Western Rail Corridor Freight

[201bhoy]

Dunno if anyone's posted this before, but found this good video of freight on the WRC just before it closed.

[heirflick]

excelent! keep them comming 201bhoy:tumbsup:

[Kinvara-Train]

Dunno if anyone's posted this before, but found this good video of freight on the WRC just before it closed.

 

thanks 201bhoy great video

Walter

[BosKonay]

Just embedded

[Train model]

Brings a tear to my eye.Did you know that Claremorris was the only junction in Ireland with 5 serviced towns 1 Castlebar Ballina 2 Ballinrobe

3 Tuam 4 Roscommon 5 Sligo. Sligo Tuam and Ballinrobe shut.

[201bhoy]

It is a very impressive looking double track junction allright! Hopefully Sligo and Tuam will reopen though!

[Garfield]

It is a very impressive looking double track junction allright! Hopefully Sligo and Tuam will reopen though!

 

Hopefully they won't! As much as I don't like seeing infrastructure rotting away, that section would only be another financial noose around the taxpayer. Best to concentrate on keeping the current network from being cut back...

Edited February 19, 2013 by Garfield

[Train model]

The Sligo to Claremorris part of the line was known as the Burma rd by the crews.The line went from nowhere to nowhere took forever because of all the level crossings and gates as for the Tuam line Tuam to Galway by road 25 mins Tuam to Galway by rail Tuam Ballyglunin (Castletown station) Quiet Man film,Athenry Galway.You would be quicker walking

[jhb171achill]

What has damaged the Limerick to Galway route now is journey times. Unless a new route can clearly save time over road it will be hard to get it to work and justify expenditure. Few places in Ireland now present local conditions where such a thing would be likely.

[Train model]

From eyre sq Galway to Gort takes 1 hour by train 30 min by rd .a distance of 20 miles

[jhb171achill]

Yes, Train model - it's unfortunate but real. To the public they see that as an average of 20mph.

[Southern Yard]

1 hr 30 to Gort from Galway the IE timetable says its 46 mins and its not 20 mins to drive either. Improvements have been made to journey times with a max of 80 mph now allowed between athenry and ennis in certain sections. A recent trip on one of the mid week afternoon services from Galway the train was well loaded leaving athenry and we arrived in ennis 48 mins later which is significantly better running than before. While better it can be improved further still with elimination of some more restrictions. Actually ennis limerick section is the achillies heel now with a 50 mph max limit.

[josefstadt]

Brings a tear to my eye.Did you know that Claremorris was the only junction in Ireland with 5 serviced towns 1 Castlebar Ballina 2 Ballinrobe

3 Tuam 4 Roscommon 5 Sligo. Sligo Tuam and Ballinrobe shut.

 

What about Waterford? (1) Rosslare Strand; (2) New Ross; (3) Kilkenny; (4) Limerick Jct; (5) Mallow. If you include the Tramore line then its six.

[irishbloke77]

1 hr 30 to Gort from Galway the IE timetable says its 46 mins and its not 20 mins to drive either. Improvements have been made to journey times with a max of 80 mph now allowed between athenry and ennis in certain sections. A recent trip on one of the mid week afternoon services from Galway the train was well loaded leaving athenry and we arrived in ennis 48 mins later which is significantly better running than before. While better it can be improved further still with elimination of some more restrictions. Actually ennis limerick section is the achillies heel now with a 50 mph max limit.

 

That's the way I read the post aswell, but I think he means its 20 miles from Galway to Gort, which takes 30 minutes in a car and 1 hour by train. However, you are correct, it's only about 45-50 minutes according to the timetable. Again, however, his point stands, it is faster by road than rail on that route by quite a large amount for such a short journey