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Many thanks John, much appreciated..

A drone shot of the busy Lakeview rail freight yard as retro liveried locomotive 071 arrives from the MPD to work the bogie spoil train to North wall,

Regular updates are given on this page along with various Facebook Irish railways pages, We are also fortunate to have two members who contribute to and have contacts with some of the leading UK railway magazines, with one magazine in particular doing an article during the early days of the project. A well known Irish radio & TV personality recently paid a visit to the site and was impressed with what he has seen so far and will give the project a mention on his return to the airwaves next month.

They are well worth it.....and are ideal for the 1990s/2000 era on Irish rail...

As they say ''Rome wasn't built in a day'',thanks for the kind donation Kevin, Jim is fortunate in that he has a reliable volunteer base from various backgrounds including railway operations, engineers,accountants,fitters etc who are all keen and driven to see this come to fruition

Forklifts LV1 & LV2 are busy at the Lakeview railfreight yard....

The unique one of its kind MDS 25 school bus gets a run out of the depot after receiving attention in the garage......

A bundle of joy arrived at Tara junction.....thank you IRM......

Another bundle of joy arrived last week, and another big congratulations are in order to the lads at IRM. A selection of photographs taken earlier at a busy Lakeview rail freight yard sees retro liveried locomotive 071 arrive from the MPD after refueling to work the bogie spoil train consisting of spent ballast from the recently extended freight yard and some life expired concrete sleepers, The fourth photo shows the interior of the cement/fertilizer store which has been fitted with interior lighting-it has really added to the scene, Forklifts LV1 and LV2 are busy loading cement and Guinness kegs while the bulk cement bubbles are unloaded, Pictures speak louder than words.....enjoy....

The site owner is funding the project to date, but there is a gofundme page set up for anyone who wishes to donate to the project,see the link on the first page.

A new designated timber loading area was marked out at the west end of the Lakeview rail freight yard, Here are a selection of photos of the gradual stockpiling of logs to the stack When the timber train has been 'loaded' the area can be moved out of the way-its a movable diorama.....!!!! The timber contractor has recently taken delivery of a brand new 202 registered Scania tractor unit which is well fit to haul the heavy timber log loads

Another productive day yesterday at Maam cross, An articulated truck load of railway equipment arrived at the site and was promptly unloaded, With the assistance of two machines we put into position a base for the crane on the goods loading bank,this crane originated in Barrack street goods yard in Dundalk, A new pit had been previously excavated and this was lined with timber sleepers-but not finished yet,it will be used for under frame examinations of visiting locomotives Level crossing gates were given another coat of paint,they will be put into position in a few weeks time. The lever frame and a ground frame was moved to safe storage this lever frame was formally located in Carlow signal cabin A buffer stop was moved into position at the Galway end of the goods loading bank,this can been seen in the sixth photo Finally we ''planted'' a telegraph pole near to where the West signal cabin will be located-this in time will have working phone and ETS lines attached to it and others,it was previously located between Broadstone and Liffey junction.. A selection of photos from yesterday....

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The designated timber loading area at Lakeview rail freight yard has seen the arrival of a brand new 202 registered Scania tractor unit.

Your welcome Kevin..

I was fortunate and delighted to have been the Guard in charge of the Belmond Grand Hibernian Mk 3 set for three seasons, The formation is as follows=former IE numbers in brackets, 87104-Carlow-(7601)-EGV 87110-Donegal-(7130) Crew sleeper 87001-Fermanagh-(7116) Sleeper coach 87002-Leitrim-(7158) Sleeper coach 87003-Waterford=(7129) Sleeper coach 87004-Down--(7149) Sleeper coach 87005 Kerry-(7137) Sleeper coach 87101 Sligo-(7171) standard dining coach 87102 Wexford-(7169) premier dining & kitchen coach 87103 Kildare-(7104) observation coach

The 121 didn't actually fail, it was the control car of the Mk 3 push pull that would have failed so the 121 would have been uncoupled from the rear and coupled to the front to haul the train to Inchicore for attention;

Locomotive 201 arrives at the Lakeview railfreght yard to shunt some bogie bulk cement wagons as the new warning system has became operational.

Looking forward to your visit jhb-and the pints afterwards....

112 in Ballina prior to working the 18:00 branch train to Claremorris which included Cravens diner 1508 second from the locomotive (May 2006) The formation was 112,1532,1508,1507,1550 & GSV 3189.

The Cravens snack car was included in the formation of the Ballina branch Cravens set on only one occasion when part of the RPSI Cravens rail-tour set was used to strengthen the branch train back in 2003, I will check my Guards journal notes for dates and formation numbers but it was hauled by NIRs on loan locomotive 112.

Another view of the new arrivals at Lakeview rail-freight yard....

Sunday afternoon freight action on Ashburton grove.. The Class 56 hauls some ex works HAA hoppers to the wagon yard where they will be formed into a set.

Two new additions at the Lakeview rail/road freight depot in the shape of LV1 & LV2 Hyster forklift trucks

Yes it was especially in the latter days of the Guinness liners, Here is the 47' version.....will this become Project 47?