Niles

190 (ok a 181 technically) too for good measure.

Compared to steam classes there's more than enough 141s preserved, plenty to keep potential volunteers busy between ITG and RPSI if someone wanted.

One of my Táilte colleagues will be there with a selection of badges and some of these mkIV mugs:

re: turntables, Rosslare was used as recently as the early 2000s on occasions when 121s worked the evening service from Waterford.

27 minutes ago, murphaph said:

Did they mix n match the suburban ones with mainline ones if they were stuck (in the late 80s, early 90s)?

Based on photos I've seen, even early on they didn't seem to religiously keep the suburban ones off mainline duties and vice versa.

56 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

Must find out which Park Royal’s are preserved.

 

1944 in downpatrick 

1419 & 1383 CURRENTLY in Inchicore (subject to change though methinks)

2 In Clonakilty (don’t know the numbers) 

 

1400 and 1946 (I think they were the very last set in service,  straight off the Limerick-Rosslare).

The Táile stand will have some exclusive merchandise, including a very limited supply of Suir Lee Knot railtour mugs.

And if that's not your cup of tea, we'll also have our full badge range.

3 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said:

It was a treat for me too because I didn’t know those macroom colour slides existed until an hour before kick off!

 

not to mention after the zoom I actually got one of those dog tickets with the name of the dog on the back

I often don't know that I'm going to give an update on something until David announces that I am. 

The 071 KitKat was a nice twist too

8 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said:

It went well into the night….Chris could talk for Ireland purely based on west cork knowledge. I didn’t think the 20 slides I had taken photos directly from the projector would be enough…between myself, Tom Ryan and Chris. We had a decent history of the west cork covered!!!

 

also on good news is I finnally have a back up Chris Larkin presentation that isint on a 1950s slide projectors! 
 

I speak with bias but I had great fun anyway

Great show from Chris and that @Westcorkrailway fella assisting him. Lots of interesting insights (from a railway, human and even dog and cat point of view!).

A sound for sore ears, the ITG's 226 in song at Carrick-on-Suir during the visit of the "Suir Lee Knot" railtour to the station.

On behalf of my teammates in Táilte, a big thank you to all who supported us with our first Cork-based railtour this weekend, be it those who bought tickets, those who moved a few pieces around the chessboard behind in the scenes, to those who contributed to the brochure, to those who helped us promote, to those who sponsored, not least the IRM team who also generously donated a Magnesite Wagon pack for the raffle—we can now confirm that at least one set of the model wagons have traversed most of the route of their prototypes. 

Big shout out to the ITG lads at Carrick-on-Suir who burnt plenty of midnight oil into getting 226 shiny for our visit (she sounded fantastic too!).

Nice to meet many heads from this group face-to-face, unfortunately didn't get the chance to talk to everyone but we'll be at the Wexford show so do come over and say hi.

Thanks, 

Niall (blame my love of Frasier for the account handle here)

7 hours ago, Darrman said:

As a tangentially-relevant aside, Waterford has one operational platform, and it's Platform 5. Platforms 3 and 4 are fenced off while the track for Platform 6 has been lifted. That begs the question: where are Platforms 1 and 2 meant to be? According to Eiretrains they were removed in the 1960s, which then leads me to wonder why not renumber 5 and 6 to 1 and 2...

There was a set of bay platforms at the Rosslare/New Ross end, removed around then for a carpark. Assuming these were the errant 1 and 2.

Today is the last day to order our Mystery Pack tickets, the contents are sure to become highly collectable. Book yours now at

https://www.tailtetours.com/event-details/the-suir-lee-knot-railtour

Just to confirm, we'll be closing off Mystery Pack sales on Sunday evening, April 2nd (if you're a 2600 fan we think you'll like the contents )

https://www.tailtetours.com/event-details/the-suir-lee-knot-railtour

38 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

I must assume it's been under cover. Where is it exactly now? Looks as if it's had a comparatively recent repaint. If a laminate - by its very name this being obvious - had been left in the open for some 30 years, it would have physically fallen to pieces by now. I did not know there was anything Five Fut Three there at all. They have a Brexitese railbus, sister of the much-loved RB3 at Downpatrick. Oul heaps! They brought over a working steam loco from there too; naturally all narra gauge. They loaid a bit of track including a curve too sharp for any railway vehicle to traverse, locked the lot up in a shed and off they went to leave nature to reclaim it all.

Ah... confusingly it's a different Riverstown (Sligo vs Louth). 

I've seen worse but paint can lie. Rare surviving example of a laminate open with running gear intact. 1468 I think, the only other is its sister 1463 stored in Inchicore.

The Luas must be one of the last additions? I remember being impressed when it was added to the display, proving it wasn't static (figuratively). 

22 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said:

I can’t remember but I think @Nileshad info on these coaches. I think as you say, there gone now.

I had enquired about 1558 in a past role around 2014, we were basically told you can take it but you'll need to take the mk3 as well. I think there'd been a change of management since they were acquired and I got the impression no longer wanted.

As the enquiry was just for parts for the running Cravens and wouldn't have been worth the expense of extraction and storage, I reckon IÉ would rightly have had a fit had we suggested bringing the bogieless wonder back to Inchicore.

Through the kind co-operation of our friends in the Irish Traction Group, we are pleased to confirm that their 1956-vintage C Class diesel No.226 will be on display at Carrick-on-Suir for our visit to that station as part of the "Suir Lee Knot" railtour on 15th April.

One of the most remarkable restoration stories of Irish preservation, this will be the first public occasion on which the class diesel will be on display since its engine was successfully restarted..

Passengers are welcome to join/depart at Limerick Junction, Mallow or Cork as suits.

Tickets have been flying out the gate over the past weekend, and capacity on our 2600 class railcar set is limited so don’t delay, book today.

Outline pickup times:

Cork Kent Station 10:00 (back for 19:13)

Mallow 10:23 (back for 18:46)

Limerick Junction 11:06 (back for 17:47)

The Quiet American or The Quiet Man? 

As part of the build up to our "Suir Lee Knot" tour, we've updated our blog with an article on the story of the 2600 class so far, complete with pictures of all the livery variants they've carried in service to date. 

https://www.tailtetours.com/post/the-2600-class-the-railcars-that-keep-on-going

Also, for anyone wishing to join at Mallow (or connect from Tralee) we'll be picking up there at 10:23 (back for 18:46).

7 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

Question. Will there be a prolonged stop at Tipperary? Or just 1 minute or something along those lines

Provisionally there will be a few minutes stop on the way back from Waterford for photos etc, subject to timely running. It'll be nonstop through Tipp on the way over (the loop line doesn't have passenger access so no way of getting out).