Mayner Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 13 hours ago, Broithe said: Wandering back from the pub in Rathdowney, I would often glance northwards and wonder why there was one red light in the middle of a few sodium lamps at Donaghmore. This bemused me for many years. Last winter, I suddenly realised that I was actually seeing the lamp two miles further on, on the top of the mast at Ballybrophy. Things just happened to line up from my viewpoint. One very small problem solved. About 30 years ago used to drive to regularly take the remote A412 road from Bala to Trawsfynydd ( Trawys)on Friday nights en-route from work in the Home Counties to Portmadoc to volunteer on the Welsh Highland. The drill was to phone ahead from Bala and order a few drinks if I was running late and would not reach Port by closing time. One night there appeared to be someone on 'high beam' following behind me for several miles as I climbed until I realised that it was a full Moon and that there was no one behind me as I drove around the loop above Lyn Celyn. I literally had the road to myself for most of the 18 miles across the hills between Bala and Trawys and reached Port before closing time. Not sure if I would be up to the drive, and staying up with my mates till the early hours of the morning before spending a weekend volunteering these days, but great fun when I was up to it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 Evening all, Latest update from yesterday with an afternoon spent between Thurles and Templemore photographing Dublin - Cork and Limerick trains. Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/April-2024/i-326VK8Z 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 Good morning all, Pictures from last Sunday and Monday have just been uploaded to the April gallery. Sunday 14th April 2024: A Sunday evening "chase" on the Nenagh Branch between Birdhill and Cloughjordan photographing the 1735 Limerick - Ballybrophy. Monday 15th April 2024: Iarnrod Eireann have started to move the Tara Wagons from Dublin's North Wall yard, where they had been stored since Tara Mines halted production in Summer 2023, down to Limerick for further storage. The first movement of 11 wagons occurred on Monday 15th April when 075 brought them towards Limerick as a 0937 North Wall - Limerick transfer. Unfortunately the service ran into difficulty after Portarlington and was eventually terminated in Ballybrophy to await a visit from Limerick Maintenance Depot due to a wagon defect. The train remained in Ballybrophy overnight. Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/April-2024/i-Jb4wKMd to view. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 An bit of an update to last Monday's posting with new photos in the April gallery containing. Tuesday 16th April 2024: Photos today come from Thurles, Dublin Heuston & Blackhorse on the LUAS. Wednesday 17th April 2024: The Tara Mines transfer which was terminated at Ballybrophy on Monday was eventually moved to Limerick on Wednesday afternoon after repairs had been carried out at Ballybrophy to a wagon defect. The train was pictured at Killonan Jct. Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/April-2024/i-cn4z6P3 to view. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 Saturday 20th April 2024: The first train since the 18th March rolls though Ballycar with the 1725 Ennis - Limerick at 1737 earlier this evening with 22001 in charge. Great to see this important regional route reopened to our customers once again after the enforced closure. The train later returned as the 1815 Limerick - Galway which I caught near Cratloe. Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/April-2024/i-2Bb4zb2 to view all the images. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted April 22 Author Share Posted April 22 In a further update from the weekend just gone, earlier on the Saturday I paid a visit to the Limerick - Foynes Railway which is currently being rebuilt for freight traffic. In my latest update (no. 7) we see a selection of photos from various locations between Foynes and Adare showing recent progress on the rebuilding of the railway. Work is well advanced at the Foynes end of the railway (excluding the railway station itself) with the trackbed for several miles now ready to have track laid on it, the further you go towards Limerick the work is less advanced. All the photos can be viewed at https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/Officialevents/2024/Foynes-Line-Reconstruction-/i-fh7FVB4 To see all the photos in the collection (starting in November 2022) click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/Officialevents/2024/Foynes-Line-Reconstruction-/i-J27B2SK 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted Thursday at 15:55 Author Share Posted Thursday at 15:55 It's back to the 1990's for Iarnrod Eireann as they have repainted 2600 Class, No. 2601+2602 back into a modified version of the ARROW livery they originally carried from 1994 to the early 2000's to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the class. The work was completed to an outstanding quality in house at the paint spray facility in Inchicore Works and the team poses in front of the completed set on Wednesday 25th April for official photos to be taken before the set returns to service in Cork working the commuter services to Cobh, Midleton and Mallow. An IR£19.5 million order was placed in 1992 with Mitsui, who subcontracted the order to Tokyu Car Corporation of Yokohama, Japan. This was quite groundbreaking on a number of fronts; not only was it the first Irish order placed with an Asian firm, but they were also the first railway vehicles built in Asia for the European market and the vehicles are still held in high regard by their manufacture 30 years later. The Irish Railway Record Society are arranging a 30th anniversary railtour over the weekend of the 18th & 19th May and it is expected that 2601 + 2602 will work the tour throughout. See https://irrstimesarrow.eventbrite.ie for more information and booking. For photos of the launch click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/Officialevents/2024/ARROW-30-years-1994-2024/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted Friday at 21:39 Author Share Posted Friday at 21:39 (edited) Friday 26th April 2024: 2602 + 2601 returned to their home depot of Limerick on Friday 26th April for further attention before a return to service in the Cork area. The retro-liveried pair were photographed at Kishyquirk outside Killonan Jct. Later in the day we see the new footbridge at Banteer and the 1705 Tralee - Cork passing Rathcoole. Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/April-2024/i-v4MjrVr Edited Friday at 21:39 by thewanderer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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