PeadarC

On 7/11/2021 at 11:23 AM, jhb171achill said:

I think in later days while there were still 401s “on the books”, as it were, they saw little use. I would g YG ave been bumbling about Heuston station from 1976 onwards, and Connolly long before that - yet I have no recollection of ever seeing a single one in use even then, at either place. Always 421s.

Now, I am aware that a few WERE in use at that time; my point is simply that they didn’t feature as much as their numbers might suggest.

There was a line of them withdrawn in Inchicore - all with cowls.

Were they ever used to assist/push a fully loaded loco hauled train up the gradient out of Heuston? I have a memory of being told that they did?

Thanks

Recently I came across a photo of an E401 class without the exhaust silencer cowl on the bonnet. 

I thought initially that it was an E421 class but it was definitely an E401 (E412 if I recall correctly.

Can anyone advise please if there were E401s without the cowl on the bonnet?

Regards, Peadar