Photo Thread.

jhnn

Monday 24 03 2014.

A couple of photos of the Platin PWD at Portmarnock and a morning laden tara mines.
0117071 on the PWD.
083 on the morning tara to Alexandra Rd
080 on the afternoon laden to Alexandra Rd.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhn8882/13384570724/

Kind Regards to all,
John.

The_Wanderer

jhnn wrote: »

A couple of photos of the Platin PWD at Portmarnock ...

Completly forgot about the Relay Train to Portlaoise today.

Sunday has pictures from Kilbride Bridge, near Portarlington & Ballybrophy, while Monday sees 22015 and single car 22534 at Laois Train Care Depot.
http://smu.gs/Q8VbEc

The Wanderer.

Stellaluna

Not much to see here really but just to show how flooded the line is at the moment: a few photos at Ballycar Lough on the Limerick-Ennis line. These were taken at the Ennis end of the Lough.



Swans on the line


Line going uphill towards Ennis

Losty Dublin

end of the road wrote: »

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

I knew I had a photo of a Lister and a steam boiler to hand

The_Wanderer

Good evening all,

Tuesday 25th March was a rather interesting day on the Dublin - Cork line with several unusual movements operating.

Highlights include:
- 2803 + 2804 hauling 2719 + 2721 1100 Limerick - Inchicore for further storage. This follows on from three 2700 Class transfers from Limerick to Cork over the last number of weeks.
- Track Recording Car 700 operating 0950 Mallow - Kildare.
- 088 1500 Limerick - Portlaoise PWD transfer which consisted of Rail Truck + Sperry Wagon + 11 Flats.
- 22015 on a 1355 Laois Depot - Mallow & 1555 Mallow - Heuston Trial.

Plus the usual scheduled MKIV and 22000 Class services.

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


Enjoy,
The Wanderer.

end of the road

anyone know if the 2700s are ever started up? and are they stored outside to rot or are they protected from the elements?

Captain Chaos

end of the road wrote: »

anyone know if the 2700s are ever started up? and are they stored outside to rot or are they protected from the elements?

Doubt it, I'd say IR want the 2700s gone to save money. They are not a common unit like the 26s and 28s are. Same with the 8200 DARTs, odd ball units. They have been withdrawn from sale along with 8200s, no one wanted them so they are waiting to be scrapped.

angelIRL

Morning all,

some photos taken at the Spring Steam Gala 2014 on the Severn Valley Railway on Saturday, 22 March:

GWR 4900 Class #4930 "Hagley Hall" near Hampton Loade:


GWR 7800 Class #7812 "Erlestoke Manor" with a goods train near Hampton Loade:


GWR 4500 Class #4566 arriving into Bridgnorth:


Victoria Bridge:


Autotrain departing Bridgnorth:


Finbarr.

sporty56

Suprised to see this commuter train on Alexander road around 6 this evening and then a Dart hiding in yard opposite. Any ideas what was going on ?

Sporty

flyingsnail

sporty56 wrote: »

Suprised to see this commuter train on Alexander road around 6 this evening and then a Dart hiding in yard opposite. Any ideas what was going on ?

Sporty

29K was hauling the dart to or from inchicore

Victor

Not wanting to be a Spelling Nazi.

sporty56 wrote: »

Alexander road

If I'm correct, the road and dock (and the college) are named after Queen Alexandra, not the Emperor or the city.

sporty56

Good to know, will pass on info to Microsoft spellcheck but why is loco there as well ?

The_Wanderer

29020 ran into trouble on the tramway and decided it didn't want to play anymore. One North Wall - Tara Mines cancelled and IWT late loading.

The_Wanderer

A quick visit to Portarlington Station to view 2813 + 2814 hauling stored 2707 + 2708 from Limerick to Inchicore.
http://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2014Photos/March-2014/i-bBrMZQf



The Wanderer.

end of the road

The_Wanderer wrote: »

29020 ran into trouble on the tramway and decided it didn't want to play anymore.

why would a 29 be down there?

Fred Swanson

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jhnn

Hi All.
A couple of photo's of the tara mines workings with 080 and 083 on Thursday 27 03 2014. see at,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhn8882/13468183124/

Kind Regards To All
John..

nerve agent

113 has been working a night ballast train between Derry and Coleraine this week. She rumbled over the Bann bridge at 2am on Monday 24th and I made my way to the station for a photo of the run round...

angelIRL

Morning all,

Some photos taken over the last few days: http://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/

Includes:
- 209 on Enterprise duties
- 080 on Tara Mines
- 085 on ballast duties
- 226 at Kildare with a Cork train
- Balbriggan Viaduct

I've also added some photos taken from around Birmingham.



F.

Losty Dublin

Forgot to throw up these two from last Sunday.

A 5 piece 22000 formed the 18:25 to Limerick while the RPSI Cravens were lifted home to Inchicore by 072.

angelIRL

Evening all,

some photos taken today (Sunday, 30 March) in Belfast of steam loco 85 Merlin operating passenger trains for the first time in ten years.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/



F.

angelIRL

angelIRL wrote: »

Evening all,

some photos taken today (Sunday, 30 March) in Belfast of steam loco 85 Merlin operating passenger trains for the first time in ten years.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/

F.

No van in the consist?

angelIRL

Karsini wrote: »

No van in the consist?

As far as I know, a generator was fitted to 460 BSO (Brake Open Standard)

purplepanda

Stellaluna wrote: »

Not much to see here really but just to show how flooded the line is at the moment: a few photos at Ballycar Lough on the Limerick-Ennis line. These were taken at the Ennis end of the Lough.

Instead of rebuilding an old rail alignment that runs through a lough that's prone to flooding, maybe it would have been better to make a new route running closer to Shannon Airport / Newmarket?

They might even have picked up some extra passengers along the way?

purplepanda

purplepanda wrote: »

Instead of rebuilding an old rail alignment that runs through a lough that's prone to flooding, maybe it would have been better to make a new route running closer to Shannon Airport / Newmarket?

They might even have picked up some extra passengers along the way?

In fairness to Irish Rail, this part of the line is on the Limerick-Ennis section.

purplepanda

Karsini wrote: »

In fairness to Irish Rail, this part of the line is on the Limerick-Ennis section.

Not been past Limerick myself, but it's not exactly a straight route from Sixmilebridge to Ennis, according to Google Maps.

How often does that lough flood, I seem to remember it flooding closing the line more that once over the years?

I thought IE rebuilt parts of Ennis - Limerick when they increased services in the '90's?

Jamie2k9

How often does that lough flood, I seem to remember it flooding closing the line more that once over the years?

I don't remember to many closures because of flooding and they were never as long as this one.

Stellaluna

This Irish Examiner article sums up the situation http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/opw-denies-responsibility-for-flooded-rail-line-258398.html

The line has flooded in recent times in 2008 and 2009 despite the line being raised by 60 cm in 2003. Iarnród Eireann feel that the OPW are ultimately to blame for the line flooding at Ballycar because they increased the catchment of the Lough when they were carrying out the drainage works programme in the late 1920s. The line had apparently not flooded before the catchment of the Lough was increased. The OPW don't believe the flooding has anything to do with the drainage works.

Here's a photo of another small flooded section on the line just up(stream) from Ballycar Lough heading for Ennis:

flyingsnail

For comparison here are some pictures I took of the flooding in 2008
http://snail.smugmug.com/Ballycar-March-2008/

jhnn

Tuesday 01 04 2014.
228 was on the 11:00 Connolly to Belfast Central seen at Clontarf Rd, didn't see it in a while so managed to get a snap of her passing Clontarf, see,

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jhn8882/13560219975/

Kind Regards to all,
John....