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To position myself into the UK for the Crewe Diesel Depot Open Day, I flew into Bristol, a new airport for me.
After a painless bus transfer to Bristol Temple Meads, I photographed around the station for a little over 60 minutes before catching the 1225 Plymouth - Glasgow Cross Country service which was formed of a HST set.
A change of train at Birmingham New Street saw me board the 1443 London Euston to Edinburgh as far as Crewe where I meet up with some other Irish enthusiasts who were also over for the open day on Saturday.
Click https://bit.ly/2Xutj0a to view.
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On Saturday 8th June 2019, Virgin Trains, Locomotive Services and The Railway Magazine held an open day at Crewe Diesel Depot. Despite the weather being utterly miserable, it didn't detour the crowds from flocking to the venue to see an exciting line up of exhibits from across the UK Rail Industry.
With 43 exhibits on view, from steam engines to the latest diesel / electric locomotives (Class 88) there was plenty to see across the complex with several items of rolling stock being open for inspection by the public, including one of the Network Rail Test Trains.
Despite the weather, it was a great day out and my first UK Open Day since Eastleigh in 2009! Let's hope I don't leave it another 10 years before my next one.
Click https://bit.ly/2X0ppiC to view.
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Evening folks,
We start of the June gallery with a selection of photos from:
- Thurles,
- Heuston,
- Busaras,
- Connolly,
- Hazelhatch,
- Portarlington.
Click https://bit.ly/2ICdPRr to view.
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Evening folks,
A selection of images from the past week have now been uploaded to the June gallery.
Friday 14th June 2019:
Today's images come from Portlaoise, Limerick Jct., Limerick and Farranfore. We also see the latest works on the new platform and footbridge at Limerick Jct.
Sunday 17th June 2019:
A stop off at Farranfore while passing through the village to photograph the 1510 Tralee - Mallow.
Thursday 20th June 2019:
Today's images come from Thurles, Portlaoise and Portarlington with the highlight being 226 working the Belmond Grand Hibernian.
Click https://bit.ly/2WR0x92 to view all the images.
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Morning folks,
It's been over a week since the last update to the June gallery but I have been busy out and about getting some images on my travels.
The latest photo update starts at https://bit.ly/2NvjXR8 and includes:
Tuesday 25th June 2019:
A lunchtime visit to Portarlington to see 081 passing with the 1005 Ballina - North Wall IWT Liner and later in the day we caught 2815 + 2816 departing Nenagh for Ballybrophy.
Wednesday 26th June 2019:
This afternoon, I was bound for Cork to meet up with Finnyus and head to the Gate Cinema in Cork for a documentary which was a one night only affair. Pictures from the trip come from Portlaoise, Mallow, Cork, Rusbrook and at Dromaneen between Mallow and Banteer.
Thursday 27th June 2019:
After an overnight in Cork, today's photos come from Cork Station on the Thursday morning plus Heuston and Portlaoise later in the day.
Friday 28th June 2019:
An unusual site greeted me at Ballybrophy this morning in the form of 217 on top of MKIV set 4008 after its loco (223) had failed the previous day on the 1625 Cork - Heuston. Later in the day, images come from Portlaoise and Limerick.
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Evening folks,
The final update for June has just been uploaded to the gallery with photos from a weekend in Dublin.
Featuring:
Nenagh
- Ballybrophy
- Heuston with 080 shunting the Belmond Grand Hibernian.
- Busaras
- Connolly
- Sandymount
- Dun-Laoghaire.
- Grand Canal Dock
- Abbey Street
- Dawson
- St. Stephen's Green (the LUAS opened 15th years ago today between here and Sandyford).
Click https://bit.ly/2LtNbxg to view.
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We kick off the July gallery with an extended visit to Limerick Jct. to observe the latest progress on the new platform and see the shunting moves required for the Waterford train to depart the station while the new footbridge is built. Images also come from Portlaoise and Limerick.
Click https://bit.ly/2FOI8DV to view them all.
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Afternoon folks,
The July gallery has been updated with a selection of images from this week.
Wednesday 3rd July 2019:
Pictures from Clonkeen during lunchtime of the 1300 Heuston - Cork which was 4ICR vice the booked MKIV set.
Thursday 4th July 2019:
Evening time in Dromineer on the shores of Lough Derg.
Friday 5th July 2019:
Today's bunch of pictures come from Nenagh and Ballybrophy in the morning and evening.
Click https://bit.ly/30kHW79 to view them all.
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Evening folks,
The latest batch of photos have just been uploaded to the July gallery at https://bit.ly/32iCt2P
Saturday 6th July 2019:
On Saturday evening, I decided to head out for a drive. After ending up in Cloughjordan I headed out to Islandwood to capture the evening branch train from Ballybrophy to Limerick passing in the hands of 2814 + 2813.
Sunday 8th July 2019:
I popped into Askeaton while on the way back from Foynes to see the railway station. For the full collection of images from that visit see the Foynes Branch collection in the "Forgotten Railways" section of the website. Direct link in the July gallery.
Monday 8th July 2019:
Pictures today come from Ballybrophy and Portlaoise.
Tuesday 9th July 2019:
Just three from today, breakfast on the 0740 Limerck - Heuston , 219 at Brittas outside Thurles with the 1600 Heuston - Cork and 4005 arriving into Thurles on the 1625 Cork - Heuston.
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The July gallery has been updated with a selection of images from the IE and LUAS networks over the past few days:
Wednesday 10th July 2019:
The highlight from today was seeing a 2600 work the Birdhill - Limerick Commuter service in place of the usual 2800.
Thursday 11th July 2019:
While changing trains at Limerick Jct. I snapped a few quick photos of the latest progress on the new platform construction work.
Friday 12th July 2019:
Just one image from today of Charlemont on the LUAS Green Line.
Saturday 13th July 2019:
Images from today come from Dublin City Centre of LUAS trams and Heuston Station.
Click https://bit.ly/2Z0sXiR to view.
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Evening folks,
On Sunday it was back to Dublin for the day to visit Croke Park for the Tipperary -v- Laois match. Pictures from Thurles, Heuston, Connolly, Croke Park and Dublin City Centre.
Click https://bit.ly/2JAkKw8 to view them all.
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A quick visit was paid to Heuston this afternoon and I managed to grab a few images of the comings and goings including the Belmond Grand Hibernian while I was there.
Click https://bit.ly/2YWwVss to view.
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Evening folks,
The latest batch of pictures from the past few days have now been uploaded to the July gallery featuring:
- Nenagh (splitting of trains here in the morning has now resumed since Thursday).
- Portarlington
- Portlaoise
- Limerick Jct.
- Limerick.
Click https://bit.ly/2Y69IHn
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Afternoon folks,
A selection of images from the past week has just been uploaded to the July gallery at https://bit.ly/30VQt0P
Photos from around the Nenagh Branch and a trip to Dublin last Tuesday.
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Hi all,
Got a few pics to share of the ongoing Pearse station roof replacement - it's starting to take shape and the segment of new roof offers a nice glimpse of what is to come
As anyone who ever used Pearse before knows, the current roof makes the whole station a dreary, depressing kip. A place that you barely tolerate having to wait in for your train. Some places are just so dark by design, that no matter how well lit it is, it's just a soul-suckingly unpleasant place to have to be - and Pearse with its current roof definitely is one such place.
But the roof replacement is proceeding South to North, and from what I can see the new roof is going to be brighter and all around nicer. Now, I'm not normally a fan of mixing old and new architectural styles, like that bizarre glass pyramid at the Louvre in Paris, but IMHO Pearse was never anything particularly special but the new roof is just nice.
I'm attaching one or two pictures of Pearse mid-station - note that the lighting there is so bad that the phone camera either over or under exposed in terms of white balance. There will also be some pics of the new roof. There are only a few metres of it in place as of yet, so that's just enough to preview the roof, not how the station will look under it, but it does bode well. A credit to those involved.0 -
Evening all,
We bring the July gallery to a close a selection of images from the past week.
Friday 26th July 2019:
Ballybrophy, Portlaoise, Limerick Jct., Limerick and Millstreet feature in today's round up of pictures.
Saturday 27th July 2019:
While in Killarney for the weekend I took a drive over to Kenmare stopping at some of the scenic sights along the way. Later on the way home a quick detour was made to Quagmire Viaduct and Yellow Quarry to photograph 22023 and 22041 on the Mallow - Tralee services.
Monday 29th July 2019:
Tamper 744 stabled at Limerick was the highlight of the day while I was passing through the station on the way home.
Wednesday 31st July 2019:
We finish off the July gallery with images from Nenagh and Ballybrophy.
Click https://bit.ly/2Y6QkuB to view.
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Morning folks,
A selection of photos from the past week have just been uploaded to the August gallery at https://bit.ly/31sJZqi
Friday 2nd August 2019:
Images come from Ballybrophy and Portlaoise.
Monday 5th August 2019:
While dropping family back to Thurles station, I grabbed a few shots of the 1300 Heuston - Cork arriving plus a couple of other shots around the station.
Wednesday 7th August 2019:
Today I popped down to Garrykennedy Marina to witness a fabulous sunset over Lough Derg.
Also I've uploaded a selection of images of the Stradbally Steam Rally which was held last week in Co. Laois Click https://bit.ly/2YxYU5D to view.
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The Belmond train passed through Enniscorthy again this afternoon, but I was liquored-up after watching the rugby and as usual had to rely on my friend Eamonn to do the business.
Lest there be any confusion, Eamonn is not Del.Monte.
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Evening folks,
I'm over in London for a few days and the 1st batch of images have now been uploaded to the website at https://bit.ly/302ewLF Click the link for the full description.
The weather was utterly terrible so I didn't get much traveling done today.
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Evening folks,
I spent the past couple of days in the London and South East area. All the images and a blog style commentary have now been uploaded to https://bit.ly/302ewLF
Featuring images from around London, Swindon, Didcot Parkway, Oxford, Reading, Guildford and Birmingham International.
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Evening folks,
Updates to the gallery have been few and far between lately but the latest batch of images have just been uploaded to the August gallery.
Featuring
Tuesday 13th August 2019:
Other life events have recently dragged me away from the railways and photography, but here is one from today at Ballybrophy of the 1625 Heuston - Limerick arriving into the station.
Monday 19th August 2019:
Photos today come from Portlaoise and Limerick.
Tuesday 20th August 2019:
A nice surprise this morning was catching 073 shunting the relay train at the perway yard in Portlaoise. Also Badger 231 was out on Cork services being photographed at Portlaoise on the 1425 Cork - Heuston service.
Wednesday 21st August 2019
A flying visit to the Cabra area of Dublin today. Images come from Heuston, Phibsborough, Cabra and Ballybrophy.
Thursday 22nd August 2019:
The highlight from today was 2803 + 2804 in ex works condition heading from Inchicore to Limerick after a visit to the works in Inchicore.
Click https://bit.ly/2Hkscdu to view all the images.
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Afternoon folks,
The latest batch of pictures from this weekend have now been uploaded to the August gallery which features one of the biggest changes to the operation of Limerick Jct. since 1967 and probably since the opening of the station in 1848, the new Down Platform at the station opened to traffic on Sunday 25th August 2019.
Saturday 24th August 2019:
Today I was out between Templemore and Thurles to photograph the Belmond Grand Hibernian heading to Cork.
Sunday 25th August 2019:
Arguably the biggest change to Limerick Jct. since the 1967 alterations which allowed trains from Dublin direct access to platform 1, plus the direct curve to Limerick City occurred today with the opening of the new Platform 4 on the Down Line. The opening of this platform for Cork and Tralee bound trains allows a faster approach to the station instead of negotiating crossovers ranging from 15mph to 40mph to access the Up Platform as before.
A minor timetable change was introduced from today to take into account the opening of the new platform with trains operating up to 3 minutes faster south of Limerick Jct. than before. A future timetable should allow Up and Down trains to call at Limerick Jct. at the same time.
All Down Road services to Cork and Tralee will serve the new platform every day EXCEPT the following weekday services which will continue to serve Platform 1 (Up Platform)
07.00 Heuston - Cork,
21.00 Heuston - Cork.
Additionally and in a welcome move the 1500 Heuston - Cork (weekdays) will now call at Limerick Jct. with a connection to Limerick available. This plugs a 90 minute gap in the schedule from Dublin to Limerick.
Other photos from today come from Grange Level Crossing on the Thurles side of Limerick Jct.
Click https://bit.ly/31Z5vDB to view all the images from the weekend.
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Evening folks,
Photos from the past week come from:
Portlaoise, Ballybrophy, Thurles, Heuston, Clontarf Road, Raheny and Sutton.
Click https://bit.ly/2NFKeuN to view.
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