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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

I presume this excludes ECS / Ety movements. Would guess that they did some shunting in the depots with other stock but have no evidence to prove it

Administratively and maintenance wise, the stock is looked after by NIR and the locos by Irish Rail. 7601-7607 were buillt 1984-1986 in Derby (7 miles from where I used to live), whilst 7608-7615 were built in Inchicore from kits in 1986-1988. Makes sense for them to go over to NIR ownership As for the livery, a full train would look good

No idea why they were renumbered twice. The 896xx number came in when they were refurbished for the Enterprise job, and appears to be connected to the UIC number

7604 - 89604 - 9602 7605 - 89605 - 9604 7608 - 89608 - 9606 7613 - 89613 - 9608

Railer - 232 has been like that for a good few months now - very distinctive!

Good evening all, A few shots from Stradbally again, whilst most of the enthusiasts were otherwise occupied with RPSI Steam locos Full set here - Regards, Kieran

Good evening all, A few shots from Stradbally today, in between working down there giving a hand to the lads. A bit of a pain working out what settings to use due to the very wooded nature of the railway" All shots can be seen here - Regards, Kieran

Good evening all, A few photos from the Portlaoise and Ratheven area, featuring 4 Mark 4 sets, various ICR's and the Weedspray train Full selection here - Regards, Kieran

Apologies - missed the 'cross' bit of Mayner's post. If you want a cross-platform interchange, then all services would have to be routed (that will connect) via the Slow lines from Hatch-Parkwest, as stated above. And since there is no funding for a crossover for Heuston P10, I doubt any crossover on the 4 track will be funded

All the infrastructure to do the interchange at Adamstown is there, with Hazelhatch completely in use (although no trains booked to call on the Fast lines, you can walk along the platforms no bother, as they form the access to the station). I would suggest the Hatch rather than Adamstown, as you are using all of the four track to the full potential and staff are 'reasonably' current on bay platform operation at Hazelhatch, with the ballast cleaning work north of Newbridge (at the time). Whilst in different circumstances, 'The Wanderer' had an interesting experience when a Portlaoise local service was routed up the Fast lines......

One more season of Sandite (from all accounts) and after that, rumours of one being preserved but I haven't seen anything offical yet

Good evening all, A selection of shots from Portlaoise today, featuring 076 on shunt duties in the PW yard and various ICR's / 201+Mk4 sets from the station. All photos can be seen here - Regards, Kieran

Techincally, the 2600 'Arrows' were built in 1994 and thus come under the IÉ rather than CIÉ heading, along with the 2700, 2751 and 2800 fleets