Tara Junction.

[ttc0169]

Thanks gents for the kind comments

[ttc0169]

Late night freight at Lakeview yard,

Lots of activity under the floodlights at Lakeview earlier as we see liner trains ready for departure;

From the left 

127+130 hauling an empty timber train from Waterford to Ballina,

124+134 wait in the good loop hauling the Platin-Cork bogie bulk cement. 

152+132 hauling the Shelton abbey-Marino point empty ammonia,

085 waits to follow the ammonia working the Lakeview-North esk bogie CPWs 

017 has charge of an empty two axle pallet cement liner bound for Limerick

Finally 056 will follow 017 hauling the two axle empty bubble cement back to Drogheda having been discharged at the silo earlier in the day. 
 

In the distance can be seen  locomotives 190+184 which are the freight yard pilots 
 

[jhb171achill]

Amazing as always!

[Noel]

Orange county. Fabulous.

[JasonB]

On 10/1/2022 at 11:29 PM, ttc0169 said:

Late night freight at Lakeview yard,

Lots of activity under the floodlights at Lakeview earlier as we see liner trains ready for departure;

What a lineup. Great stuff! 

[ttc0169]

2 hours ago, JasonB said:

What a lineup. Great stuff! 

Thanks Jason,

it was an enjoyable evening at the junction.

[JasonB]

12 minutes ago, ttc0169 said:

Thanks Jason,

it was an enjoyable evening at the junction.

Looked it, Noel. The A's look great with both bagged and bulk cement wagons.  

[ttc0169]

Normally confined to freight train operations locomotives 161+126 are seen here filling in for a failed 071 as they arrive at Tara junction with the Mk3 set. 
 

Edited January 21, 2022 by ttc0169

[JasonB]

The 141-121 pairing has always been a favourite of mine. 

[Rush and Lusk]

Spotted a lovely P&T van on the platform - that takes me back - I have a strong family connection to the Post Office. Did you produce the van yourself ?

[flange lubricator]

Looks like a commer van 

 

[ttc0169]

3 hours ago, Rush and Lusk said:

Spotted a lovely P&T van on the platform - that takes me back - I have a strong family connection to the Post Office. Did you produce the van yourself ?

Hi Rush & Lusk,

No-it was a commission from a few years ago but useful when modelling the 1980s era on the junction.

[jhb171achill]

1 hour ago, ttc0169 said:

Hi Rush & Lusk,

No-it was a commission from a few years ago but useful when modelling the 1980s era on the junction.

Any idea where they got the "p+t" logo from, ttc0169?

[Galteemore]

Here, I’d say….,http://www.studio-scale-models.com/img/VB3.jpg

[Galteemore]

8 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

Any idea where they got the "p+t" logo from, ttc0169?

And the full range is here…..http://www.studio-scale-models.com/TVehicle.shtml

[Rush and Lusk]

Thank you "ttc0169" and "Galteemore" - very helpful. 

[ttc0169]

The night shift are busy at the Lakeview freight yard,

190+184 are the pilot locomotives shunting the two axle cement,while the driver of the rail link truck has reversed into the distribution depot to collect another load,

The drivers of the forklift trucks await the arrival of the Guinness liner and are ready to unload and reload the laden and empty beer kegs. 
 

[ttc0169]

Today marks the 35th anniversary of the establishment of Irish rail,Bus Éireann and Dublin bus,

On 02/02/1987 three companies were formed out of CIE,

To mark the occasion we see an IR day on Tara junction where the transition from CIE to IR has begun. 
 

130+143,080,048,192 and 049 sport the new IR livery as well as 036,

086,161+132,160,001 and 027 are in the CIE livery. 
 

[ttc0169]

152+126 hauling the laden ammonia have the route made into Lakeview freight yard as 007 waits to depart with the branch passenger service.

[JasonB]

On 1/2/2022 at 11:38 PM, ttc0169 said:

 

Brilliant as always, Noel. Really like the job done on the Ford Cargo. Looks the business in Rail Link colours.  

[RedRich]

Lovely scenes Noel  Really like 007 Seamus O'Bond.

Rich

[Adrian]

Love it, that’s some lineup of locos you have

[ttc0169]

The West was awake last night as can be seen in the following overnight video of some freight train operations. 
 

036 makes some noise as it works a Shelton abbey-Sligo laden fertiliser. 
056 has charge of a Limerick-Tullamore two axle bulk cement train

048 has charge of a Limerick-Ballina pallet cement train-both crews are taking a break before proceeding West  

 

 

[Bob229]

Busy depot,  love the the Loco sound

[ttc0169]

4 hours ago, Bob229 said:

Busy depot,  love the the Loco sound

Thanks Bob229

[Bob229]

Cheers,  is that the A class sound decoder?  a very impressive range of freight wagons

[ttc0169]

2 minutes ago, Bob229 said:

Cheers,  is that the A class sound decoder?  a very impressive range of freight wagons

Yes Bob it is…

[Bob229]

34 minutes ago, ttc0169 said:

Yes Bob it is…

Great sound

[JasonB]

13 hours ago, ttc0169 said:

036 makes some noise as it works a Shelton abbey-Sligo laden fertiliser. 

Have to say, the ferts look really well behind the A class. They're made for each other. 

[ttc0169]

The year is 1995 and we see a brand new 201 class locomotive 220 work it’s first BELL liner train as it takes over from the veteran 001 class locomotives,
220 is seen here working a Limerick-North wall BELL liner through Tara junction,
In contrast with only days left in service we see a worn out 018 pass in the other direction working a North wall-Waterford BELL liner.
 

 

[JasonB]

That's an impressive collection of BELL containers, Noel.  

[ttc0169]

31 minutes ago, JasonB said:

That's an impressive collection of BELL containers, Noel.  

Thanks Jason,yes I always liked the BELL containers

[ttc0169]

007 has charge of the two axle ballast hopper train as 027 works the HI-AB wagon to the work site. 
 

[ttc0169]

The replacement of colour light signal TJ 25 has begun….

 

[ttc0169]

Removal of signal TJ25 by the S&E department was completed and the locomotive and wagon departed for the S&E compound.