Irish Railway News ‘Enterprise Watch’

[IrishTrainScenes]

An 8 car 29k did the 07:40/11:00 yesterday.

[David Holman]

 On the larger island, ever since privatisation, the issue is largely one of 'nothing spare'. Each franchise has just enough stock and it seems they don't share either. Hence, any failure leads to cancellation(s). Back in BR days, there were always sidings full of spare stock, which largely came out for summer specials, while it seemed there were a couple of spare locos at most bigger stations that could be called upon to act as pilots for an ailing train engine.

 As a small child, remember being taken to see the Irish Mail go through Colwyn Bay, hoping to see a 'Lizzie' in charge, only to find it was running late and with a 4F 0-6-0 up front!