230 in york road

[UP6936]

Spotted fire damaged 230 in york road today, apparently coupled to 112, so I can only assume she was hauled up. Does anyone know what she is up for? She appeared to have pipes hanging out the cab doors and looped round the front

[heirflick]

did you get a pic of her?

[UP6936]

My friend filmed out the window as we passed, I will ask him for a still of it.

[UP6936]

230 at york road yesterday. I have since heard that she was hauled to Dublin this morning though

[heirflick]

god ..shes in a sorry looking state! thanks to you and your friend for that=D

[josefstadt]

Fire damaged 230 was hauled to Dublin Connolly on Sunday morning (25th) by 112. Also in the consist was MkIII EGV 89605. The pipes you saw were to connect the braking system on 112 with that on the EGV, the brake pipes on 230 having been damaged in the fire at Goraghwood on 6 June. Chris Playfair has photos of the train in York Rd, Belfast Central and departing for Dublin, see

[Riversuir226]

Fingers crossed she ll be back.

Used to love spotting her through the years hard to believe the loco above is the one i saw in Waterford only a few months ago

Edited August 25, 2013 by Riversuir226

[UP6936]

Yeah the loco is in pretty poor shape. Also, sorry about the smudges in the picture, the train window was filthy

[Blu Bianco]

Sitting outside the old Connolly workshop in Dublin yesterday evening.

 

Was connected to 072, itself looking fairly battered and forlorn, with half its IE logo worn away and an orange side door from a 141 atatched. But at least its working!

 

I saw the other side of 230, to the one in the picture, the engine door is laying open and the burn/smoke damage is actually worse there, and from there it goes across the top of the loco.

 

I imagine it maybe transferred to Inchicore in due course by 072.

[UP6936]

Hopefully inchicore will repair it. I wonder why she was in york road? Or had she been there since the fire perhaps?

[Blu Bianco]

Hopefully inchicore will repair it. I wonder why she was in york road? Or had she been there since the fire perhaps?

 

I would say one of the NIR GM's hauled it back to York Road after the fire and she has been sitting there ever since. Perhaps it was decided to take it that way as by time it was ready to haul, there were more traffic implications going towards Dublin than the other way.

 

Also maybe she wasn't seen around York Road before as she could have been in a shed awaiting a decision on removal/repair and only became visible the other day in preparation for the journey south with 112.

Edited August 26, 2013 by Blu Bianco

[Gordon71]

Hopefully inchicore will repair it. I wonder why she was in york road? Or had she been there since the fire perhaps?

 

230 has been in York Road since she had the fire ,heres a link to a distance pic of here at the depot in July

 

http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/30451511_WW29sr#!i=2666033658&k=LNDFvfF&lb=1&s=A

 

 

I will put some photos of 112+230+89605 in the Lurgan & Portadown areas on mysite in the next few hrs

 

Edited August 27, 2013 by Gordon71

[heirflick]

Chris Playfair has photos of the train in York Rd, Belfast Central and departing for Dublin, see

 

fair play to chris for the pic and thanks Gordon for posting your few - great to see york road so active

[UP6936]

Thanks Gordon. Do you know has 112 returned north yet?

[Gordon71]

Thanks Gordon. Do you know has 112 returned north yet?

 

Yea it is it came back up North on the same day hauling the gen van with it will get pics of the move on mysite later on today

[irishtrains2730]

be a shame if they don't repair her as it gives a little bit of variety on the boring line these days.

[IrishModelRail]

She was hauled to Dublin on Sun. 25/08/13 along with a MkIII Generator Van. I saw it passing Ardgillan at 12:53 but I was too far away to film! I was gutted:(

[steventrain]

Any news on 230?