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Good evening all, On Saturday 7 July 2018 I ventured north to the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland's main engineering and museum base at Whitehead for a look around, since I had never visited before. It wasn't all play as a little bit of work was completed (with thanks to Philip for arranging that chance!), along with a detailed tour around the workshops. Of particular interest was the first of what would be called "modern" railcars - underfloor engines powering the bogie next to it! As always, click on the photo to view it full size with detailed descriptions in many cases Album link - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/sets/72157668919464107 Regards, Kieran

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Couplings were not the issue. They were missing another piece that was presumed to be with the wagons (basically a vacuum gauge for the rear of the train). Van is of interest to more than one party The Mark 3s went to tender for sale. No-one was interested at the time. Worth more as scrap and spares, plus took up a lot more room than a rake of old wagons

As far as I am aware it is a 300m-ish straight platform. Nothing more or less. Plus if you are measuring from the station building it will be to the north east of the existing facilities

Good evening all, Yesterday (21 June 2018), four oil wagons and a barrier wagon were moved from Heuston Guinness Sidings to Inchicore for further storage. Although initially scheduled for 0915, the transfer actually ran at 1145. Always a fun wait! However it did show how busy Heuston is in the morning - something that even I had not realised despite commuting through the station. As always, click on the photos below to view them full size, or the album here -https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72157670365570328 Regards, Kieran

Platform will be on the Down Dublin - Cork line. Apart from that, no change

Good evening all, A selection of photos from this week, mainly taken on lunch breaks. Scenes include: -Dublin's Talbot Bridge and Rosie Hackett Bridge -Dublin Heuston, Tara Street and Connolly stations -Inchicore -Hazelhatch and Celbridge Album link - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72157696366819421 Regards, Kieran

Good morning all, A few photos from the first week or so in June, featuring the following: -Stradbally Running Days -Spray Train in Connolly -Lansdowne Road -Pearse -Heuston -Connolly -O'Connell Street Click on the photos below to view them full size, or https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72157697807791245 Regards, Kieran

Good afternoon all, I've been very slack in updating forums recently, with a combination of college, volunteering and work getting in the way of putting anything down describing photos. So, here's a May update, featuring: -Dublin Heuston -Stradbally Diesel Day -RPSI International tour arriving into Dublin Connolly -Retro 071 in Kildare -A trip along the Luas Green Line to Brides Glen -Heuston in the evening Click on any of the photos to view them full size with descriptions, or the album link here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72157666962768707 Regards, Kieran

Good evening all, A few shots from the end of March and the beginning of April, showing the altered rail services over the Easter Bank holiday (due to the installation of a new underbridge at Sallins). As always, click on any of the photos to view them full size 31 March - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/sets/72157694883784834 April - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/sets/72157694883784854 Regards, Kieran

The only way by train is via Dublin. As an aside, I can only see one way of doing it completely by heavy rail, as follows: -1300 Sligo - Connolly -1640 Grand Canal Dock - Newbridge (from Connolly) -1730 Heuston - Galway (from Newbridge to Athlone) -1815 Heuston - Westport, arriving in Castlebar at 2104 This only works Mon-Fri

Thanks Jason!

Hi Dave, I don't think there's any road alterations at present, as the bridge is going in as part of the new Sallins By-Pass project. The bridge itself has been built next to the line over the past 8 months or so (from doing foundations to actually building the deck). All that needs to happen is the bridge parts moved into place. Shame as it was quite a nice quiet spot. The Irish Rail Twitter account has a few interesting photos and videos Kieran

Good evening all, A selection of photos from the past week, with photos from: -Portlaoise -Stradbally -Kildare -Newbridge -Portmarnock As always, click on any of the photos to view them full size Album link - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72157667257860768/with/40407970904/ Regards, Kieran

Evening all, March has been particularly quiet for me, with college and other commitments resulting in the camera remaining in the bag for a considerable period of time. However, a cancelled lecture resulting in an 1100 finish on a sunny day gave me the opportunity to have a roam around. As always, click on any of the photos to view them full size Album link - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72157691766693262 Regards, Kieran

Failures are all about visibility. The Enterprise appears to have appalling reliability, yet 98-99% of services are operated as planned with the DD stock. A MKIV failure on the Cork line is incredibly easy to hide, a DD failure not. I'm not denying that there has been an increase in issues on the Green Line as a result of Cross City opening, but I would suggest that, in terms of actual failure rate, that it is a lot lower than preceived

Genuine question burnthebox - what's the solution? There's a couple of thousand people each day that use Heuston LUAS alone Incidently, there is no such thing as a "double length" tram. 5028 is 55m, 5007 is 43.5m. The shortest original trams (Red Line only) were 30m

Good evening all, I ventured out both yesterday and today in increasing snow to get photos of the operations. Yesterday (Wednesday) was the result of college being cancelled whilst travelling to college (great forward planning!), whilst today's venture out was to see the last few days before the shut-down. Click on any of the photos below to view them full size Album link - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72157693210237874 Regards, Kieran

Good morning all, Following on from my visit to Nottingham, Derby and environs, January was a pretty quiet month Irish photo wise Album link - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72157691546414081 --- February has been a bit more active, with shots from Monasterevin, Portarlington, Heuston and Portlaoise in the mix thus far Album link - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72157691453619961 Regards, Kieran

Good evening all, The final selection from my UK trip in January are now online, featuring: -Derby -Tutbury and Hatton -Nottingham As always, click on any photo to view full size Album link - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/sets/72157665263672318 and https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72157690234588842 Regards, Kieran Mogul, As far as I am aware, the shunter (621) is limited to the lathe road - it's certainly rare to see it anywhere else and I only recall it being elsewhere for the opening of the depot. The shunting set is a spare set used only whilst other sets are being reformed (as they cannot be driven otherwise)

Good afternoon all, I spent last week in the Nottingham area, and took the opportunity to have a wander around for a couple of days, revisiting old haunts. The first set of photos are now available to view, from a trip to Uttoxeter that didn't quite end up as expected! Click on any of the photos to view them full size Album Link - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72157662691659857/with/27943989419/ Regards, Kieran

Nothing official yet, just broadening the horizons a bit as required. Unlike the UK, where bi-modes are DMUs with a pantograph, something along the Stadler bi-modes are more likely from the proposals I have seen when it's been discussed

Good evening all, There was still plenty of snow around on Monday 11 December as I travelled up from Portlaoise to a college exam in Dublin, but it allowed for some interesting photos! Album link - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72157690300945964 Regards, Kieran

Thanks Jason!

Good evening all, The first update of December from me, with photos from Heuston and a snowy Portlaoise station. As always, click on the photos below to view them full size and for more details Album link - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72157663512322368 Regards, Kieran