Photo Thread.

Captain Chaos

Interesting to see that there are still 2600s in the Commuter livery and even one in the IC livery with no UIC numbers yet. The 28s are still hanging in there, Irish Rail must have stopped cutting off gangways and painting for the time being.

The_Wanderer

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Interesting to see that there are still 2600s in the Commuter livery and even one in the IC livery with no UIC numbers yet. The 28s are still hanging in there, Irish Rail must have stopped cutting off gangways and painting for the time being.

2610 + 2613 is the last 2600 unit in Commuter livery (with the exception of stored 2609).

dregin

Aerial shot of Letterkenny train station(s)

101sean

Feeling the heat! Thermit weld in the Twickenham area in S London on Thursday night, I was out scoping a drainage fix, lots of re-railing going on.

cml387

dregin wrote: »

It's pretty embarrassing watching this shot so well by a German company and comparing it to the bilge that RTE pump out

Great watch!

B*ll*cks quite frankly. RTE have made some excellent series about the railways.

dregin

cml387 wrote: »

B*ll*cks quite frankly. RTE have made some excellent series about the railways.

Ok, I may have jumped a little heavily on the RTE bashing bandwagon, but I don't remember seeing anything from them that comes close to this

Recommendations would be appreciated

cml387

dregin wrote: »

Ok, I may have jumped a little heavily on the RTE bashing bandwagon, but I don't remember seeing anything from them that comes close to this

Recommendations would be appreciated

And I'm sorry, my post was a bit OTT.

"Ironing the Land" was a series on RTE about the building of the railways.

The most recent Waterways series had some lovely shots of the Dublin Sligo line beside the Royal canal.

GMKK96

Here are two pretty good documentaries about the railways in Ireland by RTÉ during the Supertrain era.
http://www.euscreen.eu/play.jsp?id=EUS_524B0F1DFF9D4311A5271797E7849D5E
http://www.euscreen.eu/play.jsp?id=EUS_47DAF4AEC39D4F42B3B87978122B406A

Fred Swanson

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lord lucan

GMKK96 wrote: »

Here are two pretty good documentaries about the railways in Ireland by RTÉ during the Supertrain era.
http://www.euscreen.eu/play.jsp?id=EUS_524B0F1DFF9D4311A5271797E7849D5E
http://www.euscreen.eu/play.jsp?id=EUS_47DAF4AEC39D4F42B3B87978122B406A

They're fantastic,thanks for linking them here,would never have known about them otherwise.

GMKK96

lord lucan wrote: »

They're fantastic,thanks for linking them here,would never have known about them otherwise.

Neither would I if they hadn't have been linked to another website by somebody else.

angelIRL

Evening all,

On Saturday, 20 July the Irish Railway Record Society operated an excellent diesel railtour from Dublin Heuston to Cork, Cobh and Midleton.

Photos have been uploaded: http://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/

A massive thanks to the organisers of the tour.

F.

dregin

Again, taken from the giver that keeps on giving - Dublin Down Memory Lane

Carlisle Pier Dun Laoghaire

metrovick001

A few photos from June & July here.

angelIRL

Evening all,

I've uploaded some photos taken over the past few http://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/

Includes:
- DFDS liner south of Mullinvat
- Rosslare Strand
- Enniscorthy
- East Cork

F.

The_Wanderer

Good moring all,

The latest photos from a weekend in the south west of Ireland are now online.

Featuring:

- Farranfore.
- Brewersfield (Killarney - Rathmore)
- Stagmount Crossing XT88 (Killarney - Rathmore)
- Curraghrour West Crossing XT22 (Killarney Jct. - Banteer).
- Ivy Bridge (Mallow - Rathpeacon).
- Glounthaune
- Waterrock (Carrigtwohill - Midleton)

Highlights include 2600 class 2611 + 2612 covering Tralee line services on the Saturday morning instead of 22063 which failed on the Friday evening.

The photos begin at http://smu.gs/14lPGkf

Enjoy!
The Wanderer.

angelIRL

Evening all,

some photos taken of the new Oranmore railway station that opened today, 28 July 2013:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/

F.

GBOA

Not sure if this is the right place to put this. Apologies if not. I'm no photographer but thought the Fintown railway was worthy of a post.

dowlingm

The pics from Oranmore are interesting in that they show a fairly significant grade change between the car park and track level which makes me wonder if going under the tracks will be feasible in the event that a 2nd platform goes in rather than the significantly expensive overbridge solution.

The_Wanderer

Afternoon all,

With the recent upgrade to Smugmug it has allowed me to refresh and make a few changes to the website. Click http://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com to see the changes for yourself.

Just a couple of pictures to start August 2013 off with a visit to Carn Bridge, near Portarlington on Friday afternoon.

Also, with the changes to the website I have been able to add a links page to the website http://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/Links . If you would like a link to your website please drop me a PM and I'll add you to the page.
Enjoy!
The Wanderer.

The_Wanderer

Good evening all,

A few photos from around the Portarlington area from Sunday & Monday of the August Banl Holiday weekend.
- G.A.A. Specials on the Sunday evening at Ballykillane & Shanderry.
- DFDS Liner at Shanderry.
- Up & Down afternoon Westport services crossing each other at Geashill.
http://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2013Photos/August-2013#!/i-CkPttNT

Also during the Bank Holiday weekend I visited the nearby Limetree Airfield, which were hosting the Flying in Ireland Magazine & NMAI Annual Fly In event. The highlight of the weekend was on the Sunday afternoon when one of the last remaining Irish Coastguard Sikorsky S-61 helicopter's (EI-SAR) paid a visit to the airfield.
Pictures and two videos at http://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2013Photos/Flying-In-Ireland-NMAI-Annual#!/i-Lg5PJkq

Enjoy!
The Wanderer.

angelIRL

Morning all,

A few updates from me : http://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/

Includes:
- three RPSI related short video clips from Spare-Link Railtour and South Clare Railtour
- 2815/16 in East Cork
- recent clearence works on the former Cork, Blackrock & Passage Railway trackbed between Raffeen and Raffen Bridge to continue the Cork to Crosshaven walk and cycle way.

F.

The_Wanderer

Evening folks,

A lunchtime visit to Connolly & Grand Canal Dock.
http://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2013Photos/August-2013#!/i-2fpmpvk

The Wanderer.

Oscar Bravo

Good shots from Limetree, weather was poor there on Saturday,Sunday turned out well. EI-SAR is 51 this year, some machine.

davidlacey

Evening all,

Can anyone guess the location and significance of the location.

Eiretrains

davidlacey wrote: »

Evening all,
Can anyone guess the location and significance of the location.

On the DSE, Shanganagh is it?

davidlacey

Yes correct Eiretrains! Not much gets by you... Thats the point where there harcourt street line diverged from the connolly line...i think

Eiretrains

davidlacey wrote: »

Not much gets by you... line...i think

Yes...very little.:D

It's an interesting place alright, there's also the original Shanganagh Jct on the far side of the railway, basically the same identical formation but was abandoned before 1920 due to see erosion, but it is still very traceable from aerial images.

davidlacey

The very line much closer to the coast, an old bridge at the end of the shanganagh park. the old trackbed is covered by thick thorny bushes...

Temp101

There was no junction at Shanganagh before 1915. The single line from the Killiney direction continued beside the pair from Shankill (on the Harcourt Street line) into Bray.

Edit: There was one from 1861 to 1877 - should have remembered that! The three line arrangement lasted from 1877 to 1915 when the deviation opened.