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Im soooo tempted!!!!!

Welcome to the site Paul, looking forward to seeing more pics

From Connemara to Cock o the North by Laurence Liddle 15 euro

Irish Railways a new history by Tom Creeks 15 euro

Diesel Dawn by Colm Flanagan 15 euro

The Harcourt street line by Brian mac Aongusa 15 euro

Broken Rails by Brian mac Aongusa 15 euro Sold

All prices include postage to the 26 counties, books are in good condition the odd mark here and there.

Looking forward too it Richie, it was on the wanted list for a while

Don t worry Seamus I beat Richie to it;).!!

I d say 1916 for the soldiers in and around Dublin, especially during or after the rising.

Jaysus the tram and the steam roller happened on the Carrigrohane ( Straight ) rd near Cork city on the muskerry line out of the Western rd terminus.It happened on the 6/9/1927, the 745 am mixed train from Donoghmore was half way between Carrigrohane and Victoria cross, when the steam roller drove into Coach no 7 causing it to derail. Damage to the train and steam roller was considerable, incidentally no 7 was built by Cravens!!!.

Nice one,

Kinsale 28/1/1915

A special goods train collided with the regular 830 mixed at the platform in Kinsale, the combination of a max loaded goods train 206 tons hauled by an 0-6-0 tank and the points were set for the platform line rather than the yard. Led to the deaths of two passengers who were on the mixed train more deaths were avoided thanks to the quick reaction of the staff who managed to clear most of the passengers out of the train before impact.

In the following board of trade report it emerged that the mixed train was to close to the signal and that the brakes in the special was only 7.5 tons and it was recommended to increase them to 10 tons.

I ll second that kevrail

Im amazed they didn t spot the Victorian era loco that was in existence in bradshaws day, or the 2 day excursions from Paddington to Killarney. Cork looked quite well in it, IE could have at least gave the cafs a clean for filming. Looking forward to seen the rest of the series.

Clogh bridge 31/12/75, After a bridge hit by an excavator on the back of a truck causing the granite masonry to be moved and buckled the rails, even with efforts to stop the train, it still hit the bridge at over 60 mph. B132 ended up at the bottom of an embankment on its roof , the leading 3 coaches jumped the bridge and shattered on impact .

5 people died with numerous injuries most down to the coaches disintegrating and penetration of other coaches.

on the 6/2/76 174 derailed near Scarbhach Co Down following an explosion, luckily the train was only travelling at. 30 mph and was in a cutting the loco and 6 mk2's ended up leaning against the cutting. Buckeye coupling and modern all steel coaches prevented serious injury or loss of life.

211 was hauling the 8:25 Dublin to Westport when it derailed at Curry level crossing due to the poor condition of the track. All 7 coaches were derailed to some degree and 440 meters were damaged. This led to probably the modernization of most of the track in Ireland and a timely wake up call to the government and Irish rail.

Happened in Tramore when 560 exMGWR fancied a night stay in the Hotel De Life on the 13/8/1947. It broke through the buffers in the station and landed upright on the Strand Rd following a brake failure on the 1 in 140 gradient. 12 years earlier a 2-2-2 tank derailed closer to Waterford at Carricklong bridge dragging 2 coaches down the embankment after her.

Fast forward to the 8/11/97 211 and 3 mk3's derailed at knockcroghery co Roscommon.

A60 was another casualty of the time derailed in Portadown after travelling 48 km from the border with nobody at the controls.

I heard something similar, what a shame they didn t get some good Welsh coal that the British railways had at the time.

I know Maeve hit the high 90's near Thurles, im nearly positive it was 96? the 201's definetly went over 100 on or near the same stretch as for the 071's I wouldn t be surprised if they did.

http://www.hidden-dublin.com/images/rail/rail_summit.html

Rare pics of probably the least photographed line in the country.

Looking good Sean, keep up the good work

Good man Eoin having the windows will make the world off difference. I think the Texas Deise man knows where to find us;).

Im sure its to do with the power the loco has. The last one of the 60's was the 67's so that might explain the 68 class. It looks terrible to me, a cross between a 67 and a 70 yuk!!!!!!

I ve had the dynamsis with the pro box, for years never gave me any bother. Find it simple to use and it does everything that I require.

Price wise the basic unit was approx 80 euro and was bought from Grahams and the pro box was picked up on the nrm forum for less than 100 complete with a second handheld.

http://IE201.irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/photos/view/pid/262065

Hope this may help!!

Not too sure about inchicore of heuston, but I ve pics of the one in Waterford if thats any good.

Excellent job Tom, which autofactors done the aerosol's for you?