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Evening folks, Tuesday 8th January 2019: Pictures from Portlaoise as the sun was setting on 22050 as it arrived into the station, with an additional picture from Limerick after I alighted from the 1530 service from Heuston. Click https://goo.gl/QsFtaK or the picture below to view all the images.

A small update to the January gallery today with photos from Limerick and Ballybrophy. Click https://goo.gl/dV8TEX to view.

Evening folks, We kick off the 2019 season with photos from Portlaoise, Limerick Jct., Limerick and Nenagh. The North Tipperary Rail Community had their annual outing from Nenagh Station today to Limerick for Limerick-on-Ice with about 90 people travelling on the 1655 from Limerick to Ballybrophy. Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2019-Photos/January-2019 to view.

The final images from 2018 have now been uploaded to the December gallery featuring images from Nenagh Station this morning showing a healthy load joining the late-morning train into Limerick. Click https://goo.gl/bTMc17 to view. Also the 2018 Year in Review has been published featuring over 300 images from the Irish Railway Scene over 2018. May I take this opportunity to wish you all a Very Happy New Year. Click https://goo.gl/Fm6LDK to view.

The latest update to the December gallery has been published with: Friday 28th December 2018: A day trip from Thurles to Belfast to see a family member currently in hospital, features images from Thurles, Heuston, Connolly, Dundalk, Portadown, Belfast Lanyon Place and City Hospital. This was my first visit to Belfast since NI Railways renamed Central Station to Lanyon Place. It doesn't really roll off the tongue that well compared to Central and doesn't really give the occasional railway user any indication that this is the main railway station in Belfast, regardless of peoples views of it being central or not. Click https://goo.gl/7QUDB3 to view.

The latest update to the December gallery has been published with: Tuesday 18th December 2018: A few photos from Heuston and Busaras while up in Dublin for the day. Sunday 23rd Decemebr 2018: With a busy work schedule and lots of dreary weather, the opportunity for photographs in the lead up to Christmas has been limited. But I managed a detour to Kilkeen Level Crossing outside Killarney on Sunday afternoon while travelling along the N22 road to photo 22023 passing on the 1510 Tralee - Mallow. Click https://goo.gl/vuQbLT to view.

Evening all, The latest update to the December gallery has just been published. Featuring: Saturday 15th December 2018: A day spent on the Maynooth Line photographing the RPSI Santa Specials and travelling on the 3rd trip of the day, which due to the problems No. 4 had on the 2nd trip was worked by Belmond Grand Hibernian liveried 216. On a side note the 30 minute interval service on the Maynooth line is very welcome for hopping between stations. Sunday 16th December 2018: On Sunday morning I travelled up from Greystones to Dublin before catching some Green Line LUAS photos in between the Christmas Shopping. Click https://goo.gl/2cN3rt to view all the images.

Evening all, The latest update to the December gallery has just been published. Featuring: Saturday 15th December 2018: A day spent on the Maynooth Line photographing the RPSI Santa Specials and travelling on the 3rd trip of the day, which due to the problems No. 4 had on the 2nd trip was worked by Belmond Grand Hibernian liveried 216. On a side note the 30 minute interval service on the Maynooth line is very welcome for hopping between stations. Sunday 16th December 2018: On Sunday morning I travelled up from Greystones to Dublin before catching some Green Line LUAS photos in between the Christmas Shopping. Click https://goo.gl/2cN3rt to view all the images.

Evening all, Yesterday I found myself on another day trip to Dublin for a Institution of Railway Operators tutorial with pictures from: - Kildare. - Connolly. - Maynooth. Includes pictures of the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland Santa Train Specials between Connolly and Maynooth with the RPSI's No. 4 and IE 071 Class 082. Click https://goo.gl/PNdKFZ to view all the images from a rather excellent day.

Morning folks, It's been a busy week with two trips to Dublin (and my 3rd today) so I managed to get some pictures while out and about. The summary of the week so far includes: Tuesday 4th December 2018: Pictures from Heuston on Tuesday evening while waiting to catch my train home. Wednesday 5th December 2018: A ramble to Ashtown via tram and train to meet some friends for a catch up. The latter part of the evening has pictures from Heuston. Thursday 6th December: A visit to Rosskelton and Clonkeen during lunchtime to photo the 1000 Mallow- Portarlington Spoil Train which was hauled by 076 with 077 dead in tow. 077 had failed on Tuesday outside Cork with the same train. Click https://goo.gl/MgTDEF to view all the images.

Evening all, Two updates to the website this evening with the last of the November pictures and the start of the December collection. Another year is nearly gone. Thursday 29th November 2018: Pictures from Heuston Station and the footbridge at Inchicore. Click https://goo.gl/suqzPo to view the November gallery. Saturday 1st December 2018: A brief visit to Ballybrophy to photo the 1200 Heuston - Cork and 1125 Cork- Heuston passing the station. Sunday 2nd December 2018: While wandering around Co. Clare a slight detour found me conveniently passing Moyasta on the way home. Not much appears to have changed since my last visit in 2016, with no progress made on the long mooted transport museum. Later in the day I stumbled upon former Dublin Bus vehicle RH11 outside a pub at Liscasey, Co. Clare. Click https://goo.gl/nkEADr to view the December gallery. Of course both galleries can be accessed from the home page at www.thewandererphotos.com

Evening folks, Last weekend I visited London and did some travelling around the network. Full description of the areas visited can be seen on the gallery page at https://goo.gl/QCwPWK Some of the highlights include: - Parliamentary train from South Ruislip to London Paddington. - Upminister to Romford. - Northern City Line which still retains Network South East signage. - INTERCITY liveried 91119 at Kings Cross. - Detailed shots of Charing Cross Underground Station.

Sunday 18th November 2018: On Sunday afternoon I headed out to Yellow Quarry near Killarney to photograph the 1450 Cork - Tralee which is booked for a 4 car set of 2600's instead of the more normal diet of 22000's on the Tralee line. Later in the evening photos come from Killarney Station, Mallow and Limerick Jct. where we saw one of Iarnrod Eireann's newly passed out drivers heading for Dublin. Click the picture below to view all the images.

Friday 17th November 2018: A ramble from Portlaoise to Killarney via Cork, with photos coming from: - Portlaoise. - Limerick Jct. - Mallow - Cork - Cobh - Rathmore - Killarney. At Cork the final semaphore signals at Platforms 1 2 and 3 were in the process of being replaced by 3 aspect colour light signals. Click the picture below to view all the images from the day.

Yesterday I had to be in Dublin so once my business was completed I took a trip to several of the Northside DART stations. Pictures from yesterday come from: - Stacumny Bridge (on Sunday) - Heuston - Four Courts - Connolly - Fairview EMU depot including ICR 22062 paying a quick visit. - Clontarf Road. - Malahide. Includes seeing 5ICR 22036 on what turned out to be its penultimate day of operation on the 0735 Connolly - Belfast and 1035 return. - Harmonstown. - Raheny. Click https://goo.gl/qSoF1y to view.

Evening folks, Yesterday I took a ramble from Portlaoise to Dublin and travelled around some of the suburban network with pictures from: - Portlaoise. - Heuston. - Pearse. - Dun-Laoghaire - Sydney Parade. - Clonsilla. - M3 Parkway. - Docklands. Click https://goo.gl/noXHHJ to view.

Evening all, Photos from this week, all from the Portlaoise area featuring the Belmond Grand Hibernian returning to Inchicore on a trial from Limerick and two days later on the final charter of the season from Limerick Jct. to Mallow and Heuston. The train stopped in Portlaoise for a short period of time with entertainment and refreshments provided in the car park. Plus the usual diet of MKIV's and 22000's passing through. Click https://goo.gl/uWEW6G to view all the images.

Links amended in the original post (the old fashioned way) so now should work ok.

Morning all, A selection of images from yesterdays RPSI railtour to Cork, Limerick and Athenry have been uploaded to https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/RailtoursPreservedRailways/2018/RPSI-The-South-Western-Railtour/i-LcdGgcr/A Due to other long standing commitments later in the afternoon, I could only travel on the tour from Connolly to Portlaoise before I had to return to Dublin. Also uploaded to the October gallery are images from Friday and Saturday featuring the Belmond Grand Hibernian and a selection of 29000's 22000's and MKIV's. * Templemore. * Heuston * Connolly * Cabra Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2018-photos/October-2018/i-38BB43d/A to view.

Evening folks, Last weekend I visited Berlin, Warsaw and Prague with a group of friends for a weekend away. Of course there was plenty of time for pictures and we traveled from Berlin to Warsaw by the Warsaw Express and then onto Prague by the overnight Choplin sleeper train. Pictures from Warsaw include a visit to the railway museum in the city. Click https://goo.gl/H7WFp8 to view all the images. A few photos from this week have been uploaded to the October gallery featuring a birds eye view of 207 passing Clongriffin, 088 hauling failed 232 from Cork to Inchicore and 073 shunting a PWD train at Portlaoise. Click https://goo.gl/oCByZo to view.

Afternoon all, A small update to the October gallery contains images from Hazelhatch, Connolly and Drogheda from earlier today. Click https://goo.gl/wiK1VA to view.

I unexpectedly found myself in Thurles late this afternoon and photographed 22033 which had been earlier failed while working the 1400 Heuston - Cork. It was waiting to head back to Laois Traincare Depot. The 1725 Cork - Heuston was cancelled as a result. Click https://goo.gl/KQprmc to view all the images.

Evening folks, The September gallery has just been updated with pictures from Tuesday and today (Saturday) at https://goo.gl/Bxr2GG Tuesday 25th September 2018: A single picture from Portlaoise showing the 1530 Heuston - Limerick arriving. Saturday 29th September 2018: Pictures from Thurles and around Dublin including the Belmond Grand Hibernian and Heuston and Connolly plus a trip to Malahide and Laytown.

Evening all, A few images from the past few days have now been uploaded to the September gallery at https://goo.gl/YGtCFG Thursday 20th September 2018: The National Ploughing Championship Spl. stopped additionally at Templmore andBallybrophy to collect stranded passengers bound for Dublin which were then dropped off at Portlaoise for the 0913 Portlaoise - Heuston. Friday 21st September 2018: Nenagh on a rather wet Friday morning. Sunday 23rd September 2018: A visit to Killarney to see one of the 2600 Class services at Killarney and later I went to Mallow to see 228 being hauled dead in train on the rear of the 1825 Cork - Heuston with MKIV 4006 + 229. Click the picture below to view all the images.

The latest update to the September gallery has just been made with photos of: Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th September 2018: Pictures from Portlaoise and Thurles on both days showing the bus transfers (on Sat) in connection with the renewal of crossover TS747 at Thurles which I went to see on the Sunday. Monday 17th September 2018: Just a single picture from Portlaoise on Monday evening of 22063 arriving from the depot. Tuesday 18th September 2018: Pictures from Ballybrophy and Limerick complete today's round up. Wednesday 19th September 2018: Storm Ali proved interesting this morning with widespread delays to the Dublin - Belfast Enterprise, Dublin - Sligo and Dublin - Galway / Westport routes. Minor issues occurred on the rest of the network with the 0700 Cork - Heuston delayed due to passenger loadings and storm delays at Mallow and Thurles. Click https://goo.gl/WNHBHh to view all the images.