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Early Sunday morning we see the operator of the hi-ab crane drop some oxy acetylene bottles off the permanent way train to the worksite. 
 

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A box arrived from Silver fox a few weeks ago-it contained an Dutch EGV resin kit,

I finished this EGV-4603 during last week,and added it to the IRM Mk2 a/b set….

This gives me two sets of Mk2 a/bs on Tara junction. 
 

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As the dark evenings move in we see the interior lighting on the superb IRM Mk2 a/b coaches to good effect here as the evening Galway-Dublin Heuston service at the platform on Tara junction. 
 

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13 minutes ago, ttc0169 said:

As the dark evenings move in we see the interior lighting on the superb IRM Mk2 a/b coaches to good effect here as the evening Galway-Dublin Heuston service at the platform on Tara junction. 
 

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Very atmospheric shots Noel, all that’s missing is the condensation fogging up the windows, with a few smiley faces drawn in it and a patch where someone has wiped with their sleeve to see what station they are at as the PA is indecipherable 

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On 16/10/2024 at 7:55 PM, ttc0169 said:

As the dark evenings move in we see the interior lighting on the superb IRM Mk2 a/b coaches to good effect here as the evening Galway-Dublin Heuston service at the platform on Tara junction. 
 

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Brilliant stuff, Noel. The more I look at these coaches, the more there is to love about them. 

I really like the lighting on the underside of the canopy. It lights up the area perfectly. 

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Time for a video…under the lights…

056 has been uncoupled from the two axle ballast hopper train in the siding and is seen here making its way to Lakeview freight yard to work the BELL liner to Sligo,

208 has charge of a Belfast Central-Dublin Connolly Mk2 set

085 works the Waterford-Dublin Heuston Mk2 a/b set,

121+135 work a Sligo-Northwall BELL liner 

017 works a Dublin Heuston-Limerick Mk2D set 

048 works a Platin-Westport two axle pallet cement liner. 

007 works a Dublin Heuston-Ballina Cravens set,

175+129 work another Cravens set from Tralee-Dublin Heuston. 
 

 

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Having recently taken advantage of the flash sale of the IRM Mk2 a/b coaches we see the final coach 4112 arrive into the Lakeview freight yard on a low loader,

The next selection of photos show the unloading and shunting process, as there is no EGV attached to the four coaches-they don’t have lights working-the last few photos see the final shunt movement taking place where the Shunter couples up the jumper cables and power is restored to the full set. 
locomotive 085 was used for the shunting movements.  

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3 hours ago, NIRCLASS80 said:

Out of interest what couplers are you using on the IRM Mk2?

They are the supplied IRM magnetic close couplings-a great job…thanks Gareth 👍👍

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Back in the early 1990s an auxiliary passenger train operated on Sundays only from Claremorris to Dublin Heuston station departing at 16:45-this was to relieve the 17:45 Westport -Heuston 9 piece Mk3 set  

It usually comprised of MK2 a/b stock or Mk3 hauled push pull stock,

On this occasion we see locomotive 085 hauling the 16:45 Claremorris-Dublin Heuston 9 MK2 a/bs through Tara junction station-the interior lighting shown to good effect. 

 

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