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Another unusual one from eBay - slide currently for sale. The British Leyland/British Rail Railbus latterly RB3 on Northern Ireland Railways, and now at Downpatrick, made something of a world tour in the early 1980s and is seen here at the RDS, Dublin in 1981. I seem to remember that she also visited Canada amongst other places before being regauged to 5ft 3in and sold to NIR for use on the Portrush branch. I was lucky enough to sample her at speed (75mph) through Adelaide on an IRRS tour as well as on the 'invitation only' Cavan Coup railtour from Belfast to Kingscourt in May 1990.
http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20N/Nobber/slides/Nobber_20100404_002_CC_JA.html0 -
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Judgement Day wrote: »As far as I know RB3 sees occasional use at Downpatrick.
Yep. It was in use on 146's first public day but broke down. 146 then had to haul it back to Downpatrick.
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Judgement Day wrote: »as well as on the 'invitation only' Cavan Coup railtour from Belfast to Kingscourt in May 1990.
http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20N/Nobber/slides/Nobber_20100404_002_CC_JA.html
I don't understand ''invitation only'' who was invited, how come Judgement Day you got an invite, or should I ask,
was it another IRRS click, a question of being ''in the know'' must have been a very bumpy ride to Kingcourt, who open the gates, heres another view of the ''invited select few'' elite trainspotters, anybody recognise spotters in suits http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20K/Kingscourt/slides/Kingscourt_20100404_001_CC_JA.html was management invited, tell us more Judgement Day, over to you 
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"The Cavan Coup" was operated by Southern Railtours aka Judgement Day and Sandy Mount so I was sure of a place. I remember the then Chief Civil Engineer of CIE, Pat Jennings, was aboard and Denis Grimshaw from NIR (I think) and even the late NJ McAdams from the IRRS but unsurprisingly not that many IRRS bods were invited - there were in fact several spare seats. 0
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Our man in Havana wrote: »Was there a meal?
Yes was there a meal, was going to ask the same question, did you wear a calvert shirt and tie with a tweed jacket, its all coming out now
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It wasn't an IRRS special!
That said, when we ran the "Western Enterprise" - the largest enthusiast special to operate in Ireland - we had no less than three Full 1st carriages on the train with private, at your seat, catering that would make your mouth water. We gave up on CIE providing railtour catering after the "Balligo Divider" fiasco.
7th April 1990 - "Western Enterprise" heading north from Tuam with 540 passengers aboard.
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Eiretrains wrote: »Fascinating stuff JD. There were quite a few people, not invited, but who chased RB3 all the way up to Kingscourt and back! Was the Balligo Divider another c1980s era railtour?
The Balligo Divider was operated by Pathfinder Tours (the successor to F&W Railtours/Peter Watts) with GSRPS participation on Easter Sunday 1988. My memory is vague but there were two specials ex. Connolly - one to Sligo and one to Ballina. There was a coach link from Sligo to Ballina and the passengers from one special returned by the other. E428 hauled the special over the Ballina branch - the first preserved diesel to operate on the mainline in Ireland and possibly elsewhere.
E428 put in an excellent performance - if only CIE's catering department had done the same! They, very cleverly, left the catering supplies in the trains overnight at Connolly and somebody swiped the lot. Imagine the scene, a couple of hundred starving Brits after an all night marathon across England and then a ferry crossing....and nothing to eat or drink. I still remember that all that could be found were several crates of Heino and a handful of sandwiches - Ballina never knew what hit it when the enthusiasts arrived en masse!
E428 at Ballina - that's a sight you don't see every day - and bonnet first running to boot!
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I was on that coach, heard about the overnight thieves in Dublin who stole the catering suppliesJudgement Day wrote: »There was a coach link from Sligo to Ballina and the passengers from one special returned by the other.
E428 at Ballina - that's a sight you don't see every day - and bonnet first running to boot!
http://irishrailwaynews.multiply.com/photos/album/147/E428-amp-other-E-class-locos?&show_interstitial=1&u=%2Fphotos%2Falbum#0 -
A few from a wee jaunt on the RPSI Amien Street-M3 afternoon run at 14:35 yesterday. First off, leaving the station...
A view of the surprisingly steep climb looking back towards Dunboyne. 461 made mincemeat of the incline
On the run home, we meet a 22000 set approaching Ashtown.
461 slows up as she passes Liffey Junction and her once proud water tank.
As Poolbegs towers watch over the city, Inspector Cook looks out as we take the curved climb from the GSWR line into Connolly.
The train arrived into the Postal Platform only to meet an almighty rain storm.
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146 looking as good as new at downpatrick. You wouldnt know anything happended.
No white stripe.
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lord lucan wrote: »I guess i'm alone then in thinking it was actually a great addition.:o
I gave up taking railway pics about the time that the toothpaste strip appeared and it was one of the reasons that I did. Add in the awful IE logo and InterCity scrawl applied to the carriages and the result was an unpleasant mess that I didn't want to have albums full of. The pic below taken at Cork in 1976 (the Supertrain livery came in with the MkIIs in 1972) shows the livery wearing well - contrast it with the later mess - inset.
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Judgement Day wrote: »I gave up taking railway pics about the time that the toothpaste strip appeared and it was one of the reasons that I did. Add in the awful IE logo and InterCity scrawl applied to the carriages and the result was an unpleasant mess that I didn't want to have albums full of. The pic below taken at Cork in 1976 (the Supertrain livery came in with the MkIIs in 1972) shows the livery wearing well - contrast it with the later mess - inset.
Though you could also say that the Mark 2s weren't rustbuckets in 1976 - in fact they were the top tier coach. It seems to me that they were intentionally left to rot in their later years.0 -
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146 looking as good as new at downpatrick. You wouldnt know anything happended.
Surprisingly they managed to find a matching shade of orange! 0 -
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