[dowlingm]

Better to keep the 071s going as long as possible (which can go anywhere) than add 201s which are weight restricted.

If 201s were ever needed for freight service then given the comments on the state of the "stored" units it might be a better call to acquire dedicated powercars for the Mark 4s and convert the in-service 201s to low speed geared/no-HEP config, similar to how some F40PHRs got reconfigured for freight by Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway after being made redundant at AMT Montreal. But the media will scream about "waste" once some vested interest gets chatty.

[Captain Chaos]

Originally Posted by dowlingm

Better to keep the 071s going as long as possible (which can go anywhere) than add 201s which are weight restricted.
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The 201s are not so much weight restricted anymore, they can now go more or less anywhere they need to or anywhere an 071 can. They have more speed restrictions south of Arklow but they will never be needed there except for engineering trains if they had to haul one.

And they could unload the tara wagons by running round the train in North Wall yard and then reversing it down the Alexandra Road tramway and into the terminal. It would require more staff on the ground though for safety. They would not need the traverser that way for which they are too long.

[Oscar Bravo]

083 is in Claremorris with the weedspray this evening

[metrovick001]

077 on Northwall-Portlaoise ballast train at Stacumny Bridge 06-June-2008

[Captain Chaos]

One of my favourites, 077 on one of it's last workings at the end of October 2010 before being stopped for it's overhaul and as a bonus 082 at the end. The sound alone gives it away as 082 even though you can't see the number.