Horsetan Posted February 22 Posted February 22 3 hours ago, hurricanemk1c said: A day in Tampere killing time before the Raskasta Joulua concert that evening in the Nokia arena, with a good mix of Sr1, Sr2 and Sr3 action along with a former German Powerhaul loc. Click on the photo below to view them all Remarkably untouched from the original SBB Re460 / BLS Re465. Quote
hurricanemk1c Posted February 22 Posted February 22 20 minutes ago, Horsetan said: Remarkably untouched from the original SBB Re460 / BLS Re465. Only more winterised to cope with the temperatures and snowfall Quote
thewanderer Posted February 23 Author Posted February 23 The February gallery has been updated with images from Thurles, Mallow, Heuston, Connolly, Broombridge and LUAS Red Line in Dublin City centre. Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/February-2025/i-2B8SLmD to view all the images. 1 Quote
hurricanemk1c Posted February 26 Posted February 26 The Finnish trip continues, with a trip from Tampere to Turku, onwards to Helsinki and back to Tampere with a pair of Sr1s, then falling upon the below Sr1 hauled Intercity service (with a failed Vectron on the rear). Click on the photo below to view them all Regards, Kieran 3 Quote
dave182 Posted February 26 Posted February 26 (edited) On 19/2/2025 at 11:34 PM, hurricanemk1c said: Day 2 in Finland saw me predominately in Kouvola and Tampere, with a trip to Savonlinna to get between the two. Plenty of freight through Kouvola, and Sr1 action on one of the sleepers. Click on the photo below to view them all Regards, Kieran Hi Kieran, Just looking through this album now, great to see the Fenniarail loco's in action. I'm really happy you got to see their loco 102 also. Do you know anything more about this company, as in what they are hauling these days. They were one of the first private operators in Finland, and I know prior to the war that they had been approved (or were close to approval) for cross border mineral flows between Finland and Russia, across one of the more northerly freight only rail crossings. I believe they purchased 6 locomotives like the 102 to.service this flow. Edited February 26 by dave182 Quote
hurricanemk1c Posted February 26 Posted February 26 46 minutes ago, dave182 said: Hi Kieran, Just looking through this album now, great to see the Fenniarail loco's in action. I'm really happy you got to see their loco 102 also. Do you know anything more about this company, as in what they are hauling these days. They were one of the first private operators in Finland, and I know prior to the war that they had been approved (or were close to approval) for cross border mineral flows between Finland and Russia, across one of the more northerly freight only rail crossings. I believe they purchased 6 locomotives like the 102 to.service this flow. At the moment they have 6x Dr18s (CZ 774s) and currently the one Vectron but two more due for delivery this year. Their website is an interesting read https://www.fenniarail.fi/en/kalusto, and appears to be doing a lot of timber work. One of the Dr18s derailed in Tampere somewhat recently (track spread) so they seem to be expanding operations around. Makes a change to a constant stream of VR traffic! Quote
dave182 Posted February 26 Posted February 26 Oh thanks for that info @hurricanemk1c. Those Dr18s are a serious piece of kit! Quote
thewanderer Posted March 2 Author Posted March 2 The February gallery has been updated and the March gallery started. February finishes off with images from Cork, Mallow, Killarney, Portlaoise, Kildare and The Curragh - photos can be viewed at https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/February-2025/i-kHncj9G March starts off with a day trip to Dublin with images from Thurles, Heuston, Clontarf Road and Pearse - photos can be viewed at https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/March-2025 2 Quote
hurricanemk1c Posted March 6 Posted March 6 Nearing the end of the Finnish adventure, with a trip from Tampere to Kolari (overnight) via Toijara, Riihimäki and Hiekkaharju Regards, Kieran 2 Quote
thewanderer Posted Friday at 22:27 Author Posted Friday at 22:27 (edited) After the excitement from earlier in the week with the 30th anniversary photos of loco 220, the March gallery has been updated with images from Heuston, LUAS Red Line trams in the city centre and Clonmel Station on Friday evening. Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/March-2025/i-SgqJVq4 to view all the images. Edited Friday at 22:27 by thewanderer 1 Quote
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