Photo Thread.

The_Wanderer

Evening all,

Popped over to Portarlington station this afternoon to see "Enterprise" 228 passing through with the 1500 Heuston - Cork plus a few ICR sets along with 073 on a Spoil Train.

Click http://smu.gs/1NSHvTK or the picture below to view.

The_Wanderer

MrMorooka wrote: »

Possibly off topic, but does anyone know what happened to chrisplayfair.smugmug.com ?

He changed his URL address to drop Chris Playfair.

It is now https://its.smugmug.com/

The Wanderer.

The_Wanderer

Evening all,

In dire weather conditions I ventured out yesterday for the three RPSI Santa Specials to Greystones which were worked by the RPSI's No. 4 and Iarnrod Eireann's 072 worked the final trip of the day.

Click https://smu.gs/1RiKtHS to view.

BowWow

The_Wanderer wrote: »

Evening all,

In dire weather conditions I ventured out yesterday for the three RPSI Santa Specials to Greystones which were worked by the RPSI's No. 4 and Iarnrod Eireann's 072 worked the final trip of the day.

Click https://smu.gs/1RiKtHS to view.

Link not working for me?

angelIRL

Evening all,

some photos taken yesterday in the Dublin area: https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/

Includes some DART services and the RPSI Santa Express steam trains.


Bray DART Station

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The_Wanderer

BowWow wrote: »

Link not working for me?

No idea what happened earlier.

Correct link is http://smu.gs/1Oqhn38

The Wanderer.

metrovick001

One from the past.

201 on Waterford-Sligo empty timber at MP17 18-Apr-08 by Metro Vick, on Flickr

The_Wanderer

Evening all,

Some pictures from a trip to Kerry & Cork this weekend.

Click http://smu.gs/1m03Zwe to view.

angelIRL

Morning all,

219 operating the 1000 Heuston-Cork InterCity at Mourneabbey, 20 Dec 2015


Mourneabbey

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The_Wanderer

Evening all,

Just one image from me today of 215 passing Clonkeen with the 1500 Heuston - Cork.

Merry Christmas to members of the group.

Click http://smu.gs/1J6Ouwl to view.

The_Wanderer

Evening all,

I hope you all survived the Christmas festivities and didn't indulge too much!

I found myself in Limerick today and having a bit of spare time to myself I did a photographic survey of the Castlemungret Cement Branch. The Castlemungret branch also known as the Cement Branch, which was in essence a 4 mile long siding, was built in 1957. Prior to this Cement Ltd used to truck cement to Carey’s Road Yard for loading. The construction of the railway link was first mooted in 1953 and CIÉ made an application under the 1950 Transport Act. The Branch closed in 2009 when cement by rail ceased and the connection to the branch was removed from Limerick Check in 2013. The first part of this gallery uses photos from the Foynes Branch gallery as the lines run parallel from Limerick for the first mile or so.
Click http://smu.gs/1MC6mu2

The December gallery also had a small update today as well.
http://smu.gs/1ZvOdY3

GM228

The_Wanderer wrote: »

Evening all,

I hope you all survived the Christmas festivities and didn't indulge too much!

I found myself in Limerick today and having a bit of spare time to myself I did a photographic survey of the Castlemungret Cement Branch. The Castlemungret branch also known as the Cement Branch, which was in essence a 4 mile long siding, was built in 1957. Prior to this Cement Ltd used to truck cement to Carey’s Road Yard for loading. The construction of the railway link was first mooted in 1953 and CIÉ made an application under the 1950 Transport Act. The Branch closed in 2009 when cement by rail ceased and the connection to the branch was removed from Limerick Check in 2013. The first part of this gallery uses photos from the Foynes Branch gallery as the lines run parallel from Limerick for the first mile or so.
Click http://smu.gs/1MC6mu2

The December gallery also had a small update today as well.
http://smu.gs/1ZvOdY3

Great photos.

There were 4 LYs/LPs dumped in Castlemungret before it was severed (not viewable from outside the premises), I wonder if they are still there or were they removed/cut up?

Anybody know?

The_Wanderer

GM228 wrote: »

Great photos.

There were 4 LYs/LPs dumped in Castlemungret before it was severed (not viewable from outside the premises), I wonder if they are still there or were they removed/cut up?

Anybody know?

As far as I know and this isn't confirmed any wagons left there were either removed or scrapped.

telecinesk

Hi, one from my basement that only surfaced yesterday. Anyone else have better images? Shot in 1991 while the station building still stood. Very overgrown and you can barely see the remaining platforms.
I read its ll gone now. Been years since I was there. All housing no doubt..

Del.Monte

View looking towards station site today. The station used to win all the Bord Failte best kept station awards in its heyday but sure it was only used by a handful of Protestant solicitors. :rolleyes:

Losty Dublin

Del.Monte wrote: »

View looking towards station site today. The station used to win all the Bord Failte best kept station awards in its heyday but sure it was only used by a handful of Protestant solicitors. :rolleyes:

That could read true for the whole line, DM.

Eiretrains

The platforms still survive, as does the original pedestrian entrance (alas blocked up), but the buildings are long gone.

Grandeeod

Del.Monte wrote: »

View looking towards station site today. The station used to win all the Bord Failte best kept station awards in its heyday but sure it was only used by a handful of Protestant solicitors. :rolleyes:

A long lasting quirkey closure decision. Whatever about beyond Foxrock, I side with the opinion that Andrews was hoodwinked on this one. Within mere years of closure it was wall to wall housing from Ranelagh to Stillorgan.

roundymac

For those of us outside the pale, (Cork) what line are we talking about??

fleet_admiral

roundymac wrote: »

For those of us outside the pale, (Cork) what line are we talking about??

The Harcourt line

end of the road

roundymac wrote: »

For those of us outside the pale, (Cork) what line are we talking about??

harcourt street to brey. would have been potentially a useful suburban line today had it not been destroyed, whatever about its closure in the first place.

LEIN

end of the road wrote: »

harcourt street to brey. would have been potentially a useful suburban line today had it not been destroyed, whatever about its closure in the first place.

A bit of the old line was used for the Luas green line.

angelIRL

Evening all,

I've uploaded some photos taken on Monday, 28 Dec 2015 of the GWR diversions: https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/

Includes:
*- London Waterloo
*- Vauxhall
*- Clapham Junction
*- London Marylebone
*- Neasden Junction
*- Wembley Stadium
*- Beaconsfield
*- High Wycombe




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end of the road

LEIN wrote: »

A bit of the old line was used for the Luas green line.

indeed. its destruction was still criminal though. as far as i'm concerned anyway.

The_Wanderer

With it being New Years Eve its time its now time to launch the 2015 Year in Review Gallery. Like 2014 the gallery contains over 400 images covering some of the events of the past 12 months.




One of the pictures in the review is this image from December 2015 which showcases the annual RPSI Santa Specials. Unlike previous years the 2015 specials operated to Greystones instead of Maynooth due to engineering works at Grand Canal Dock.

In dire weather here we see No. 4 passing the Railway Cottages with the 1010 Pearse - Greystones on the final weekend of the Santa Specials. Sat 12.12.15





Click http://smu.gs/1OtnYcT to view to view. Enjoy!

The_Wanderer

A few images from around Portlaoise and Limerick Jct. today.
‪#‎happynewyear‬ everybody.

Click http://smu.gs/1Ui3fNF to view the full collection.

angelIRL

Evening all, two photos from the Cork area yesterday and today:


215 on 1100 Heuston-Cork at Blarney

 
2603/04 on 1345 Midleton-Cork at Glounthaune

Happy New Year!
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The_Wanderer

Good evening all and Happy New Year!

We kick off the 10th year of the Wanderer's Photos with a selection of images from Mallow and Killarney over the past few days. Includes images of some of the flooding around the Killarney area.

Click http://smu.gs/1R5nd00 to view.

angelIRL

Morning all,

two photos taken so far in 2016


1500 Cork-Cobh at N25 Harpers Island, 02 Jan 2015


0930 Cobh-Cork at North Esk, 03 Jan 2015

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The_Wanderer

Evening folks,

224 failed in Cork on Wednesday 30th December. It was eventually recovered to Inchicore on Tuesday 5th January when 088 was sent to collect it.

Click http://smu.gs/1Z3FKsU to see the pair passing Clonkeen on the way to Inchicore.