NIR 104 Class (C Class) visits to Republic

[murphaph]

On page 40 if the ITG Traction & Travel book (third edition) there is a picture of 104 visiting Athlone with a railtour in 1991.

Does anyone have any links or book references to further images of visits of this class south of the border?

 

[DJ Dangerous]

This one?

 

 

[Robert Shrives]

Interesting background items with two types of feathers on the signals. Give OCD signal engineers a dose of the swerves..

Loco does help rule one mix and match as well.

Robert  

[murphaph]

Not that picture DJ but same railtour. I had sort of written any C Class off for my mid 90's era but now I'm wondering did they come back down in their new colours much at all? I wonder was this 1991 tour a once off.

[jhb171achill]

3 minutes ago, murphaph said:

Not that picture DJ but same railtour. I had sort of written any C Class off for my mid 90's era but now I'm wondering did they come back down in their new colours much at all? I wonder was this 1991 tour a once off.

I suspect it was. One of those was also trotted out once or twice in the north to replace a failed RPSI steam loco on a couple of RPSI tours.

Last time they were regularly out'n'about in the south would have been 1984/5. Even then, confined to Inchicore shunting and pre-DART Dublin suburban.

[Niles]

There's a nice bit of vidjo of the NIR MV on the ITG tour to Athlone here: 

 

[seagoebox]

Cross-Border visits by the NIR MV's were rare, this pic of 104 is from March 1994

[murphaph]

Any idea where 104 would have been heading in that pic?

[StevieB]

Well, it’s arriving into Dundalk, so maybe it’s to run round before heading home.

Stephen

[airfixfan]

The MV is on an NIR ballast train so not going beyond Dundalk before heading North again.

[seagoebox]

Yes, 104 had loaded in Poyntzpass earlier that day, discharged ballast at Killeen near the top of the bank, and ran empty wrong road to Dundalk to run round before returning the wagons to the Pass, and loco. LE to Portadown. In those days the only cross-overs were at Poyntzpass and Dundalk.

Michael

[K801]

excellent find seagoebox, some of the line to Dungarvan is still in existence towards the end of that video, completely gone now