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Some nice stuff there, particularly the shot of 050 unloading the new concrete trunking in the days of when trains hauled such things, nowadays a lot comes by road!

Think you're 10 years out, it was 1953 that the final section to Aughrim closed.

So no diesel locomotives, maybe not even an AEC railcar, which were well traveled in general.

Hi all,

Please find below latest photos from Eiretrains, featuring lots of trains during the summer, mainly freight and PWD workings, as well as the great IRRS tour to Cork, Cobh and Midleton.

eiretrains.com/latestphotos/Summer%202013/latestphotos.html

Also video of the Sperry train

Hope you like photos and thanks for looking

Hi guys and thanks, I should have said diesel, if there were any on Irish rail, I'm not thinking of any particular time, or region, thanks again, did anything like this run on Irish rail,

 

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Wonder could you tweak it to make it look more like the NIR DH Class engines?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIR_1_Class

There was a rumour that she was scrapped, but the last I heard she was still in one piece...

That's right, as far as I know C202 still exists, it's in a yard now alongside the Waterford line, south of Mullinavat I think.

can you recall the name of the dvd?

It's West Cork Railway Volume 2 Too good to be forgotten. You can still pick up both DVD volumes online here from the Clonakilty Railway Village, both are excellent and you would be mad not to have either.

http://www.modelvillage.ie/catalog/dvd

A ©201 class also hauled a Tara Mines working in the early 1980s, probably standing in for the normal A Class locomotive.

I don't think there was a fatal accident involving a 121 running bonnet first, the accident was when a train hit a stabled PWD trolley at Sallins, the conclusion drawn that the driver did not see the trolley and did not hear the fog signals, due to the bonnet first running.

The first one hasn't changed all that much. Second one is one of those few places where you could, for a time, load beet on the CTC network.

Appears to be a northbound oil train, possibly from Oranmore, passing Ballyglunin and Claremorris South on the WRC.

I love it Ciaran, I am, and have been a regular visitor for years. I don't care how shabby 084 looks I love that livery. It's consigned to history now as there are no more IE orange locos left in the class. In the last 10 years some of the class have been outshopped in three liveries. 071 comes to mind for one. I also love the video, I have a soft spot for 112 having seen it countless times on beet duty crossing the Barrow Bridge from the inlaw's house.

Rich,

Thanks Rich, I wasn't fond of the black and silver, little did we know that that livery itself would start to be replaced so soon! If only I had done more with 112, that was the first time I was in Navan to get a Tara and she appeared on it, was delighted!

Hi all,

Here is the second update of my photos, this time featuring various trains, mainly freight/pwd, at the beginning of the year through to June.

Included is the new livery on loco 071 and the weed sprayer at a variety of locations, including the South Wexford line.

http://eiretrains.com/latestphotos/Spring%202013/latestphotos.html

And another video from 2004, of 112 on the Tara Mines.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WOTEr5PN6M

ciaran - i have to echo what the lads say - your site is a fantastic source of reference for modellers..or even just looking at pics times past=D

Thanks heirflick, glad you continue to find it useful, hope you like the latest photos.

Ciaran -you're probably the most 'go to' reference site online for us lot! Mere thanks are not enough! If you even need free hosting

Ciaran the site looks really well and has been a great help over the years keep up the great work

Thanks riversuir, I appreciate those comments.

Hi all,

Because of loads of other commitments I had not been able to add new photos to Eiretrains for most of the year.

Anyway, to catch up here is some material I photographed from the previous Summer to Winter, featuring freight, pwd, preserved operations etc.,hope you like them:

http://eiretrains.com/latestphotos/Summer-Winter%202012/latestphotos.html

Also, some new locations featuring the remnants of one of the few Irish colliery lines, the Castlecomer branch.

Deerpark Colliery

Castlecomer

Corbetstown

Castlecomer Junction

Lastly an old video from June 2003 of trains I filmed at Newbridge

Thanks for looking!

Name two railway station buildings (i.e. booking offices/stationhouses) that didn't start life as railway stations?

This thread is great! I think I might have read this one recently, we're on the W&LR again, is one of them Cahir? Originally a lodge of some sort if I recall.

This link came across my way some time ago, a similar Deutz G Class photographed in 1994 in Bologna (in Co.Donagel colours). I've so far failed to discover if it still exists.

http://s983.photobucket.com/user/Phils428/media/IRL1_zpsa4dbb068.jpg.html

That's right, only the Hunslets could operate in the pushpull mode, where as the 111s always ran as regular hauled stock.

I think it was in 1989, when NIR changed their logo and introduced the corporate intercity livery, with 111 and 113 repainted in the darker shade of blue with new logos and yellow shaded warning panel. 112 however retained its original light blue livery, old logo and red shaded warning panel until the mid 1990s, as evident in this video.

Another one, ex West Clare Railway's No.5 Slieve Callan, A Minutes Wait, filmed 1956 on the West Clare.

Is there any sound recordings of any of the Irish sulzers knocking around?

Not that I know of, but judging from a clip shown once at IRRS annual film show, the engine sounds identical to a BR Sulzer locomotive, Class 24/25 etc..

On the subject of engine sounds, the Metrovicks supplied to Australia were I believe not re-engined unlike their Irish counterparts, and there are some clips on youtube of these Crossley engined Metrovicks. Note the familiar A Class horn towards the end.

Just a very brief clip, but it's vintage Western Rail Corridor, B122 on Limerick bound train arriving and departing at Ennis, with Sulzer B106 making a cameo, note also the two cars on flats.

E428 has actually got a spruce up since those photos were taken, see link here

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=84727156&postcount=5

The acrylonitrile train often ran with just 2-4 tanks, with a 20ft container at one or either end acting as a barrier wagon. It was a very specialised flow using the highly flammable content and operated for the Asahi plant in Killala, the train been Dublin-Ballina. In later years the flow was sometimes tacked onto the end of ordinary liner trains. The service ended with Asahi closing in 1997. The siding in Dublin for Asahi was on the Alexandra Road.

Just a few examples come to mind, after 1958 some of the locomotives that passed to CIE found themselves working suburban trains on the DSE line to Bray, examples being S and U Class, such as No.199 captured by O'Dea at Carlisle Pier.

A few acted as pilot engines in Kingsbridge, and ventured to Portlaoise on run-in trips, based either in Inchicore or Broadstone. Workings from Kingscourt afforded some locomotives to travel via the MGWR's Meath Road to Dublin also.

The few that did railtours ended up in unusual locations, such as U No.197 running to Mountmellick and Castlecomer/Wolfhill, Q No. 132 to Athlone via Moate (Kingscourt as well on an earlier trip), and VS No.207 and S No.174 to Cork. No.199 itself did a tour to Wicklow Murrough.

There could have been others but these are some I thought, very interesting topic