Photo Thread.

The_Wanderer

Evening all,

Some photos from around Laois today in the nice Spring sunshine.
- Highlights include:
- 085 Platin - Portlaoise Relay Train.
- 229 1700 Heuston - Cork.
- LX-ECV. A Cargolux Airlines International Boeing 747-4HQF from LAX to MXP flying over Portlaoise.

Photos start at http://smu.gs/1lqyVzy



Enjoy,
The Wanderer.

The_Wanderer

Evening all,

It was another interesting afternoon in the Portlaoise area with 086 bringing the Long Welded Rail train from North Wall and 082 hauling stored 22014 from Inchicore to Laois Train Care Depot, along with the usual mix of ICR's
Pictures start at http://smu.gs/NXqOPQ



The Wanderer.

Victor

Where do the individual sections of track get welded into the longer sections? Portlaoise?

end of the road

The_Wanderer wrote: »

082 hauling stored 22014 from Inchicore to Laois Train Care Depot

how many ICRS are stored? i thought the reformations would mean no more storage of these trains?

The_Wanderer

end of the road wrote: »

how many ICRS are stored? i thought the reformations would mean no more storage of these trains?

Correct. This is the last one, has been at Inchicore getting work done. Will be reformed to 4ICR at some stage as well with 22008 going from 4ICR to 3ICR.

Victor wrote: »

Where do the individual sections of track get welded into the longer sections? Portlaoise?

Portlaoise Per Way Depot.

The_Wanderer

Evening all,

Earlier today 071 hauled Tamper 740 from Kildare to Portlaoise Per Way Yard.
Pictures start at http://smu.gs/PxuKb7



The Wanderer.

jhnn

Friday 14 03 2014.
072 on the afternoon laden tara mines and 074 with the empty stock passing Harmonstown see,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhn8882/13153013964/

and other bits and pieces about Kildare.

Kind Regards To All,
John.

The_Wanderer

Evening folks,

Some pictures from Dublin Heuston during the weekend.
http://smu.gs/1gqVkYy



Enjoy,
The Wanderer.

angelIRL

Morning all,

I've uploaded some photos taken over the last few days: http://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/

Includes:
- Buttevant railway station
- Mourneabbey
- Chetwynd Viaduct
- Dunkettle
- Rathduff
- Millstreet
- Banteer
- Glounthaune


Buttevant by finnyus, on Flickr

Finbarr.

The_Wanderer

Evening all,

DFDS Liners and Coillte Timber Trains on St. Patrick's Day.
http://smu.gs/1gvPEMO



The Wanderer.

The_Wanderer

Evening all,

One of the website contributors, KZG68 was at Connolly this afternoon to see (8)208 arriving from Inchicore with the RPSI’s 461 and BR Van 3185. 461 will be in action this weekend with a railtour to Mullingar.

Later on in the afternoon I stopped off at Carn for the 1700 Heuston – Cork (234) and 1705 Heuston – Tralee (22037). Pictures begin at http://smu.gs/1j8a8yz



The Wanderer.

end of the road

The_Wanderer wrote: »

BR Van 3185.

bit of a question but what engines did the gen vans used for the mark ii and cravens stock use would anyone know?

end of the road

end of the road wrote: »

bit of a question but what engines did the gen vans used for the mark ii and cravens stock use would anyone know?

Lister and John Deere for the BR vans IIRC.

The_Wanderer

end of the road wrote: »

bit of a question but what engines did the gen vans used for the mark ii and cravens stock use would anyone know?

Detroit Engines in the MK2's.

end of the road

Karsini wrote: »

Lister and John Deere for the BR vans IIRC.

The_Wanderer wrote: »

Detroit Engines in the MK2's.

cheers to you both, i suppose you wouldn't know what model of engines of each?

end of the road

end of the road wrote: »

cheers to you both, i suppose you wouldn't know what model of engines of each?

Lister HR3 was one of them but that's all I know.

The_Wanderer

Evening all,

What started out as a minor detour on the way home from work, turned out to be a cross country trek across the Irish Midlands to the west side of the River Shannon at Athlone. All to capture 077 hard at work on the delayed 1330 North Wall - Ballina IWT Liner.
http://smu.gs/PVcN6D



Enjoy,
The Wanderer.

jhnn

Friday 21 03 2014.

072 on the laden tara to Alexandra Rd Passing Portmarnock at 14:02, 080 with the empty stock passing Portmarnock time 14:15. see at...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhn8882/13314261164/

Kind Regards
John..

The_Wanderer

Evening all,

A lunchtime visit to a cold and wet Clonkeen to see 2803 + 2804 passing with the 1245 Limerick - Limerick Jct., which was extended to Heuston. Also photographed was 217 with a 35 minute late 1300 Heuston - Cork.

Pictures begin at http://smu.gs/1jiyGVH



The Wanderer.

Jamie2k9

Extending he Limerick service to Heuston concludes bad planning and quiet possible increasing costs to IE.

4 car 22 and 2 car 28 + the 28 returning back empty.

Surly a Mark 4 should of being scheduled in place on the 09.00 and 12.20 out of Cork. Would be surprised if costs were still higher than the above operation.

LXFlyer

Only the three Mark 4 sets are in operational service - the other sets are now in storage, and are therefore not available for immediate use, and as a result there are no Mark 4 sets available to cover the 09:00 from Heuston and 12:20 return.

Presumably this was a one-off.

Jamie2k9

lxflyer wrote: »

Only the three Mark 4 sets are in operational service - the other sets are now in storage, and are therefore not available for immediate use, and as a result there are no Mark 4 sets available to cover the 09:00 from Heuston and 12:20 return.

Presumably this was a one-off.

Fully understand this however they had a set available to use, they could then of replaced one of the other services with 22000's. Clearly online bookings were high and a little forward thinking and better capacity management should of being shown.

As for the other sets in storage, surly they are perfectly fine and should be available for use with little work. It's not as if online booking filled up earlier that day. Costs are costs and they are increased and this is common during the summer months and there is very few excuses for the poor handling of it.

The_Wanderer

ixflyer has hit the nail on the head. With only 3 MKIV sets it means only certain Cork services can be covered by them.

Agree with it or not, thats the situation you have now. The fleet is very tightly diagrammed on Fridays, more so than ever, with very little room to increase train sizes over and above the several services that are already increased in size on a Friday.

The_Wanderer

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

Fully understand this however they had a set available to use

Really? Three MKIV sets started their day today on the following services:
0700 Heuston - Cork
0700 Cork - Heuston
0920 Cork - Heuston

Hence no MKIV set in Heuston to work the 0900 Heuston - Cork.

Jamie2k9

The_Wanderer wrote: »

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

Fully understand this however they had a set available to use

Really? Three MKIV sets started their day today on the following services:
0700 Heuston - Cork
0700 Cork - Heuston
0920 Cork - Heuston

Hence no MKIV set in Heuston to work the 0900 Heuston - Cork.

The 06.00 was scheduled as a Mark 4 recently so they must of moved it back to the 09.20 again.

Still IE have left themselves open to cost issues while trying to make savings. I can't wait to see how the 23rd May is handled across the network by all accounts it will be a disaster with the ID concerts.

The_Wanderer

The Waterford - Westport Timber has started to run again on Saturday's. I got out today to photograph it at Hybla.
http://smu.gs/1jfEpjC



The Wanderer.

VWD8

Re the MK4's, is there not more than 3 sets in service? On Fridays I'm sure extra services such as the 13:00 to Cork is MK4 operated?

I think aswell I have seen sets 3,6,7 & 8 around.

The_Wanderer

Only three sets in service daily. On Friday the 1300 is MKIV. This means the 1900 is 7ICR.

LXFlyer

VWD8 wrote: »

Re the MK4's, is there not more than 3 sets in service? On Fridays I'm sure extra services such as the 13:00 to Cork is MK4 operated?

I think aswell I have seen sets 3,6,7 & 8 around.

There are only three sets out and about - like most routes the operating pattern changes at weekends from Monday-Thursday to meet the different demand levels.

jhnn

Sunday 23 03 2014.

A couple of shots of the 10:05 Connolly to Mullingar RPSI steam special at Leixlip today see it at,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhn8882/13357795015/in/photostream/

Kind Regards To All.
John...