Photo Thread.

The_Wanderer

Good morning folks!

Updates from the past few days have now been uploaded to the website.

The June Gallery comes to a close with:

Wednesday 29th June 2016:
A visit to Straboe to see 231 working the 1700 Heuston - Cork and 22033 on the 1705 Heuston - Tralee.

Thursday 30th June 2016:
Pictures from:
- Portlaoise.
- Portarlington.
- Inchicore.
- Heuston.
- Tara Street.
- Grand Canal Dock.

Click http://smu.gs/29znZk6 to view.

Also on Thursday evening tram 4003 was used for testing on the Red Line between the temporary turnback at Abbey Street and The Point / Connolly. This section has been closed since the 21st May while LUAS Cross City construction works took place on O'Connell Street and Marlborough Street.
The tram was used to make sure the new crossovers and turnouts were all within gauge and also to prove the route along the rest of the line. Some interesting obstructions were found upon along the way!
Click the link to find out more! http://smu.gs/29c1nsG
Most of the images in this update to the LUAS Red Line Gallery have also been copied over to the LUAS Cross City Gallery for the sake of completeness of those construction works.

angelIRL

Evening all,

some photos taken in Cork over the weekend: https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/


Kilbarry

Finbarr.

tabbey

yachtsman wrote: »

75 loose coupled wagons were a similar length and demanded great skill from Driver and Guard to control at a maximum speed of 35 mph. 50 mph for the vacuum fitted container train is not a dramatic improvement.

Absolutely.
Tremendous skill and co-ordination was required for loose coupled unbraked trains, especially at the summit of a hill, slow down too soon, you might stall before reaching the top, leave it too late, you have a runaway. Mind you, 25 mph was the speed limit for loose coupled trains, but still very difficult.

It was very dangerous too, as the guard had to apply the handbrake in his van, then often had to climb down to the track, and running on wet sleepers in the dark, applied the lever worked handbrake on the wagons

The longest I remember seeing was 72 wagons, leaving Heuston about midday. Most goods trains ran at night, so only observed in midsummer.

The_Wanderer

Evening all,

The July gallery opens with:

Friday: Green liveried 216 works the 1105 Ballina - Waterford Timber to Kildare. Pictured at Portarlington.

Saturday: A trip down the Nenagh Branch from Portlaoise.

Monday: Tamper 751 passing Portlaoise while enroute from Mallow to North Wall.

Click http://smu.gs/29J8KVB to view the images.

yachtsman

Points noted tabbey. It was a memorable experience to be on the footplate of a large loose coupled goods on a pre transplant A Class at night. No headlights, just markers, many unsignalled level crossings, oil lamps on signals. You really had to know the road, by ear as well as eye! Most long distance heavy goods trains ran at night.

You are correct I was generous with official wagon numbers. 68 plus van was max with an A Class but 35mph was the max speed and when you had a loose coupled at that speed it was a force to be reckoned with.

Another huge risk was a coupling break in section unnoticed by the crew, resulting in the tail catching up with the dog with expected results as occurred occasionally but rare enough thank goodness. Railwaymen had sixth senses often found in highly skilled jobs that have been erased somewhat by so called fail safe IT developments.

Fred Swanson

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The_Wanderer

Good evening all,

Some photos from the past few days this week.

Tuesday 5th July 2016:
A few images around Portarlington featuring 234 on the 1900 Heuston - Cork and 22010 showing off its "Basking Shark" new skirting on 22310.

Wednesday 6th July 2016:
A trip to Dublin today turned up the nice bonus of 216 working the 1020 North Wall - Ballina IWT Liner.

Click http://smu.gs/29PifTn to view.

Jamie2k9

Interior car numbers not a little extreme? No fear of them getting lost!

Itssoeasy

That shot of the DVT coming out of the mile tunnel does my heart good. Being from cork if I'm on the train home after being on holidays or in Dublin once we pass Malla and start down the hill towards cork. And once we enter the tunnel I know that beautiful Victorian railway station and cork city aren't far away.

I'm sure it's the same for others on this forum who have a home station that you always have to come home to.

The_Wanderer

Itssoeasy wrote: »

That shot of the DVT coming out of the mile tunnel does my heart good. Being from cork if I'm on the train home after being on holidays or in Dublin once we pass Malla and start down the hill towards cork. And once we enter the tunnel I know that beautiful Victorian railway station and cork city aren't far away.

I'm sure it's the same for others on this forum who have a home station that you always have to come home to.

I agree. Passing Yellow Quarry at the 38 MP outside Killarney does it for me when I see the River Flesk.

The_Wanderer

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

Interior car numbers not a little extreme? No fear of them getting lost!

Didn't you hear? The PPT has a secret route that will take a ICR to a remote part of France :eek::eek::D:D Launching late 2016 :rolleyes:

angelIRL

Morning,

first lot of photos taken during a recent trip to the UK: https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/

Includes:
- Worcester
- Hereford
- Abergavenny
- Bristol
- Moreton-in-Marsh
- Lichfield
- Burton-on-Trent
- East Midlands Parkway
- Frome

I hope to upload some more during the week


Patchway


East Midlands Parkway

F.

tabbey

Itssoeasy wrote: »

That shot of the DVT coming out of the mile tunnel does my heart good. Being from cork if I'm on the train home after being on holidays or in Dublin once we pass Malla and start down the hill towards cork. And once we enter the tunnel I know that beautiful Victorian railway station and cork city aren't far away.

I take it you mean the three quarter mile tunnel, or 1355 yards.

I also find Cork tunnel an emotional experience, even though I am not from Cork. There is just something special about it.

Mind you, enginemen in the days of steam, probably shuddered at the prospect of lifting a train up from Cork through the tunnel.

angelIRL

Afternoon,

some photos photos have been uploaded from a recent trip to the UK:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/albums/72157668001530264


Bristol Temple Meads

Finbarr

Itssoeasy

tabbey wrote: »

I take it you mean the three quarter mile tunnel, or 1355 yards.

I also find Cork tunnel an emotional experience, even though I am not from Cork. There is just something special about it.

Mind you, enginemen in the days of steam, probably shuddered at the prospect of lifting a train up from Cork through the tunnel.

well that's what anyone who worked there called it in the past. I'm assuming it's a joke of some kind now that I think about it.

angelIRL

Morning all,

final batch of photos taken from a recent trip to the UK: https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/


London Paddington

Finbarr

The_Wanderer

Morning folks,

Been a while since the last update due to having a rather busy weekend.

The latest updates to the website are:

- July Gallery features:
Thursday 7th July 2016:
A visit to Carn to see 077 on the Weedspray train from Claremorris to Portlaoise.

Saturday 9th July 2016:
A trip to Athlone and Woodlawn mainly to see the Green liveried 216 on its last run before repainting.

Sunday 10th July 2016:
Some pictures from Athlone, Ballinasloe and Portarlington while travelling to Dublin on board the RPSI Western Gateway railtour.

Monday 11th July 2016:
Pictures from Heuston and Athlone including a rather interesting incident at Derries Level Crossing.

Wednesday 13th July 2016:
Pictures from Cush, Kildare and the Curragh for the Timber and IWT trains.

All of the July photos can be accessed at http://smu.gs/29FtgbB





- The Old Rail Trail Mullingar to Athlone.
I cycled the route on Saturday 9th July from Athlone to Mullingar, returning the following day back to Athlone. The entire route is well used by locals and visitors out walking and cycling.
For more information on the "Old Rail Trail" as it is now know as, visit the Westmeath County Council website for further information http://www.westmeathcoco.ie/en/ourservices/tourismlibraryartsrecreation/greenway/oldrailtrail-routemap/

All of the photos from the Cycle can be viewed at http://smu.gs/2aaBabg



- RPSI Western Gateway.
The RPSI ran another of their Sunday excursions from Dublin to a destination down the country, this time to Athlone and Ballinasloe. I joined the train at Ballinasloe for the return to Dublin.
Click http://smu.gs/29Iu00y to view.



All of the above can also be accessed from the home page: http://thewandererphotos.com

paddylonglegs

Hi The_Wanderer,

The last photo, of the steam train - I'v noticed this go by Sallins station during the summer, maybe once or twice.

I have tried to look up online if its an excursion that takes place on a particular date but maybe I'm not looking in the right place. Do you have any info on when these normally run through Sallins and on this route?

Any info greatly appreciated!

flyingsnail

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Hi The_Wanderer,

The last photo, of the steam train - I'v noticed this go by Sallins station during the summer, maybe once or twice.

I have tried to look up online if its an excursion that takes place on a particular date but maybe I'm not looking in the right place. Do you have any info on when these normally run through Sallins and on this route?

Any info greatly appreciated!

They are run by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, you can find more details on the website or the Dublin operations facebook page.
The next scheduled trip though Sallins would be the "Marble City" from Dublin to Kilkenny and return on 21st of August.

http://www.steamtrainsireland.com/events/
https://www.facebook.com/RPSIDublin/

Del.Monte

http://traleetoday.ie/tralee-dingle-railway-carriages-boarded-vandal-attack/

Perhaps if the new society did something apart from reposting YouTube tailway videos on their Facebook page this wouldn't have happened.

flyingsnail

Del.Monte wrote: »

http://traleetoday.ie/tralee-dingle-railway-carriages-boarded-vandal-attack/

Perhaps if the new society did something apart from reposting YouTube tailway videos on their Facebook page this wouldn't have happened.

Even if you are working on stuff it can be hard to keep out vandals but that said they don't seem to have made much (if any) progress over the last year.
Does anybody know if they have started any restoration?

Off topic but that site sure does like its ads :pac:

paddylonglegs

flyingsnail wrote: »

They are run by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, you can find more details on the website or the Dublin operations facebook page.
The next scheduled trip though Sallins would be the "Marble City" from Dublin to Kilkenny and return on 21st of August.

http://www.steamtrainsireland.com/events/
https://www.facebook.com/RPSIDublin/

Ah thanks a million!

The_Wanderer

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Ah thanks a million!

All sorted so

The_Wanderer

On Tuesday 19th July, IE 071 in its retrotrain CIE livery was used to haul the RPSI diesels B141, 175 and 134 from Inchicore to the RPSI Shed at Connolly.
Click the picture below to view all the images from the day.

https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/RailtoursPreservedRailways/2016/RPSI-Diesel-Transfer-Inchicore/

Salmon Leap

Love the "Santa Special" board on 071 :-)

The_Wanderer

Evening folks,

Some of the more mundane pictures from Tuesday while waiting for the heavily delayed RPSI diesel transfer from Inchicore to Connolly.

Click http://smu.gs/29UAdDa to view.

The_Wanderer

Evening all,

Photos from the past two days have now been uploaded to the website.

Wednesday 20th June 2016:
A visit to Carn Bridge to see "raccoon" liveried 233 on the 1700 Heuston - Cork.

Thursday 21st July 2016:
A spin to Cabra in Dublin to view the Belmond MKIII transfer from North Wall to Inchicore. As an added bonus the weedspray train also transferred from North Wall to Heuston and locos 206 and 215 transferred from Inchicore to Connolly. Finally 22045 and 22018 were swapped between Connolly and Heuston.

Click http://smu.gs/2a39gRq to view.

The_Wanderer

Evening folks,

Latest update includes:

Friday 22nd July 2016:
While heading for Kerry I got a few photos of 22017 at Limerick Jct. during its turnaround on the 1350 Heuston - Limerick Jct. Spl.

Sunday 24th July 2016:
Photos from Killarney, Farranfore, Limerick. Plus Skerries for the RPSI Trains out today.

Click http://smu.gs/2a5WxsF to view.

The_Wanderer

071 was released into general freight traffic on Friday when it took over the Ballina to Waterford Timber at Kildare. After spending the weekend in Waterford it was allocated to the 1130 Waterford - Ballina DFDS Liner on Monday.

I caught a few pictures of it at Kyle Bridge (Kildare) and at the station itself.

Also in this update are a few 22000 Class units and Ballast Regulator 703 heading down road from Kildare.

Click http://smu.gs/2a9sK5y to view.

jca

The_Wanderer wrote: »

071 was released into general freight traffic on Friday when it took over the Ballina to Waterford Timber at Kildare. After spending the weekend in Waterford it was allocated to the 1130 Waterford - Ballina DFDS Liner on Monday.

I caught a few pictures of it at Kyle Bridge (Kildare) and at the station itself.

Also in this update are a few 22000 Class units and Ballast Regulator 703 heading down road from Kildare.

Click http://smu.gs/2a9sK5y to view.

071 looks fantastic, it looks like a model train from the distance:D