071 and 073 pull the IRRS railtour to Cork

[gm171 kk]

I traveled to Kildare today to catch the IRRS special from Dublin Heuston to Cork as I heard that a pair of 071s would be double heading the cravens.

[Warbonnet]

I completely forgot about this! Balls anyway! Nice vid!

[gm171 kk]

I completely forgot about this! Balls anyway! Nice vid!

 

It's meant to arrive back in Heuston at 7:45 so you still have a chance of getting it.

[enniscorthyman]

That's strange,I thought 071s were banned from double

heading by IE?.

[gm171 kk]

That's strange,I thought 071s were banned from double

heading by IE?.

It wasn't really double heading as 073 was dead.

[enniscorthyman]

It wasn't really double heading as 073 was dead.

I was wondering that alright.

Great video too.Cheers.

[irishtrains2730]

didn't realise it was o0n.was restoring my cortina in the garage and heard the distant rumble so ran to the garden and just saw it thru the hedgerow but not alot.

[heirflick]

great vid - thanks for posting:tumbsup:

[thewanderer]

Evening all,

 

Yesterday I spent the best place to be if you are interested in Irish Railways, onboard the excellent Irish Railway Records Society railtour to Cork, Cobh & Midleton. Locos used during the day were 071+073 and these were split at Cork to allow the Cobh and Midleton lines to be visited by a traditional train as no run round loops exist at these locations.

 

Photos from the day are now online at

 

Enjoy!

The Wanderer.

 

P.S. "Big Locos" i.e. 071 and 201 Class have only in the last few years been permitted by the Chief Civil Engineer to operate double headed without restriction over the Dublin - Cork and Dublin - Border Lines. This was the first planned use of a double headed 071. Sadly as the Multiple Working equipment on the 071's has never been used, the tempation to put a 27 pin jumper between the locos had to be resisted!

Edited July 21, 2013 by thewanderer

[Glenderg]

"Rumours that the Portarlington Stop in both directions was for The Wanderer was met with a blunt denial"

 

Great photos as always and the history by Josefstadt. Thanks. R.

[josefstadt]

A great record of a wonderful day out. Thanks to Shane Roberts and the IRRS for organising it, to all the IÉ staff for putting it together and operating the trains on the day and to the Wanderer, and others, for the pics and videos of it.