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071 and Yellow Vans to Cobh just now.
ttc0169 replied to Georgeconna's topic in What's happening on the network?
Passed through Tara junction earlier too.....
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The Sperry train had a first today when Belmond liveried locomotive 216 hauled the train from Cobh back to Cork after 083 had hauled it to Cobh and Midleton earlier, Here we see the train being hauled by 083 through Tara Jctn and later on hauled back by 216.
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The Sombre et Meuse type bogies are interchangeable, the ones with the extra sets of brake blocks are normally used under the bogie timber and the air braked track panel per way trains, and are normally confined to these types of wagons now, They were formally used on the bogie shale and bogie bulk cement wagons, I was fortunate to visit Limerick wagon works a few years ago and observe a bogie swap take place between a Tara wagon ,a shale wagon and a CPW-the CPW getting the Tara bogie, the Tara got the shale bogie and the shale got the CPW, Here are a few photos of that visit..
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Some welcome visitors to Tara junction in the form of sound fitted 001 class locomotive 011 and steam locomotive 372,both received some works attention and were both given trial runs before returning south to their home depot. IMG_8650.MOV IMG_8643.MOV
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Noel-Is it the same type-(kadee no18) coupler that is fitted to locomotive 222? I have no experience of kadee couplers on my layout but I feel they are ideal for my MK4 end coach set.
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The end of the coach that is always next to the locomotive has no gangway connection-it is blanked off, Thanks very much for the kadee conversion-it is something I need to complete on my own set-and is a useful tutorial
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Definatly a runner of OO Irish outline models and British N gauge but recently have begun to collect OO gauge BR blue locomotives and coaches for a possible future small layout.
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With the two class 20 locomotives having gone to the MPD for servicing, it was the turn of the class 37-(37 261) to be allocated to freight duties, Here we see the locomotive coupled to a tanker train in the loop-awaiting line clearance and the passage of several HSTs - it will follow the class 56 hauled freight which in turn later will arrive on the loop and its wagons be shunted to the factory sidings by the class 08 shunter.
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The power unit of 204 undergoes load bank testing under the watchful eye of the CME at the MPD on Tara junction. IMG_8609.MOV
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Thanks Jason- I bought it on eBay
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Many thanks Noel, The 201 is a Lima model which was in storage-just like the real thing.... The motor and pick ups have been disconnected to avoid any potential damage when on the DCC rails.
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After spending nearly ten years in storage, locomotive 204 was shunted to the MPD by retro liveried 071 for an assessment to take place, It was then decided to remove its power unit and send it to a specialised engine rebuilding firm. So with the use of a mobile crane and flatbed truck the operation began..... 071 was coupled to a 20' barrier wagon as the braking system on 204 has been removed and used to move the locomotive, Here are a selection of photos from the operation which took place earlier today...…...
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Thanks Noel.I travelled on the locomotive at that time as there was no longer a brake van used as part of the formation
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Was tempted at Warley....they might be at the Glasgow exhibition in a months time...…
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Fantastic model.
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I was fortunate to have been a train guard that worked the real Esso oil train to and from Claremorris nearly 20 years ago at this stage, It always was a leisurely pace of no more than 35mph when laden and 40mph when empty and thanks to Heljan I now can recreate the liner in model form as the tanks are identical to the real wagons which were scrapped in 2006. I hope to purchase some more in the future to recreate the block train with barrier wagons at either end....
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EM50 Track recording vehicle No'700 makes an appearance on its monthly tour of Tara junction, After 073 had worked the liner mail train it shunted the TPOs and the GSV to a siding , It is seen here arriving into the Lakeview freight yard with the bogie container wagons where they will be unloaded for onwards distribution.
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Congratulations lads-well deserved..
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25 years ago tonight 21/01/1994 and into the early hours of the following day-the final mail trains operated in Ireland, The Galway liner mail departed from Connolly station behind locomotive 073 at 21:30 and arrived into Galway shortly before 02:00,ending over one hundred years of mail by rail, Here we see the liner mail arriving into Tara junction station where the P&T vans await its arrival, The formation of the train is as follows; Locomotive 073 ,TPOs 2974.2975,GSV 3189TLA and three bogie 62'9'' air braked wagons-30501,30510 and 30540.
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Gents-any update on the release of the buffer stops?
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Thanks Jason, That's where I got the inspiration to repaint the model-and there is another photo of 019 in the Irish railways traction & travel book on page 65-(1994) edition. Is there anything that doesn't turn up on Tara Junction -Anything is possible......
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Gents-you forgot about 019 in its experimental livery.....I'm sure it will be a best seller......
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Ernies Massive Irish 1930's to 2005 Photo Archive
ttc0169 replied to Glenderg's topic in Photos & Videos of the Prototype
Could it be the Beet factory sidings outside Mallow on the Kerry road? -
Prior to the introduction of the 201 class locomotives to Ireland in 1994/1995,an 001 class locomotive-(019)-was repainted into an experimental livery to see what the proposed livery would look like on the 201s, The livery was subsequently adopted and was applied to all 32 locomotives before they were delivered to Ireland , although a different logo was chosen in the style of the plug and socket type. Here we have a selection of photos from Tara junction paint spray facility of 019 being hauled out for the first time by locomotive 181 for a daylight viewing by the CME and fleet controller, Locomotives 160+192 arrive at the MPD for fuelling while C class 226 and 071 class 075 await their next turn of duty.
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The new permanent way sidings have begun to get busy with the arrival of the laden bogie spoil wagons this evening, Here we see 0117076-(which has been allocated to per way duties) propel the wagons to the unloading area under a floodlit scene where the dump trucks and JCB excavator await.
