Photographic Website Updates

Railer · April 11, 2016

Great pictures.

What happened 231, they have the black band the full way across the loco up to cab 1, thought she was facing the wrong way round for a second.

thewanderer · April 11, 2016

Evening all,

Pictures from day 1 of the IRRS 071 Class 40th Anniversary Tour from Dublin to Killarney via Nenagh, Limerick and Cork.

Click http://smu.gs/1qEGg6D to view.

Pictures from day 2 will follow on Tuesday night. One of the downsides of a two day tour. Your knackered and have double the amount of images to process! But it was still a great weekend.

Full Credit must go to the IRRS Program Officer Shane Roberts for organising another successful tour and if the past several years are anything to go by, the 2017 tour will just be as interesting.

Also we cannot forget the RPSI and IE staff involved in the operation of the tour and to making it such a great weekend.

jhb171achill · April 11, 2016

What's this, Wanderer? You on a non-ICR? ;-)

thewanderer · April 11, 2016

JB, I was on a train with a fully stocked bar. Imagine that!!

josefstadt · April 11, 2016

JB, I was on a train with a fully stocked bar. Imagine that!!

It wasn't fully stocked for long, I hear!!!!!!!!!

User17396 · April 11, 2016

Evening,

I have uploaded some photos from the IRRS 2-Day Railtour to my Flickr page. They can be viewed here:

Warbonnet · April 12, 2016

My contribution from the Sunday of the IRRS tour. 079 nears its destination as the sun sets on the IRRS tour.

079 IRRS Sunset by franburke, on Flickr

jhb171achill · April 12, 2016

JB, I was on a train with a fully stocked bar. Imagine that!!

Hence, Wanderer, my lack of enthusiasm about modern railcars! 70, 80, MED, MPD, 2600, 2700, 2800, ICR, 22000...... all the same me boy, all the same.

Noel · April 12, 2016

Hence, Wanderer, my lack of enthusiasm about modern railcars! 70, 80, MED, MPD, 2600, 2700, 2800, ICR, 22000...... all the same me boy, all the same.

Yes just noisy Tram buses on rails!

Noel · April 12, 2016

My contribution from the Sunday of the IRRS tour. 079 nears its destination as the sun sets on the IRRS tour.

079 IRRS Sunset by franburke, on Flickr

Lovely atmospheric pic. A real train with an engine and carriages and 'facilities'

jhb171achill · April 12, 2016

A franburke masterpiece, that picture!

Warbonnet · April 12, 2016

Cheers men!

thewanderer · April 12, 2016

Evening all,

Part two of the IRRS tour photos have now been uploaded to http://smu.gs/1qOqkze

On the Sunday the tour operated from Killarney - Tralee - Killarney - Mallow - Limerick Jct. - Waterford - Kilkenny - Kildare - Connolly.

Once again timekeeping was A1 and the weather gave us four seasons in one day!

Click this link http://smu.gs/1T27oFS if you want to view from gallery from the start.

Full Credit must go to the IRRS Program Officer Shane Roberts for organising another successful tour and if the past several years are anything to go by, the 2017 tour will just be as interesting.

Also we cannot forget the RPSI and IE staff involved in the operation of the tour and to making it such a great weekend.

jhb171achill · April 12, 2016

That snow picture is absolutely unbelieveable! I reckon the Healy-Raes have something to do with it.

Edited April 13, 2016 by jhb171achill

Noel · April 12, 2016

Great series of photos. It was a great idea to use "076" for the fortieth anniversary since 1976.

hurricanemk1c · April 13, 2016

Good morning all,

Day 2 of the Irish Railway Record Society tour dawned very dark, very cold and very wet for the run out to Tralee. In Tralee a complicated shunt move had to take place, with the ICR and 2600 having to be moved prior to the special running around. The weather gradually improved throughout the day (if you call snow an improvement!) and by the end of the tour in Connolly, everyone was tired but incredibly happy. Thanks to all involved, including the IRRS' Outings Organiser Shane Roberts, the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (Dublin Operations) and Irish Rail for the time and effort in the weekend's running.

As always, click on any of the photos below to view them full size and the album link is at the bottom of the post

Album link - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72157666977075346/page1

Regards,

Kieran

thewanderer · April 13, 2016

Morning all,

The final part of the weekend photos have now been uploaded to the April gallery featuring:

Saturday

- 0545 Athlone - North Wall IWT Liner.

- 0730 Inchicore - Connolly De-Dietrich "Enterprise" Transfer.

- Connolly

- Inchicore includes views of repainted 231 and the Tara Mines bound Shale wagon.

- Cork Station with two stabled MKIV Sets due to the special timetable in operation on Saturday.

- Mallow

Sunday:

- Waterford showing the yard alterations.

- The highlight of Sunday was the working of 5ICR 22037 to Rosslare Europort on Sunday afternoon, the first visit of this subfleet south of the Dublin area. The set had been in Connolly for the "Enterprise" services and this work finished on the Saturday night with the introduction of the 3rd refurbished De-Dietrich set from Connolly on the Sunday morning. As the train was required for a private charter by Railtours Ireland on Tuesday from Sandymount to Belfast GVS the set was to remain at Drogheda Depot until this happened. The opportunity was taken to allocate it to the 1345 Connolly - Rosslare Europort / 1740 Rosslare Europort - Connolly / 2115 Connolly - Drogheda Ety. on the Sunday to work it back to Drogheda the long way around.

- Tuesday:

After the 2020 Cork - Heuston failed at Limerick Jct. on Monday night, 2809 + 2810 went forward to Heuston as the replacement train and was stabled there overnight. They were pictured shortly before departure for Ballina empty to take up the Branch services.

All the images can be viewed at http://smu.gs/1SeNx9z

jhb171achill · April 13, 2016

What on earth is the reason that trains can't actually enter Tralee station any more?

Is it because of the death toll of thousands that H & S men imagined had happened between the 1850s and today......?

Or does an ICR have no brakes?

josefstadt · April 13, 2016

What on earth is the reason that trains can't actually enter Tralee station any more?

Is it because of the death toll of thousands that H & S men imagined had happened between the 1850s and today......?

Or does an ICR have no brakes?

Much more mundane reason JHB. The tracks were cut back so that an access road could be constructed to an extension of the car park in the former freight yard.

jhb171achill · April 13, 2016

Much more mundane reason JHB. The tracks were cut back so that an access road could be constructed to an extension of the car park in the former freight yard.

But the road doesn't go under the roof?

hurricanemk1c · April 14, 2016

Morning all,

Yesterday the Dublin Institute of Technology had a tour around Inchicore works in relation the the Railway Technology module of the Transport Operations and Technology course. The trip was highly informative and was well presented, with the two smmall groups walked around almost the entire site. All photos here have been uploaded with permission from Irish Rail, for which I thank them. Click on any of the photos below to view them full-size or the link at the end of the post

Album link -

Regards,

Kieran

Gordon71 · April 14, 2016

The May 2008 Railway Gallery has been updated with photos with the following.

28.5.08. Withdrawn 80 Class Powercar 8098 leaves Adelaide Yard Belfast by road for scrapping at Clearways in the Port of Belfast

29.5.08. Withdrawn 80 Class intermediates 8764 & 8765 at Clearways for scrapping & Driving Trailers 8742 & 8753 leave Adelaide Yard Belfast by road for scrapping at Clearways in the Port of Belfast

30.5.08. Withdrawn 80 Class Powercar 8068 gets scrapped at Clearway in the Port of Belfast

DiveController · April 15, 2016

What's the fate of 175 stored at Inchicore? For preservation or spares?

hurricanemk1c · April 15, 2016

175 is owned by a number of people but under the care of the RPSI. Apparently getting brake mods (with 141 and 134) so they can transfer over to Connolly

craven1508 · April 15, 2016

good news! will we ever see a railtour with the baby gm,s again?

Railer · April 15, 2016

Looks like 231's LED light clusters were installed the wrong way round. The red should be on the inside of the white like 207 beside it.

hurricanemk1c · April 15, 2016

Looks like 231's LED light clusters were installed the wrong way round. The red should be on the inside of the white like 207 beside it.

Makes it a bit different!

To backtrack slightly to the day before the previous post, a few shots from Tuesday showing the joint Railtours Ireland / Irish Rail charter of a 5 ICR from Sandymount to Belfast Great Victoria Street. The set had stabled in Drogheda, coming down empty to Connolly for preparation then onwards to Dún Laoghaire to reverse. Ths I believe was a first (and possibly last) time a 5 ICR Premier Class set has been in the bay. Interstingly some very high-powered people were helping load the special at Sandymount. As always, click on any of the photos below to view them full size or the album link at the end of the post

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72157664814356604/with/26345767771/

Regards,

Kieran

hurricanemk1c · April 17, 2016

Afternoon all,

Final update of the week shows both Heuston on Wednesday 13th and Dublin area on the 14th. As always click on the photos below or the album link to view full size

Album -

Regards,

Kieran

finnyus · April 20, 2016

Morning all,

some photos taken in London during a recent visit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/

43064 leads 1B18 0730hrs EMT service from Nottingham to St Pancras International through West Hampstead approaching Hampstead tunnel.

2F21 1020hrs SWT service from London Waterloo to Woking departs Clapham Junction.

442211 passes through East Croydon with 1A24 0930hrs Gatwick Express service from London Victoria to Brighton, calling at Gatwick Airport only.

7007 stands at Stamford Brook with District Line train no. 10, 12:14 Richmond-Upminster.

165028 passes the Central Line station at North Acton with the parliamentary service 2M29 1136 Chiltern Railways service from London Paddington to West Ruislip.

Finbarr.

thewanderer · April 20, 2016

Evening all,

A round up of photos from the past week have now been uploaded to the website and include:

- The former station site at Banagher which is now the town park and a base for boat hire companies on the River Shannon (Carrickcraft and Silverline).

- Athlone with views of the IWT Liner crossing the Shannon Bridge.

- Limerick.

- Portarlington.

- Inchicore viewed from a passing train with 228 and 231 on view.

- Heuston.

Click http://smu.gs/20YbMJz to view.

Noel · April 20, 2016

Some really nice pics there. The pics in Banagher, Athlone and the peat bridge down stream of Shannonbridge bring back happy memories. Past under all three bridges many times by boat. I remember when the rail bridge near Jamestown was raised some years back giving more air draft for leisure vessels during periods of winter flooding.