Photo Thread.

Good morning all,

I had a flying visit to Cork this evening.
Click http://smu.gs/1nkmIvT for images of Portarlington, Limerick Jct. Cork and Portlaoise.

The Wanderer.

Hi all,
I have been updating my previously dormant Flickr account with the latest photos from Eiretrains, here's some samples which I hope to keep coming more regularly.:cool:
IE 088 HOBS - North Wall by Eiretrains, on Flickr

IE 224 Mk3 - Rush Bank by Eiretrains, on Flickr

IE 084 Tara - Lougher by Eiretrains, on Flickr

IE 228 IWT - Claude Road by Eiretrains, on Flickr

IE 082 Spoil - Killester by Eiretrains, on Flickr

Thanks for looking.

goingnowhere wrote: »

Its just the unit is clean that you can see it, others have a bit of yellow as well,

If you look at the units when delivered in 2007 they didn't have yellow on the bogies. Looks to be a new thing as The Wanderer said above.

Evening all,

Today was a PWD day with the transfer of Autoballaster and Weedspray wagons to and from Limerick Wagon Works for maintenance purposes. The evening time has a selection of pictures from between Portlaoise and Portarlington.

Click http://smu.gs/1lijH3H to view.

The Wanderer.

Any idea when 22's start to Belfast and will IE reshuffle schedules to ensure its IE operated or are they going to train NI staff?

Morning,

some photos taken around Mallow yesterday: https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/

GM 072 + Hoppers in Mallow:


Finbarr

Was out for a walk along the murrough in wicklow and managed to snap these passing by at sunset this evening around 19.40 and 19.50

22224 Heading south towards wicklow



Back car



29408 (I Think) Heading north to Dublin after passing 22224 in wicklow station



Sunset This Evening

end of the road wrote: »

god help the passengers traveling on that thing. i hope they brought pillows for their backs heads and backsides.

That goes all the way from rosslare!!. Up to lately its timetable had been pushed back an hour later so it could meet the passengers comming off the boat at rosslare so i was suprised to see her back in old time slot. Must have been a summer thing and reverted back to old timetable 1st of september.

Good evening all,

Something a bit different today, a Grandmother Giant arriving by train into Limerick Station for the start of the Limerick City of Culture headline event of the year, The Royal de Luxe ‘The Giant’s Journey’.
The Grandmother Giant will roam the streets of Limerick for three days between 5th-7th September 2014. 085 did the honours this morning of hauling the Grandmother Giant into Limerick.
Click http://smu.gs/1qlEp3y to view pictures and videos of the event.

The September gallery has also been updated with pictures from the early morning trip to Limerick, Limerick Jct., Thurles and Portlaoise to see the RPSI's 461 heading from Limerick to Dublin Connolly.
Click http://smu.gs/1rQco6z to view the pictures.

Enjoy!
The Wanderer.

Evening all,

A lunchtime visit to Clonard, near Trumera to see the 1300 Heuston - Cork which was a MKIV set today along with several other services to cater for returning G.A.A. Hurling Fans from Dublin to Co. Tipperary and Co. Kilkenny on Monday.

Iarnrod Eireann increased capacity on a number of mid morning and afternoon Cork & Waterford services. On the Cork route the 1000 was increased to 2X3ICR (3ICR), 1100 to 8MKIV (5ICR), 1200 to 8 MKIV (4ICR), 1300 to 8 MKIV (4ICR) and 1400 to 3+4ICR (4ICR).
The Waterford line saw the 1015 Waterford increased to 5ICR (3ICR) and the 1315 was increased to 2X3ICR (3ICR).

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

The Wanderer.

Some images from around Portarlington today, including repainted 215 on the North Wall - Ballina IWT Liner.
Click http://smu.gs/1rWXwDr

The Wanderer.

Reilly's Crossing New Bridge Installation

Afternoon all,

A few images from the last few days are now online at http://smu.gs/1nXf1wc
It includes 22003 on a Special from Heuston to Mallow last Thursday and a DART style car stop marker board has recently been installed on the Up Platform at Portarlington.

Also Mr. Church was in Gormanston last Wednesday for the afternoon Tara from North Wall.
See http://smu.gs/1y6osmI

The Wanderer.

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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True, there is no "scheduled" 2 car trains booked to stop in Portarlington. But...

1 - this is a standard sign and has already gone through the various crossing the t's and dotting the i's etc etc. Why spend time and money designing a new one?

2 - 2 car trains MAY call at Portarlington from time to time. 2600 or 2800 class DMU's covering reliefs or failures ex Limerick or Galway / Westport services. It has happened several times before.

Therefore the sign does cover all eventualities which may occur into the future.

The sign is also excellently placed (I did have some doubts) for the rear of 4ICR to be at the Cork end of Portarlington's Platform 1.