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Found this ad, never thought I'd see the day where being close to a rail freight service would even be considered as a selling point by a real estate agent Could this be a sign that attitudes are changing, even if only in certain parts of the country.Dear Sir/Madam, http://www.property.ie/commercial-property/Killala-Business-Park-Killala-Co-Mayo/49473/

Any idea who owns it now??

Finding myself with a free hour in the fairview area on friday I decided to take a walk down to NW to kill some time. My expectations of any trains being present were low given I was half an hour early for the arrival of the IWT. However my fears were swept away when I got to the bridge on East road. 077 was idling just under the bridge with the laden taras awaiting access to the tramway and just after I arrived 230 arrived with a fully laden IWT from Ballina. What really surprised me was the presence of 219 with a fully laden container train sitting in the sidings near the stone bank. As the hour was horrendously late(13.20) for it to be Ballina bound I was wondering if anyone could elaborate on its presence?? Was friday's IWT held due to the RPSI railtour departing Connolly at its normal departure time or simply delayed due to a failure??

Hi Arran, there's also the 20ft BLS food bulktainers sometimes seen on the IWT liners. Oddly enough they're 9ft tall, which would be rare for a 20ft, although it suits the Bachmann 20ft. http://bls-bulk.com/system/files/2/original/food-presentation.pdf?1345461254

Just found this, I don't own it but thought I'd share it as it only has 2 views, including me!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbr6I-mRo28

Are locos not permitted to be fuelled on the slab at Drogheda?? I know it was proposed to fuel the loco off the late Tara's in Drogheda instead of at Connolly so it wouldn't be running l/e Nw to Con during the time required for track possesions

To expand on this the 201s consume 10ltr/hr at idle and 125ltr/hr at notch 8. So you can see how using the EGV produces big savings, by replacing notch 8 with idle.. From my own research the actual comparison between road and rail freight for fuel consumption is in the region of a 30% saving, with CO2 being roughly the same, not 70% as IE suggest..

Start off simple, what area do you have available? I'm guessing you won't be building an extension to the shed for a layout!! OO scale is 1:76 if you multiply the space you have by 76 it'll give you an idea what kind of space you can model.. Also do you want an end to end layout or a continuous loop?

Probably the last time that piece of track beside the bogie shop will be used... Was a lucky find on youtube, think I was the first view

Nice video by NI museums about moving 113 to Cultra

The answer is 18!! thanks to all who have contributed to this.. The load is about 450 tonnes per train plus the tare weight..

Ballina had two platforms till the 70's when one was demolished for the freight yard..

Thanks to all who have responded to this.. if you can check in Waterford that would be great riversuir. I think what you were saying Anto is part of the problem, I don't think IE do weigh their wagons but rather it is done using the trucks used for transhipment. Thanks for that Dave, good article I've read before, written by one of my lecturers co-incidentally. For a rough weight to volume calculation, I know that in 2012 60000 tonnes were moved by Irish Rail and the volume was 69000m3, so each metre cubed is about 1.15tonnes, obviously this is only an average with the mass changing by season due to weather/moisture content as Anto said.. Based on 160 train loads that's only about 375 to 400 tonnes per train though.. plus 300 tonnes of wagons so trailing weight is 675 to 700 tonnes. The max allowed is 780 tonnes when hauled by a 071 or 201, except DFDS liners can have 830 tonnes trailing.(according to the WTT, but you didn't hear it here).

Thanks Anto, Each timber wagon has a capacity of 38 tonnes and a GVW of 63 tonnes. So based on tonnage the equivalent would be 16-17 trucks. My problem is that I think round timber like the type Irish Rail haul for Coillte would be a volume sensitive product so when loading you would Cube out before Maxing out, with volume being the critical consideration. So assuming identical width and loading height of road and rail timber equipment,which might be a big assumption, then length would be the only difference in volume capacity. Based on length of loading areas I think it works out at about 13-14 trucks per train. Like you said it takes a bit of a guess really. Unfortunately I cant use guesswork for academic work:(

Does anybody know roughly how many lorry loads of timber it takes to load a 12 wagon timber train? I am trying to figure out what a good ratio of trucks to wagons would be so I can calculate how many lorry miles Coillte saves a year by using rail.. Any help would be greatly appreciated..

Might you be refering to The Donelli gantries Dave?

Hi wanderer, in your november album there are pictures of limerick-portlaoise wagon trials. Just wondering if you knew the reason for these?

They're not cleared to operate over routes with manual points as they distance between bogies is longer than the moving part of points and if hypothectically the points were operated while a CPW was passing over it, the front bogie would go one way and the rear one the other. When CTC operation came in it was considered this can no longer happen presumably because of the points being locked when a train is in the section. IMO it doesn't make sense to use the pockets Ballina-Waterford as this line is cleared for high cubes on flat wagons of which there must be some available. I think we may see them used elsewhere, possibly on their old stamping ground Dublin-Cork.

http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20B/Barrack%20Street/slides/Barrack%20Street_20100116_0001_CC.html used from the brewery in dundalk also..

Isn't it terrible we the lack of RTR irish locos means we have to use badly resprayed british stock...................oh wait, its not 1980 anymore:)

Which is similar to the standard on the navan line.. Perfect, we're in business for €10m, which depreciated over 10 years is €1 million per annum or about €2 per tonne.

9 to 10 million according to one former Irish Rail manager, bridges and all..

Line from Glasnevin Junction to Connolly(via Drumcondra) closed for bridge works in north strand. A set of buffer stops has been placed on the line in Glasnevin

Any ideas who he customer might have been Mayner? The mill in ballysadore maybe?

Sperry train passed through Drumcondra at 13.48 yesterday heading for north wall