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Good afternoon all, A few shots from last week to start off with (that I never got round to posting here). Locations include: Portlaoise Clondalkin Heuston Kildare Full sets here - and And some shots from travelling down to the South Dublin Model Railway Exhibition in Blackrock College. Shots include Heuston, Pearse and Booterstown. Shots from the exhibition will be uploaded during the week Full set here - Regards, Kieran

Not looking good with 8 min to go - 20-38 to Argentina

Good morning all, A couple of shots from Heuston late on Monday night. See of all the shots here - ---- A few shots from Wednesday next, mainly at Kildare to look at the Timber and IWT Liner: Full shots here - ---- And shots from Thursday, complimenting 'The Wanderer's' shots above, of the De Dietrich trial run to Connolly All shots here - Regards, Kieran

I beg your pardon!!!! Last time I was on a bike was many, many years ago. Walk everywhere instead Back to topic - why was he there in the first place? Water may have helped it slow down a bit, still very nasty and very lucky

Good evening, A few shots from Wednesday at Islandbridge Junction and Portarlington Full set here - Regards, Kieran

077 got them between April and July 2015 April 16 at Islandbridge Jn July 18 at Inchicore Great shots Thomas!

Good morning all, A few shots from the first few days in October, starting with a foggy Portlaoise: All shots here - Then the next day, with 233 on the 1220 Cork - Heuston (with thanks to Finbarr O'Neill for the gen) And finally, night shots from Portlaoise and Portarlington for the Emerald Isle Express All shots here - Regards, Kieran

Excellent work Noel!

As far as I am aware, as it is on care and maintenance (mothballed) passenger trains cannot run. As far as operations are concerned, PWD staff have the line as part of an Absolute Possession (T3) Nice shots Eamonn

It makes the cab end looks really bulbous and prominant - shows just how well the current livery hides it

No - only 22133

Evening all, A double update. The first shows the Engineering Works and Single Line Working between Kildare and Portarlington, with a few LUAS trams, 7122 at North Wall and a few at Heuston All photos can be seen here - The second update shows the Railtours Ireland "Emerald Isle Express" departing from Connolly southwards. It was delayed due a fire outside Connolly. Also shots showing the new advertising livery on 22133 All photos can be seen here - Regards, Kieran

Indeed I have seen it

Good morning all, A triple update from me, with shots from Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdau Monday brought photos of 215, 219 and 8208 at various locations All shots can be seen here - Tuesday Shots from Heuston, Portarlington and Portlaoise with various locos and ICR's in attendance All shots can be seen here - Wednesday Some shots from Portlaoise, Heuston and Inchicore, including the Sperry Train as mentioned above by 'The Wanderer' All shots can be seen here - Regards, Kieran

Some formations from my years spotting: 7601 7168 7405 7401 7140 7106 7142 7122 7141 (Heuston - Galway, 4/8/07 with 082 on the front) 7610 7170 7404 7139 7117 7138 7107 7102 7115 (Galway - Heuston, 4/8/07 with 201 on the front) 7608 7170 7404 7139 7117 7123 7138 (5/10/07, unknown working but possibly 1725 Heuston - Limerick seen at Portlaoise at 1833, with 212 on the front) 7611 7133 7406 7145 7145 7149 7131 7101 7150 (0735 Limerick - Heuston, 29/10/07 with 217) 7604 7167 7407 7155 7116 7158 7108 (0735 Limerick - Heuston, probably a few vehicles missing, 14/2/08, with 201) 7607 7172 7410 7135 7134 7103 7144 6208 (Seen at Heuston, 14/2/08) 7608 7165 7408 7120 7125 7116 7140 7154 (1735 Limerick - Heuston, 22/2/08 with 078) 7611 7156 7408 7125 7113 7120 7154 7110 (1735 Limerick - Heuston, 28/2/08 with 220) 7613 7104 7409 7143 7112 7136 7129 (1735 Limerick - Heuston, 7/3/08 with 204) 7611 7156 7408 7125 7113 7154 (1735 Limerick - Heuston, 18/4/08 with 086) 7613 7104 7409 7143 7112 7136 (1735 Limerick - Heuston, 2/5/08 with 213) 7611 7156 7408 7113 (more than likely some missing there - 1735 Limerick - Heuston, 6/6/08 with 073) 7606 7104 7409 7143 7112 (1735 Limerick - Heuston, 13/6/08 with 205) 7615 7167 7407 7158 7108 7118 7115 7144 (0740 Limerick - Heuston, 23/7/08 with 204) 7124 7142 7137 7146 7403 7133 7608 (1735 Limerick - Heuston, 29/8/08 with 216) 7610 7104 7409 7121 7143 7125 (1735 Limerick - Heuston, 17/10/08 with 211) 7614 7129 7411 7144 7112 7118 (1735 Limerick - Heuston, 7/11/08 with 201) 7614 7169 7411 7139 7119 7107 7129 (1735 Limerick - Heuston, 5/12/08 with 201) 7613 7168 7158 7148 7412 7163 (1735 Limerick - Heuston, 19/12/08 with 212) 7604 7166 7405 7122 7130 7106 7120 (1735 Limerick - Heuston, 16/1/09 with 204) 7605 7172 7406 7132 7140 7144 7120 7106 (Heuston, 19/2/09) 7615 7411 7113 7121 7146 (IRRS / Railway Childern Railtour) If you have the time, go through this thread - http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/topic/912/MK3-News?page=1#.VgGtI5eIXK4. Something to suit all train sizes! As a guide: 7101-7103, 7105-7106, 7108-7132, 7134-7146, 7148-7155, 7158-7164 are Standard Class, 72 seats 7107, 7147, 7157 are Standard Class with 64 seats, with 7147 having a wheelchair space 7165-7172 were the Composites, 32 1st Class and 36 Standard Class 7104, 7133, 7156 were the Citygold vehicles, 48 First Class seats 7401-7416 were 29 Standard Class Seats

Morning all, Yesterday saw the Irish Railway Record Society visit the Stradbally Woodlands Railway for a tour and a few train rides of the copmlex, as well as a photo shoot. All seemed impressed with the operations and the level of volunteer dedication involved All photos from the Stradbally day can be seen here - An additional bonus was 8208 on the 1520 Cork - Heuston. A snatch shot was made and a plan to go down for the 1900 Heuston - Cork return All shots can be seen here - Regards, Kieran

Good morning all, Another double update from me. Thursday saw a late (1200) start to college so I decided to head out early to catch the morning IWT at Hazelhatch. 218 was working. Other photos include the evening departures from Heuston. All shots can be seen here - -------------------------------- Friday brought a big twist to the day. Having been volunteering down in Stradbally in the morning, a chance visit to the station in Portlaoise gave me gen on 218's failure and 8209's rescue misson. Cue visit to Portarlington and Kildare for the Timber and liner! VIDEO All shots can be seen here - Regards, Kieran

Morning all, A double update from me, featuring photos from Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday's photos show 073 in Kildare Plant Shop, as well as the normal workings of the day All photos can be seen here - Wednesday's photos show the Hybrid 22000, 22001+22002, on the morning Galway service, as well as 226 on the IWT and 088 on the timber All photos can be seen here - Regards, Kieran

Good morning all, A few shots from Portlaoise, Heuston and Portarlington yesterday, including an Enterprise EGV at Inchicore. All photos can be seen here - Regards, Kieran

Wikipedia (not the best source but hey ho) states the following: On 5 December 1963, locomotive A17 was hauling a passenger train from Westland Row to Westport when it broke down at Mullingar, County Westmeath. Locomotive A42 was sent to its assistance, but collided with the stationary train at a speed of 30 to 40 miles per hour (48 to 64 km/h). Both locomotives were damaged, sixteen people were injured.

Good evening all, Some photos from yesterday at Portlaoise, featuring a pair of Mark 4 rakes and a 9 car ICR. Click on the photos below or the link to see all of the photos Regards, Kieran

Good evening all, A double update from me, starting with shots from Saturday All can be seen here - Next is shots from today's mayhem at Portlaoise. With the finish of the annual Electric Picnic music festival at nearby Stradbally, a lot of people chose to travel by train to Portlaoise on Thurs/Fri/Sat (then onward by bus) and return on Monday. As a result, huge passenger numbers from approximately 0630 this morning were experienced, with most trains I observed taking on at least 50-70 'Picnicers'. The 1220 Portlaoise - Heuston took on over 100 passengers on a 3ICR. Anyway, photos below All photos can be seen here - Regards, Kieran

What date where these taken? The date of this (http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/4895-Rare-Pictures-of-the-New-Enterprise-livery) indicates it was one of the spare vehicles that was started, but the first set wasn't withdrawn until the 16th November 2014

Good morning all, A few shots from yesterday at Portlaoise, mainly to judge loadings for the Electric Picnic (healthy). All photos are here - Regards, Kieran

Good evening all, A few photos from Portlaoise to start off the month, with 22027, 22058, 22008, 22009, 22004+22057 and 22023 representing the class and 234+4007 and 232+4005 for the loco hauled stuff Click on this link for more - Regards, Kieran