Hi Folks

A few photo's to cover the Heritage Railway Association steam event from Connolly to Mullingar and back on Sunday 13th of September.

Weather was great for the event,a visit to the John Locke Distillery in Kilbeggan for just a fiver was also very enjoyable!

Enjoy.

A few photo's today to start off the collection.
083 working an 09:45 Waterford-Portlaoise Long Welded Rail train.

A few photos taken in the Sallins & Naas area.
223+Mk3
171+Wheelcarrier+Tara
215 Light Engine

This new liner started on Thursday 20th August commencing with a 10:55 departure from Dublin.
From Tuesday 8th of September,the liner got a new path from North Wall due to engineering works in Sallins and the loop being inactive.It departs North Wall at 11:55,following the 12pm Cork and normally the 12:05 railcar.

The booked path for this liner is:
Monday--08:15 Ballina-North Wall.
Tuesday--10:30(11:55) North Wall-Ballina.
Wednesday--08:15 Ballina-North Wall.
Thursday--10:30(11:55) North Wall-Ballina.

A collection for various stuff photographed this week.074 on empty timber,075 on IWT,2600's at Glasnevin,080 on PWD train,29000s on Glasnevin line and others.

Friday morning saw a mad dash to Mallow having got a midnight tip off that 080 was preped up to work the 09:30 Cork to Heuston.Early start saw me on the 07:00 to Mallow to pick her up!

Anyway,a few photo's to cover the occasion now online here.

Enjoy.

Hi All,

Several updates from across the network this week!

Monday saw a trip to Cork to spend a short holiday with a mate(fellow enthusiast)to photograph the Cobh and Midleton lines!
All stations between Cork and Cobh and Cobh Junction and Midleton are covered as planned!

A surprise however showed up on Wednesday morning with the 07:55 Cork-Cobh and 08:25 Cobh-Tralee bringing 22000 traction to the Cobh line.Photos are taken of a murky arrival in Glounthaune and a few shots in Cobh.

On Thursday morning we travelled to Dublin to photograph the inaugural run of the IWT liner from North Wall-Ballina.076 done the honours sporting stickers to mark the event for the successful introduction of the liner,it being the first container train out of Dublin since 28th July 2005.

A few odds and sods were also added to our day!077 worked an 07:50 Waterford-Portlaoise empty relay train while 073 worked a 12:45 Portlaoise-Waterford laden relay train.Also,an unusual sitting of a Laden Timber train in daylight,due to the cancellation of it on Wednesday night!

Hope ye enjoy!

Hello,
I managed to get to Cork for the re-opening of the Cork-Midleton commuter line!2601+02+05+16 operated the Ministerial Special leaving Cork at 12:15 calling at Glounthaune and Carrigtwohill on route to a jam packed Midleton station.

On route to Midleton,witnessing the salutes as the train passed houses and bridges felt like something of a new life!

At Carrigtwohill,Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey unveiled a plaque to the opening of a brand new station at the Carrigtwohill location!After a 5-10 minute pause,the train headed its way for Midleton,where the town came to show their appriaciation for the return of the service!A standing ovation of roughly 2500 people came out to welcome the train to the village!The first one in 25 years!

The 4 car set returned to Cork at 13:18 and 30 minutes later the hybrid set 2716+2609 arrived on the first schedualed passenger train!

Enjoy.

Hey

Here is some coverage of some photo's I have taken so far this summer.As expected,Irish summertime is never perfect and nearly rarely sunny for a full day straight.So I tried to make the best of it and this is what came out!

Enjoy

Here are a few photo's from various locations on the Glasnevin Jct-Docklands line.Services are few,only running in morning peak and in evening peak.

Enjoy

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Here are a few photo's from 2 days of photographing hardcore style!

Day 1 saw a start on the 09:10 Galway train.
Heuston-Kildare-Hybla-Clara Bog-Lecarrow-Clara Bog-Lecarrow-Cherryville.

Day 2 saw a 05:30 start from Cherryville.
Cherryville-Kilbarry-Glounthaune-Midleton line-Thurles-Templemore-Lisduff-Clara Bog-Lecarrow-Dublin.

Enjoy

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Here are a few shots from rambles over the past week for liners/timbers etc..

Locations include Monasterevan,Portarlington,Cherryville Jct,Kildare,Hybla,Shanaderry and MP61 1/4 on the Waterford line.

Hope you enjoy!

Here are a few photo's of the Sea Breeze train to Rosslare today.

The train mainly consisted of the Craven Set with the Presidential Coach also in the consist.From my viewing of it today,it ran well to time.Pity it is the last one of the summer!

Enjoy.

Howdy,

A few shots from today taken in Cush and Kildare station and its surrounding area.
The most excitement of the day was 080 on the laden DFDS ex Waterford and the sole remaining orange livered 201,214,on a rather empty Ex Ballina liner.It ran unusually in the early path today due to engineering works on the Athlone-Westport line.Also worth photographing was the 09:15 ex Galway,232 and Mk3s,which is soon due to go over to railcars.

Hope you enjoy.

Hello folks

Here is a selection of photos from a recent trip to the Balkans for 11 days to enjoy some loud GM haulage.All days were well spent varying between Slovenia and Croatia.The 664 were the prominent diesel engines to be found in Slovenia working on passenger trains while in Croatia,2062s and 2044s worked a wide variety of loco hauled services.

The 2062 class are simular to the Irish 141/181 class,albeit though they are of around 2000hp and hav a 16-567 engine,basically meaning one 2062 sounds and feels like a pair of 141s.They work on the Split line mainly and can be found on various trains more mainland such as the Sarajevo IC train or Vukovar branch train.They also operate the Split overnight train services,appearing on the service from Ogulin to Split as electric engines are the preferred option between Zagreb and Ogulin.They work all Split-Perkovic loco hauled trains too.

The 2044 class operate mainly on the Varazdin Line and Osijek-Koprivnica Line.They are quite identical to the Irish 071 class,sounding very simular.To an enthusiast point of view,I reckon Train 995 is best rated for a run with these engines,the 16:56 Kotoriba-Koprivnica.

The Slovenian 664 class operate trains between Pragersko and Hodos.The are super-charged 141 class sound-a-likes and are extremely loud and whistly.Anyone who likes a racket,this is a recommended locomotive to travel with.

Also to be featured in this collection is the Slovenian 644 class,which sound simular to the Irish A-class I am told,I never heard an A-class before so I am judging from fellow enthusiasts impressions.They have no booked passenger turns but we had a plenty of action with them on a railtour to Koper and various other locations.

Also visited on one of the days was the rather run down Bihac line in Bosnia,where a 661(formerly 2061)class was the power provided.They also sound very much like the Irish 141 class.They can be found on services throughout Bosnia and Serbia I believe.

Anyway,hope you enjoy the photos,e weather was very mixed,from mid 30s at the start of the trip to fierce thunder and lightening in Split towards the end of the trip.Expenses are also relatively minimal in these locations,havin to deal with only the Croatian Kuna and then Euro's on Slovenia.

Enjoy

Dyl.

Here a few snaps from the past few weeks taken generally in the Dublin Area.

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Here are a few photo's from a real Sunday on the Westport line as 087 hauled 7 Mk3's on the 15:30 Westport-Heuston.

A great performance by the engine,on time running the whole way up.

There are still plenty of life as expected out of the 071-class,thats the ones without the overhaul.The livery however is in rag order but still is a brighter colour than boring railcars hehe.

Anyway,

Enjoy

A few photo's from a morning in the hub of Dublin's railway.Heuston and Connolly/Pearse.
Proper trains only he he.

Just two photo's of No.4 at the Gullet this morning in horrid weather departing Heuston for its 7 hour journey to Westport.

The cravens set was in use as a 5 piece set(4+van).The blue coach as well as the partly green one were situated behind the gen van.

Enjoy.