stock fleet, The CIE Mk3 set has already been successfully fitted with lights so attention has turned to the Cravens sets-the lights have really made a difference to the coaches I just need to work on the steam heating effect…. Some passengers have been fitted and more will be added over the coming weeks.

24 wagons were built -36001-36024 Introduced to traffic in 2001, mainly used on Dublin-Cork and Dublin-Limerick container trains, they were restricted these route due to them being prohibited from operating over mechanically signalled points for some strange reason They were subsequently stored when both Cork and Limerick container depots closed in 2005, 12 wagons are the maximum in a set and are air braked with a through Vacuum pipe also fitted 14 were returned to traffic in 2010 when DFDS commenced operating from Waterford to Ballina with the remainder stored at Limerick,North wall and two at Inchicore, For a short period of time they operated with the standard LX bogie wagons, two wagons were marshalled next to the locomotive for IWT They are to be returned to traffic to enable extra container trains operate between Ballina and Waterford for XPO

The latest Graham Farish N gauge locomotive release has made its way to Ashburton grove- 20 172 Redmire has joined the ever increasing locomotive fleet.