Photographic Website Updates

[thewanderer]

Good evening all,

 

Some photos from the past few days this week.

 

Tuesday 5th July 2016:

A few images around Portarlington featuring 234 on the 1900 Heuston - Cork and 22010 showing off its "Basking Shark" new skirting on 22310.

 

Wednesday 6th July 2016:

A trip to Dublin today turned up the nice bonus of 216 working the 1020 North Wall - Ballina IWT Liner.

 

Click http://smu.gs/29PifTn to view.

 

[Gordon71]

The June 2016 Railway Gallery has been updated with photos with the following.

28.6.16. Belmond MK3 carriage 7169 WEXFORD gets transfered by road from Mivan Antrim to North Wall Dublin , photos taken at various locations between Antrim & Lisburn.

 

[Warbonnet]

Finally got to see 216 in the flesh on her last run as the 'Green Machine'. Here she is at my usual spot. Have to say I think it looks stunning in snot green!

 

216 Clondalkin/Fonthill by franburke, on Flickr

[WRENNEIRE]

Finally got to see 216 in the flesh on her last run as the 'Green Machine'. Here she is at my usual spot. Have to say I think it looks stunning in snot green!

 

Whats the story man, Belmond Blue next?

[hurricanemk1c]

Wrenneire - Yep, into the paintshop next week as far as I know for painting into the same colours as the Mark 3's

 

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Evening all,

 

A triple update from me tonight as I have been rather lacking in posting here!

 

The first one is from Stradbally, featuring a number of unusual moves for line clearance and vegitation clearance along the line. Plus the chance to get underneath LM44 / Number 2 and getting a few photos

 

 

 

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Back in the land of heavy rail, a quick trip to get the Spray Train returning to Portlaoise

 

 

 

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And finally for the moment, yesterday's antics waiting for the Spray Train to head out of Portlaoise, which it did 150 minutes late!

 

 

 

 

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Regards,

Kieran

[Gordon71]

The June 2016 Railway Gallery has been updated with photos with the following.

 

30.6.16. Belmond MK3 Observation carriage 7104 KILDARE gets transfered by road from Mivan Antrim to North Wall Dublin , photos taken at Antrim.

 

[finnyus]

Afternoon,

 

some photos from a recent trip to the UK:

 

Bristol Temple Meads

 

Patchway

 

Cardiff Central

 

Finbarr

[hurricanemk1c]

Morning all,

 

A few shots from Stradbally on Sunday, where (with the help of the WW2 Re-Enactment Club) we staged a 'War' day with various uniforms and weapons on display. We ran with steam loco LM44 all day and another first was done - the carriages entering the pit road in the shed for an exam.

 

 

 

 

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Regards,

Kieran

[jhb171achill]

A question regarding the longer coach at Stradbally. Apart from the bogies, is any of it actually ex-CVR? Possibly a much-cut-down chassis?

[thewanderer]

Morning folks,

 

Been a while since the last update due to having a rather busy weekend.

 

The latest updates to the website are:

 

- July Gallery features:

Thursday 7th July 2016:

A visit to Carn to see 077 on the Weedspray train from Claremorris to Portlaoise.

 

Saturday 9th July 2016:

A trip to Athlone and Woodlawn mainly to see the Green liveried 216 on its last run before repainting.

 

Sunday 10th July 2016:

Some pictures from Athlone, Ballinasloe and Portarlington while travelling to Dublin on board the RPSI Western Gateway railtour.

 

Monday 11th July 2016:

Pictures from Heuston and Athlone including a rather interesting incident at Derries Level Crossing.

 

Wednesday 13th July 2016:

Pictures from Cush, Kildare and the Curragh for the Timber and IWT trains.

 

All of the July photos can be accessed at http://smu.gs/29FtgbB

 

 

- The Old Rail Trail Mullingar to Athlone.

I cycled the route on Saturday 9th July from Athlone to Mullingar, returning the following day back to Athlone. The entire route is well used by locals and visitors out walking and cycling.

For more information on the "Old Rail Trail" as it is now know as, visit the Westmeath County Council website for further information http://www.westmeathcoco.ie/en/ourservices/tourismlibraryartsrecreation/greenway/oldrailtrail-routemap/

 

All of the photos from the Cycle can be viewed at http://smu.gs/2aaBabg

 

 

- RPSI Western Gateway.

The RPSI ran another of their Sunday excursions from Dublin to a destination down the country, this time to Athlone and Ballinasloe. I joined the train at Ballinasloe for the return to Dublin.

Click http://smu.gs/29Iu00y to view.

 

 

All of the above can also be accessed from the home page: http://thewandererphotos.com

[Garfield]

A question regarding the longer coach at Stradbally. Apart from the bogies, is any of it actually ex-CVR? Possibly a much-cut-down chassis?

 

I think it's ex-C&L rather than CVR, JB...

[Mayner]

I think it's ex-C&L rather than CVR, JB...

 

The Stradbally coach was built using the bogies and cut down underframe from 7L the C&L Bus Coach. This coach was re-bodied as a brake 3rd in the 1950s with a bus style body similar to the West Clare railcar trailers

 

The modernised C&L coach 1L went to the West Clare & then BnM, but was destroyed in a fire shortly before the Irish Narrow Gauge Trust started scouring the country in search of narrow gauge coaches.

[josefstadt]

As far as I can remember, some if not all, of the axlebox covers on the coach's bogies are branded CL&RR - Cavan Leitrim & Roscommon Railway.

[hurricanemk1c]

Bloody hell - I oiled them and did the pre-service exam on them on Sunday and can't remember what the axleboxes say! Been under it and can say some of the brake hangers are still there

 

As far as I am aware the basic chassis and bogies is from 7L, the Cavan and Leitrim coach. The body is actually a Stradbally production, having been the bus body from 1953-1972 (1959-1972 in Bórd na Móna service)

[hurricanemk1c]

Having checked some photos, 7 out of the 8 have "CLRR" on the axleboxes. The other one doesn't have anything on it

[Gordon71]

The July 2016 Railway Gallery has been updated with photos with the following.

 

12.7..16. GM 077 with the Irish Rail Weed Sprayer Train visits Newry.

 

[jhb171achill]

Interesting, folks, thanks.

[hurricanemk1c]

Evening all,

 

Today the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland transferred their 3 'Baby GM' locos from Inchicore Works (where they have been stored since 2009/2010) to their shed in Connolly station. The day certaintly wasn't straight forward! Originally going to be one transfer, a last minute fault prevented this from happening and the transfer was cancelled. Luckily I bumped into another gricer who had heard the transfer was back on! Photos from the day can be seen below, with the normal railway running around as well. Click on any of the photos below to view them all

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Regards,

Kieran

[thewanderer]

Evening folks,

 

Some of the more mundane pictures from Tuesday while waiting for the heavily delayed RPSI diesel transfer from Inchicore to Connolly.

 

Click http://smu.gs/29UAdDa to view.

 

[Warbonnet]

Great shots men, gutted I missed it

[Noel]

Great shots men, gutted I missed it

 

Yes absolutely fab to have photos of the three generations of GMs in those liveries side by side and coupled in historical order. Thank you.

[thewanderer]

Evening all,

 

Photos from the past two days have now been uploaded to the website.

 

Wednesday 20th June 2016:

A visit to Carn Bridge to see "raccoon" liveried 233 on the 1700 Heuston - Cork.

 

Thursday 21st July 2016:

A spin to Cabra in Dublin to view the Belmond MKIII transfer from North Wall to Inchicore. As an added bonus the weedspray train also transferred from North Wall to Heuston and locos 206 and 215 transferred from Inchicore to Connolly. Finally 22045 and 22018 were swapped between Connolly and Heuston.

 

Click http://smu.gs/2a39gRq to view.

 

 

[Warbonnet]

I missed pretty much anything of interest running today but I did bag my first raccoon!

 

233 Raccoon by franburke, on Flickr

[thewanderer]

Evening folks,

 

Latest update includes:

 

Friday 22nd July 2016:

While heading for Kerry I got a few photos of 22017 at Limerick Jct. during its turnaround on the 1350 Heuston - Limerick Jct. Spl.

 

Sunday 24th July 2016:

Photos from Killarney, Farranfore, Limerick. Plus Skerries for the RPSI Trains out today.

 

Click http://smu.gs/2a5WxsF to view.

 

 

[thewanderer]

071 was released into general freight traffic on Friday when it took over the Ballina to Waterford Timber at Kildare. After spending the weekend in Waterford it was allocated to the 1130 Waterford - Ballina DFDS Liner on Monday.

 

I caught a few pictures of it at Kyle Bridge (Kildare) and at the station itself.

 

Also in this update are a few 22000 Class units and Ballast Regulator 703 heading down road from Kildare.

 

Click http://smu.gs/2a9sK5y to view.

 

[richrua]

Curses! Here's me keeping quiet and saving up for 121 s and there's that lovely shot of 071 and now I want a CIE livery 071!!

[hurricanemk1c]

Morning all,

 

A few shots from around the Dublin area on Saturday, Sunday and Monday (24-26/7/16) that I've just got around to uploading. I was mainly there for the Bray Airshow but also managed a bit of gricing in between. Click on any of the photos below to view them all

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A few photos from Stradbally, where two of the three new diesels moved up from the Old Shed to the New Shed for basic servicing in preparation of a full refurbishment on Thursday 28/7/16

 

 

 

 

 

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And finally, shots of a pristine 224 on the 1100 Heuston - Cork / 1420 Cork - Heuston on Friday, 29th July

 

 

 

 

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Regards,

Kieran

[thewanderer]

First batch of photos from a UK trip have now been uploaded.

 

Click http://smu.gs/2akqB3V to view.

 

[thewanderer]

The latest pictures from my UK trip have now been uploaded to http://smu.gs/2ao53DO

 

Friday:

First day of a UK trip which features images from around the Birmingham area.

 

Saturday:

A day trip from Birmingham to Cheltenham Spa to see this delightful town. Returned to Birmingham via Swindon and Bristol Parkway and lucky enough to briefly see retrotrain 43002 in its BR Blue and Grey livery at Bristol Parkway.

 

Sunday:

- The Shakespeare Express at Birmingham Moor Street.

- London Euston after travelling down from Birmingham on a Virgin Trains service.

 

[Gordon71]

The July 2016 Railway Gallery has been updated with photos with the following.

 

20.7.16. Belmond MK3 carriage 7171 SLIGO gets transfered by road from Mivan Antrim to North Wall Dublin , photos taken at various locations between Belfast & Hillsborough.

 

[finnyus]

Morning all,

 

some photos take in the UK over the last few days: https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/

 

Includes:

- Cornwall

- Devon

- Somerset

- Monmouthshire

 

Lostwithiel

 

Bishton Flyover, Llandevenny

 

Bristol Temple Meads

 

Finbarr

[Noel]

Thanks Finbarr. Sone really fabulous photos in there. It's great to see so many interesting loco hauled trains on UK network. One photo in particular over the viaduct was so colour rich it reminded me of a spectacular layout scene. A relief from boring 22k luas trams. I was standing in Athlone marina last week with a great view of the white railway bridge, heard a train approaching the famous bridge, picked up my camera, but put it down without a click when I realised it was a boring tram. Btw, they have fantastic plans for the cycle Greenaway right through the centre of Athlone off the disused mullingar/Athlone line.

[Gordon71]

The July 2016 Railway Gallery has been updated with photos with the following.

 

22.7.16. Belmond MK3 carriage 7137 KERRY gets loaded for the road transfer to Dublin North Wall at Mivan Antrim .

 

[thewanderer]

Evening all,

 

Last Monday I took a trip to the Spa town of Bath for an afternoon of sightseeing. To get to Bath I took a slight detour catching the 1045 Paddington to Swansea as far as Bristol Parkway to enable me to sample the Pullman Restaurant Car on board the service.

 

At Bristol Parkway after a short wait I caught a Class 158 on a Great Malvern to Brighton service to Bath Spa.

 

Once the sighseeing was completed I got a London bound HST as far as Reading where I alighted to see the Retroliveried HST Power Car 43002 in its original HST livery from 1976.

 

I then took the slow route back to London via Staines before heading to Scotland on board the Caledonian Sleeper to Edinburgh.

 

Click http://smu.gs/2aAxTDY to view the images.

 

[thewanderer]

Afternoon folks,

 

On Saturday Belmond Grand Hibernian liveried 216 was used on the 0935 North Wall - Ballina IWT Liner. This was the first run of the loco on the mainline since repainting into Belmond livery. It still requires branding to be applied.

 

Also pictured were the two Mayo Specials to Heuston for the Mayo - Tyrone Match in Croke Park, Dublin.

 

Click http://smu.gs/2aC9r5a to view.

 

Also the latest batch of photos from my recent UK trip have now been uploaded. These are from Tuesday 2nd August.

After arriving in Edinburgh off the Sleeper from London I took an out and back spin to Tweedbank on the recently reopened Borders Railway.

Once back in Edinburgh it was time for some sightseeing of the City before taking a trip out to North Queensferry to view the Forth Bridge. Taking 68002 out and back of course on the Scotrail loco hauled turn.

 

Click http://smu.gs/2aCa9zE to view.