RPSI train movements

Niles

Niles wrote: »

From the latest news bulletin:

Both 3rd March Maynooth Shuttles are now completely booked out.

flyingsnail

From the RPSI Twitter

No.461 will be leaving Whitehead for Dublin on Sunday. Leaving at 10:35 if you want to get out and take a few pictures.

Salmon Leap

flyingsnail wrote: »

From the RPSI Twitter

Are there any planned movements prior to Saturday?

flyingsnail

Salmon Leap wrote: »

Are there any planned movements prior to Saturday?

Not that I am aware of.

Losty Dublin

flyingsnail wrote: »

Not that I am aware of.

There will have to be. 461 decided she liked Dundalk so much that she stopped working there today

Salmon Leap

Have they managed to get her going again?

Losty Dublin

Salmon Leap wrote: »

Have they managed to get her going again?

Hot off the presses...

Locomotive No.461 was on its way light engine to Dublin on Sunday when, during a routine servicing stop at Dundalk, it was found that the left big end was carrying a bit of heat.

Rather than proceed, the locomotive was stabled there while the big end was dismantled and examined. No serious damage was found and it is hoped that the locomotive can proceed soon to Dublin.

Meanwhile, the plan is for No.186 to be worked light to Dublin later in the week for the planned Maynooth Shuttles on Saturday 3rd March.

Salmon Leap

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Hot off the presses...

Locomotive No.461 was on its way light engine to Dublin on Sunday when, during a routine servicing stop at Dundalk, it was found that the left big end was carrying a bit of heat.

Rather than proceed, the locomotive was stabled there while the big end was dismantled and examined. No serious damage was found and it is hoped that the locomotive can proceed soon to Dublin.

Meanwhile, the plan is for No.186 to be worked light to Dublin later in the week for the planned Maynooth Shuttles on Saturday 3rd March.

Seems the RPSI are not having much luck with 461. THanks for the update....

lord lucan

Salmon Leap wrote: »

Seems the RPSI are not having much luck with 461. THanks for the update....

Nothing too unusual when a loco is returning to service after a long lay off. I seem to remember 461 suffering lots of little niggles during her initial running in period in 1990 too.

Salmon Leap

The RPSI have changed the motive power on their website for Saturday's trips from 461 to 186 now.


Shame not to see 461, but 186 in full flight is still a superb sight to see!

flyingsnail

Any steam train is better than no steam train.:D
Hopefully it shouldn’t be to long before 461 is back in service.

Salmon Leap

Sorry to be a pain on this thread, but has anyone any idea of what times the shuttles will depart Maynooth on the return legs?

Losty Dublin

flyingsnail wrote: »

Any steam train is better than no steam train.:D
Hopefully it shouldn’t be to long before 461 is back in service.

Due into Dublin tomorrow; departing Dundalk at 12:00 and Connolly for 14:15.

From there it will go on a test run with Cravens from Connolly (14:35) to Enfield, arriving 16:13 and departing again (16:48) to Connolly (18:28) for driver training and running in.

This run is not carrying passengers at all while the times are subject to change

Salmon Leap

THanks for that, Losty! Going to try to get some shots of her around Leixlip.

lord lucan

Salmon Leap wrote: »

THanks for that, Losty! Going to try to get some shots of her around Leixlip.

Same here. Heading out to my parents tomorrow,might take a walk up to the canal bank at Confey to see her on the outbound leg.

Losty Dublin

Salmon Leap wrote: »

THanks for that, Losty! Going to try to get some shots of her around Leixlip.

Bring a flask with you; it may be a long and cold one

Salmon Leap

lord lucan wrote: »

Same here. Heading out to my parents tomorrow,might take a walk up to the canal bank at Confey to see her on the outbound leg.

Great spot, the long straight stretch up to the station from the bridge.

I'm thinking of going to there too, or Pikes Bridge.

Salmon Leap

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Bring a flask with you; it may be a long and cold one

Hmmmm. great idea but I would never keep the camera steady :pac:

Losty Dublin

Salmon Leap wrote: »

Hmmmm. great idea but I would never keep the camera steady :pac:

It's hip to have a "hip"

Salmon Leap

Losty Dublin wrote: »

It's hip to have a "hip"

OK OK You have convinced me

lord lucan

Did she run today? Went up to Confey around 15.00 for a look but no sign of her.

Niles

lord lucan wrote: »

Did she run today? Went up to Confey around 15.00 for a look but no sign of her.

Yep. She was late getting in from Dundalk so only took the Cravens to Maynooth rather than Enfield. She followed the 15:05 Sligo from Connolly so you probably missed her by half an hour or so.

Salmon Leap

Was at Pikes Bridge, gave up after almost an hour. Just got back into the car when she appeared!!!! Went to Maynooth station and got some shots.

She looks great in the green. Sound well too!!!!!!!!

Losty Dublin

Seems that a LE diesel failed in front of 461 which held her up, as well as the mid morning train from Belfast. In the end, I was told that she only ran a short trip to Maynooth and back to try and make up some of the time. With a long trip to Wexford coming up in 3 weeks time, there might just be one or two test runs sneaked in to help driver training so keep the eyes and ears peeled for word.

Salmon Leap

Doubt they could have managed a quicker turnaround than yesterday in Maynooth. Impressive!

Cookie_Monster

Whats a LE deisel?

Losty Dublin

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Whats a LE deisel?

LE is light engine; it's the term for a locomotive moving that's not hauling a train.

flyingsnail

Spare Link (Saturday 24th March)

Dublin Connolly 09:50
M3 Parkway 10:26

M3 Parkway 11:00
Dublin Connolly 11:35
Bray 12:20
Greystones 12:29
Wicklow 12:43
Rathdrum 12:57 13:15 Water
Gorey 13:47 14:02 Water
Wexford 14:58
Rosslare Strand 15:13 15:18
Rosslare Harbour 15:26

Rosslare Harbour 16:10
Rosslare Strand 16:15 16:23
Wexford 16:42

Spare Link (Sunday 25th March)

Wexford 11:00
Enniscorthy 11:28 11:33
Gorey 11:57 12:10 Water
Rathdrum 12:41 12:51
Wicklow 13:07 13:32 Water
Greystones 13:47
Bray 13:55
Dublin Connolly 14:28
Howth 14:55

Howth 15:20 Diesel
Sutton 15:24 15:34
Dublin Connolly 15:55

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LIGHT ENGINE

No.186 is due to return light from Dublin to Whitehead on Sunday 25th March.

Dublin Connolly 14:00
Drogheda 14:46 14:54 Water
Lisburn 16:52 17:05 Water
Belfast GVS 17:20 17:22 Reverse
Whitehead Excursion 18:10

Losty Dublin

Already posted in Train Porn but what the heck, some people interested may miss it in there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t0Q1PkVbI8

flyingsnail

I always like going down Wexford quay on a steam train.

Losty Dublin

flyingsnail wrote: »

I always like going down Wexford quay on a steam train.

She was lucky she made it in daylight, it was some trip

ardmacha

Is the triangle sign at 1:42 standard?

Losty Dublin

ardmacha wrote: »

Is the triangle sign at 1:42 standard?

That's the Puffing Billy sign and yes, it's a standard one that's used at many accommodation or private crossing points.

Salmon Leap

With the Garret Fitzgerald memorial train running on Saturday, is the turntable in Mullingar still operational or will 461 have to run bunker-first back to Dublin?

Losty Dublin

The turntable there still works; it turned 186 last year on a tour.

Salmon Leap

Thanks Losty.

One more question: do you know if/where she is scheduled to stop for water on the outbound and inbound trips?

Losty Dublin

Salmon Leap wrote: »

Thanks Losty.

One more question: do you know if/where she is scheduled to stop for water on the outbound and inbound trips?

I didn't see paths yet but I'm guessing Maynooth around 10:10AM, Mullingar around midday and onto Longford; there was tickets on sale for local shuttles. If 461 is to be turned, it will be done later in the day.

A word of warning to anybody popping down; the turntable can't be seen from the public platform on the station. Unless Irish Rail allow it on the day, it will not be possible to see 461 being turned. That said, uou will be more than welcome to pop down to the station to see the train

Salmon Leap

Losty Dublin wrote: »

I didn't see paths yet but I'm guessing Maynooth around 10:10AM, Mullingar around midday and onto Longford; there was tickets on sale for local shuttles. If 461 is to be turned, it will be done later in the day.

Losty, sorry to be a pain, but according to the RPSI she is leaving Dublin @ 11:30am. So 12:10 @ Maynooth?

flyingsnail

Salmon Leap wrote: »

Losty Dublin wrote: »

I didn't see paths yet but I'm guessing Maynooth around 10:10AM, Mullingar around midday and onto Longford; there was tickets on sale for local shuttles. If 461 is to be turned, it will be done later in the day.

Losty, sorry to be a pain, but according to the RPSI she is leaving Dublin @ 11:30am. So 12:10 @ Maynooth?

Dep Connolly 11:30, arr Maynooth 12:03

Losty Dublin

Salmon Leap wrote: »

Losty Dublin wrote: »

I didn't see paths yet but I'm guessing Maynooth around 10:10AM, Mullingar around midday and onto Longford; there was tickets on sale for local shuttles. If 461 is to be turned, it will be done later in the day.

Losty, sorry to be a pain, but according to the RPSI she is leaving Dublin @ 11:30am. So 12:10 @ Maynooth?

It is yeah, sorry. I worked off an old e mail with the original times on it.

flyingsnail

From RPSI Twitter

Tickets for the diesel-hauled #MysteryTrain on 23rd June are now on sale. steamtrainsireland.com/events. Also Pearse Station and usual EBS outlets.

Tickets on sale at:
Pearse Station, Westland Row, Dublin
EBS Offices at Drumcondra, Malahide and Dun Laoghaire.
http://www.steamtrainsireland.com/downloads/events/2012_DAOC.pdf

Depart Connolly Station 10:15. Back at 19:00.
Fare: Adults €45, Concession (U16/OAP)€35.

lord lucan

Is the turntable over by the Loco shed at Connolly not used anymore? I noticed the photo below on the RPSI's website of 461 being turned on the small turntable adjacent to Platform 7. It's a tight squeeze!

Mycroft H

lord lucan wrote: »

Is the turntable over by the Loco shed at Connolly not used anymore? I noticed the photo below on the RPSI's website of 461 being turned on the small turntable adjacent to Platform 7. It's a tight squeeze!

Ohh wow.
I would have liked to have seen that. It is a small turntable, usually one of the track maintenance machines are on it.

flyingsnail

Due to Technical difficulty’s with locomotive 186 the MGWR Shuttles on Sunday have been cancelled.

Passengers should contact their ticket provider for a refund

The RPSI apologises for the unavoidably short notice of this announcement.

Rud

Sad news.Hope everything gets sorted out with 186.She is a lovely loco.How about putting 084 on the shuttles.Probably the last chance to get behind an orange loco?Just a thought...

flyingsnail

Well you never know what might haul the Mystery train on June 23rd.

Ps. I am not saying that it will be an 071 just that you don’t know

lord lucan

Rud wrote: »

Sad news.Hope everything gets sorted out with 186.She is a lovely loco.How about putting 084 on the shuttles.Probably the last chance to get behind an orange loco?Just a thought...

Whilst the Diesel enthusiasts would be in raptures to get a run behind an 071,the core market of families with kids would be very disappointed with no steam engine up top. An orange 071 would mean little to them tbh.

end of the road

lord lucan wrote: »

Whilst the Diesel enthusiasts would be in raptures to get a run behind an 071,the core market of families with kids would be very disappointed with no steam engine up top. An orange 071 would mean little to them tbh.

would they even know the difference? any very smoky 071s? put it at the top, they won't notice the difference.

Losty Dublin

end of the road wrote: »

would they even know the difference? any very smoky 071s? put it at the top, they won't notice the difference.

No way. Two identical trains so they are

end of the road

Losty Dublin wrote: »

No way. Two identical trains so they are

no their not, but unless these people who are going on the trips have a little interest or a little knowledge, i can't see why they would care apart from the simple (i was promised something and i didn't get it) i accept i'm probably missing the point but i realy don't think the average person cares. i've often heard people refering to a railcar as (the dart) okay its not like for like but it shows how much the average person knows.