Photographic Website Updates

[Gordon71]

4.12.16. GM 112 at Lisburn to do brake tests on the stored RPSI Gatwick carriages.

4.12.16. Trains at Lisburn.

 

[Barl]

Great pictures guys. Thanks for posting the pictures of the LCC too, having worked on the design team it's nice to see it come to fruition....and that the Broombridge depot hasn't flooded yet!

[Warbonnet]

Great to see the pockets in action in Dublin again. Captured this wee race between 078 and Mark IVs at d'local station this lunchtime

 

078, Pockets and Daffy by franburke, on Flickr

[finnyus]

Good morning,

 

some photos taken in Dublin on Wednesday 21 Dec 2017: https://flic.kr/s/aHskKm5Cbc

 

Includes:

- 071 operating Tara Mines trains

- 078 on the morning IWT ex Ballina

 

North Wall

 

Finbarr

[thewanderer]

Evening all,

 

Friday 23rd December 2016:

A stop off at Ballybrophy to photograph up and down MKIV operated Cork services.

 

Click http://smu.gs/2hk6XgR to view.

 

[thewanderer]

Evening folks,

 

Saturday 24th December 2016:

Just one from Killarney showing 22030 departing from the station with the 1305 Tralee - Mallow.

 

Click http://smu.gs/2hC0nyc to view the full size image.

 

May I also take this opportunity to wish all visitors to the website a very Merry and Peaceful Christmas.

 

Edited December 24, 2016 by thewanderer

[Gordon71]

10.12.16. RPSI Santa Trains at Yorkgate Belfast & The Dargan Bridge Belfast.

11.12.16. RPSI Santa Trains around the Portadown Area.

18.12.16. RPSI Santa Trains at Whitehead & Belfast.

 

[thewanderer]

Evening folks,

 

Thursday 29th December 2016:

As dusk was falling I visited Portarlington station to photograph 231 hauling failed MKIV set 4006 and loco 218 from Ballybrophy to Heuston. The loco had failed while working the 1220 Cork - Heuston and was terminated at Ballybrophy with passengers transferred to the following 1320 Cork - Heuston. Plus photos of a few other odds and sods.

 

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

 

[jhb171achill]

The two zebras seem to turn up all over the place! I had one on the 0700 Cork a few weeks ago.....

[thewanderer]

Evening all,

 

Friday 30th December was another poor day for the loco fleet with 234 working the 0900 Heuston - Cork failing between Mallow and Cork in the Burnfort area. Cork Thunderbird 229 was sent to assist it and hauled it into Cork where it arrived 90 minutes late. Photos from the day include Clonkeen, Lisduff & Templemore showing 201 Class and MKIV sets.

 

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

 

[Noel]

. . . 0900 Heuston - Cork failing between Mallow and Cork in the Burnfort area. Cork Thunderbird 229 was sent to assist it and hauled it into Cork where it arrived 90 minutes late. . . .

 

Great pics as ever.

 

One of the advantages of BRs 125 Intercity fleet was a power unit at each end so at least they could limp home under their own power at reduced speed if one power unit failed. Does anybody know if a 201/Mk4 set fails but a second 'rescue' loco is coupled up to the failed loco, can it still be driven in the opposite direction from the DVT?

[MKrocker]

Great pics as ever.

 

One of the advantages of BRs 125 Intercity fleet was a power unit at each end so at least they could limp home under their own power at reduced speed if one power unit failed. Does anybody know if a 201/Mk4 set fails but a second 'rescue' loco is coupled up to the failed loco, can it still be driven in the opposite direction from the DVT?

 

If it's like our Class 68's on Chiltern, then the failed loco is dead hauled, in the case of a 68, you isolate a few cocks in the clean air compartment. Then drive from the DVT as normal.

[thewanderer]

That's never happened here and I can't see it happening. Assistance usually comes from the front.

[MKrocker]

That's never happened here and I can't see it happening. Assistance usually comes from the front.

 

We have only spare 68 on Chiltern, which is kept at Chiltern's Wembley depot. So if you fail, the loco can be put in front of the DVT or attached to the failed loco, all depends where you have failed and what end is easier to get to. Like the Irish network, we don't have the luxury of 4 track working. Touch wood, it has'nt happened yet!!!!

[thewanderer]

Evening folks,

 

The final photos of 2016 are from Nenagh to see the final train of 2016 to pass through the station. 2817 + 2818 1905 Ballybrophy - Limerick.

 

May I take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy & Prosperous New Year!

 

Click http://smu.gs/2hAsCwv to see the full size image.

 

[Noel]

Thank you for all the superb photos last year

[thewanderer]

With 2017 upon us its time to reveal the 2016 Year in Review.

 

This gallery contains over 400 photos and videos from the past 12 months from the railways of Ireland.

Enjoy the gallery and let's hope 2017 will be just as interesting.

From a personal viewpoint the painting of 071 into its original CIE Supertrain livery was certainly the highlight of the year for me.

Let's see what 2017 will bring us....

 

Click http://smu.gs/2hX3lNX to view.

 

[finnyus]

Morning all & Happy New Year!

 

Some photos taken over the last few weeks: https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/

 

Includes:

- trip to UK (including Bristol, Exeter, Barnstaple, Dawlish, Plymouth & Paignton)

- Deise Greenway

- North Cork

 

Mallow Viaduct

 

Dawlish Warren

 

Dawlish

 

Kilbarry

 

 

Finbarr

[Noel]

Thanks for posting guys. Two absolutely stunning sets of rail photography.

 

Finbar I feel very nostalgic looking at the BR 125 sets - 40 years and still going strong. That's maximising asset earnings. I travelled frequently on them in the 80s and 90s. Never had a model 125 mind you.

[thewanderer]

Thanks Noel.

 

 

 

Tuesday 3rd January 2017:

We start off the 2017 pictures with a visit to Ratheven outside Portlaoise to photograph 076 hauling failed 234 from Cork to Inchicore plus the usual MKIV and 22000 sets on passenger traffic.

 

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

 

[thewanderer]

Evening all,

 

I didn't think my first train trip of 2017 would be on a 22000 set on the Nenagh branch! But that is what happened today.

Due to a large number of passengers travelling to Limerick this morning on the 1005 Ballybrophy - Limerick service, mostly from Cloughjordan, which was organised by the Nenagh Rail Partnership for their annual outing to "Limerick on Ice" (Ice skating). Iarnrod Eireann decided to allocate the Limerick - Limerick Jct ICR set to the evening Ballybrophy service. I travelled north from Nenagh to Ballybrophy on it.

 

Click http://smu.gs/2iBLyPQ

 

[Gordon71]

12.12.05 . 8453 at Coleraine.

18.12.05. RPSI Whitehead Base .

18.12.15. Here & There on NIR .

 

[hurricanemk1c]

Evening all,

 

I've been away in the UK for the past week, mainly visiting family (and with a day out in Derby for bus photographs). However, I did get a few railway-related photos as well.

 

Gedling Colliery opened in the 1890's and closed in 1991. The former rail-served site is now a country park, but some of the original railway equipment survives. In the hour or two spent walking around the park, I observed a former bridge (still maintained by Network Rail), rail-built bufferstop, telegraph pole, embedded rails, baseplate and a rather interesting chair. Click on any of the photos below or the link at the end to view them all

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Album Link -

 

Regards,

Kieran

[thewanderer]

Evening folks,

 

Several photos from the weekend at Portarlington, Portlaoise, Ballybrophy, Birdhil, Killonan and Ennis.

 

Click http://smu.gs/2i5BB9m to view.

 

[thewanderer]

Evening folks,

 

Monday 9th January 2017:

The day starts off in Limerick before heading to Dublin to see retro CIE liveried 071 on the 0920 Tara Mines to North Wall laden working.

 

Click http://smu.gs/2i79zz9 to view all the images.

 

[Noel]

Great shot of 071

[thewanderer]

Evening all,

 

A trip to Dublin this morning. Very handy when needing to go to Connolly area of the city to use the Phoenix Park Tunnel services.

 

Pictures are from:

Sallins

Connolly

Malahide - highlight being 085 on the afternoon Tara.

Portarlington.

 

Click http://smu.gs/2jF9xi8 to view all the photos.

 

 

[Noel]

Great moon shot. They can be difficult to get right. 085 shot is particularly tasty too.

[thewanderer]

Morning all,

 

I'm in London this weekend for a railtour on the Saturday. The first batch of images from Friday have now been uploaded to http://smu.gs/2jhyDTj

 

The photos start at Dublin Airport and feature such exotic locations as Greenford and Stratford plus many more.

 

 

[Gordon71]

8.1.17. Drogheda.

 

[thewanderer]

Evening all,

 

The next batch of photos from my weekend in London have now been uploaded to the website.

 

The main event of the day was the Branch Line Society's "The Vossloh Voyager" which traversed three much sought after depot / yard lines and other interesting track including East Putney in both directions. The 8-coach train was formed of the two Class 455 EMUs that have been recently used as the test bed for the new Vossloh Kiepe three phase AC traction motor project – 5732 and 5870. In recognition of the special train, all profits will be donated to SWT's nominated charity, Railway Benefit Fund (RBF). A grand total of £14,500 was raised.

 

All the photos from the railtour can be viewed at http://smu.gs/2iXMmvt

 

The other non-railtour images from Saturday include visits to:

- Clapham Jct.

- Waterloo.

- Stockwell.

- Brixton

- Kingly Court Underground Station. It's not what you think it is

 

These can be viewed at http://smu.gs/2jetJEH

 

 

 

[jhb171achill]

So Conor McGregor's driving a train?

[thewanderer]

No he was learning the road (yesterday!)

[thewanderer]

Evening all,

 

The final batch of images from the London trip have now been uploaded.

 

Featuring pictures from the scene of the awful Croydon Tramlink accident on 9th November 2016, before heading to Hayes and back into London Bridge & Blackfriars for a train to Gatwick.

 

Click http://smu.gs/2jt8CAO to view.

 

[hurricanemk1c]

Morning all,

 

A few more from my Nottingham stay at the beginning of the month. As always, click on the photo to view them full size

 

 

I was lucky enough to have a walk through the remains of a Nottingham Suburban Railway tunnel at Sneinton. Now in use as a club shooting range, it is very dry and very bright - which makes a change for railway tunnels!

 

 

 

 

Album link -

 

Regards,

Kieran