Photo Thread.

Jamie2k9

GM228 wrote: »

Fixing on the spot? What exactly do you mean? An assisting loco was been arranged from Inchicore, but in the mean time 076 got going again.

Using 231 would not have been as simple as you may think!

Not sure if the NTA have the power to issue fines.

GM228

Assistance was arranged but took to long. There is no excuses it should of been cleared a lot faster. A lot more problems were caused than necessary and it's just a repeat problem and there seem's to be no improvement in rescue dispatch times.

Can I ask what the problem with 231 would be?
Was single line running considered?

As for the NTA, if they had the power they wouldn't be bothered implementing such measures, IE rule them not the other way round.

In the UK this would cost a fortune to operators, IE will give 1 service 100% refunds and a few others 50% and a few cups of coffee.

It's the exact same with regular train failures, sit until the problem is fixed.

GM228

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

Assistance was arranged but took to long. There is no excuses it should of been cleared a lot faster. A lot more problems were caused than necessary and it's just a repeat problem and there seem's to be no improvement in rescue dispatch times.

Can I ask what the problem with 231 would be?
Was single line running considered?

As for the NTA, if they had the power they wouldn't be bothered implementing such measures, IE rule them not the other way round.

In the UK this would cost a fortune to operators, IE will give 1 service 100% refunds and a few others 50% and a few cups of coffee.

It's the exact same with regular train failures, sit until the problem is fixed.

Getting an assisting loco isn't as easy or as quick as you may think or as we would like, first of all there needs to be a loco actually available and ready to go, there may be some in Inchicore that are running or in between exams etc and can't just be taken, then you need a driver to be available which isn't always the case, then when all that is done you need to try and get the assisting loco to the failed train inbetween all the already backed up trains, not as simple as we would hope for I suppose.

Using 231 wouldn't be that simple because there would be no driver near it, if/when you got a driver to it then the driver would need to start up the loco and prepare it for service which takes time, then you need someone competent to unhook 231 from the spoil wagons, so you see it isn't as simple as you may think, and the final problem with 231 is it's due to go to Inchicore over the weekend for re-fuelling as it's very low. Obviously the last point is the least of the problems as if you did overcome the first issues it would do to clear 076 to Portarlington.

Indeed it should have been cleared a lot faster but that's not always the case, but I seriously doubt very much that IE would purposely drag their heels waiting to clear it-clearing a failure becomes a priority and is done as quickly as possible, and similar issues do arise in the UK also.

I don't understand why you think IE run the NTA, it's quite the opposite, IE can't do much these days without the NTAs approval.

GM228

angelIRL

Morning all,

Some photos taken over the last few days : https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/

Includes Waterford, Mullinavat, Thomastown & Gowran

 
Thomastown Viaduct

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The_Wanderer

Morning all,

Images from my UK trip:

Friday: Dublin to Edinburgh via Manchester.

Saturday: A day around Edinburgh.

Sunday: A trip to North Berwick before heading to Glasgow.

Click http://smu.gs/1gwwcYm to access the galleries.

The_Wanderer

Today we headed to the Scottish Highlands by train and bus.

First of all we headed north to Oban on the 0821 Glasgow Queen Street - Oban / Mallaig. After a short break at Oban we caught the 918 bus to Fort William at 1240, a quick change of bus at Fort William onto the 919 brought us onto Inverness where we will be staying for the next two nights.

Click http://smu.gs/1gxzUB1 to view.

Thedarkb

Negative was damaged in a laundry accident :P took me forever to clone out all the detergent stains

angelIRL

Morning,

a few photos taken recently: https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/



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The_Wanderer

Morning folks,

The latest update to my UK travels is from Tuesday. It was a simple out and back from Inverness. We caught the 0702 train from Inverness to Thurso (a mere 154 miles away) before catching a bus to John O'Groats. After a short break there we caught a 2nd bus to Wick before starting the long trek back to Inverness on the 1600 ex Wick. This is the last train from the town each day.

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

The_Wanderer

Continuing my UK trip.

On Wednesday, we left Inverness and headed along the scenic railway line to Kyle of Lochalsh. At Kyle we boarded a West Coast Motors (Citylink) bus from there to Portree on the Isle of Skye where we had a break for two hours to explore the town. Later in the afternoon we caught a Stagecoach Local Bus from Portree to Armadale to connect into the 1720 hrs sailing to Mallaig. From Mallaig the next stop was Fort William for a quick change onto the Caledonian Sleeper to London.

Click http://smu.gs/1J61ikH to view.

Thedarkb

The heart of #461

The_Wanderer

On the last day of the Rover (Friday) I undertook an out and back trip from London to Exeter and then an evening in London.

Click http://smu.gs/1HZD5aE to view.

The_Wanderer

Afternoon all,

Pictures from yesterdays Irish Railway Record Society Special from Dublin Connolly to Ballina and Westport has now been uploaded to http://smu.gs/1HCBsT6

3 x 071 Class Locomotives were used during the day with 087 hauling the train from Connolly to Ballina, 078 from Ballina to Claremorris and Westport where it promptly failed with a forward / reverser fault. 084 came to the rescue and hauled the locomotive off the train prior to working the tour back to Connolly.

As always an enjoyable day out, despite the miserable weather conditions west of the River Shannon.

Full Credit must go to the IRRS Program Officer Shane Roberts for organising another successful tour and if the questionnaire handed out about options for the 2016 tour comes to fruition then that tour promises to be a cracker of a weekend.

Also we cannot forget the RPSI and IE staff involved in the operation of the tour and to making it such a great day out.

Also the last of my images from the recent UK trip have been uploaded which has pictures from around London on Friday, plus the flight back to Dublin. Click http://smu.gs/1HCBOJn to view. For all the pictures of the week long trip you can access al the galleries at http://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/International/2015

Enjoy,
The Wanderer.

The_Wanderer

Evening all,

Some pictures from last Friday that feature MK3 carriage 7122 waiting export to Scotland at North Wall, along with 076 on a Spoil Train plus emergency engineering works on the LUAS Red Line near Jervis.

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

The Wanderer.

angelIRL

Evening all,

some photos taken in the UK 16-19 July: https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/sets/72157655593510550

Includes:
- London
- Salisbury
- Bath
- Bristol
- Newport
- Patchway
- Box Tunnel



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Ruu

A few "oldies" but thought these would interest some. There is a small preserved section in Dromod railway station in Leitrim.

The_Wanderer

Evening all,

Some pictures from the last two days around Portarlington. Also includes details of the renumbering of reformed vehicles in sets 22011 to 22030.

Click http://smu.gs/1JDKldr or click the picture to view.

The Wanderer.

Victor

Luas rail grinding.

pauldavis123 wrote: »

Not worth a new thread.

www.broadsheet.ie/2015/07/25/grindr/

The_Wanderer

218 working today's North Wall - Ballina Liner.
Click the picture to view the images.

angelIRL

Good evening all,

some photos taken recently: https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/

Includes:
- Thurles
- East Cork
- Banteer
- Newtown nr Ballyhea
- Ballast trains around North Cork
- 2807/08 operating Midleton services



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angelIRL

For the second time this year, the weedsprayer has visited both of the East Cork lines. GM's 074 and 217 were involved:


GM 217 at Tivoli with the Cork/Midleton working.


GM 074 at Cobh Junction with the Midleton/Mallow working.


GM 222 at Monard with 2020 CK-HN InterCity

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Thedarkb

http://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p942598532/h212ef682#h394c332e
You aren't hallucinating, that's an 071 and 141 double header

Captain Chaos

Thedarkb wrote: »

http://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p942598532/h212ef682#h394c332e
You aren't hallucinating, that's an 071 and 141 double header

Not really though as the 141 is dead, the 071 it hauling the the train.

There is a great video up on youtube of a 141 hauling a dead 071 on a Mk3 set out of Claremorris with great sounds coming from the 141 as it lifts the train out of the station.

Victor

Under Connolly Station http://www.ecologia-environmental.com/index.php/2014/04/multiphase-remediation-commences-at-connolly-station/

angelIRL

Saturday, 01 August 2015

Due to unavailability of the rostered set, 2611/12+2614/17 operated the 1720hrs Cork-Dublin InterCity service, seen here at Buttevant:


Buttevant

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end of the road

angelIRL wrote: »

Saturday, 01 August 2015

Due to unavailability of the rostered set, 2611/12+2614/17 operated the 1720hrs Cork-Dublin InterCity service, seen here at Buttevant:


Buttevant

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i hope pillows and more were provided. hope there were no first time customers either

Rashers72

end of the road wrote: »

i hope pillows and more were provided. hope there were no first time customers either

I agree. Completely unsuitable for such a long journey. Wonder what the journey time ended up being? At least IE did not make all the passengers wait till the next service. Should be sort of some compensation offered... Sorry for taking photo thread off topic!

Jamie2k9

Rashers72 wrote: »

I agree. Completely unsuitable for such a long journey. Wonder what the journey time ended up being? At least IE did not make all the passengers wait till the next service. Should be sort of some compensation offered... Sorry for taking photo thread off topic!

It was probably the most on time Intercity service of the evening, another wonderful and speedy performance by IE yesterday afternoon just a casual 3 ish hours to clear a broken down train :rolleyes:

The_Wanderer

Evening folks,

Pictures from the past few days.

Saturday:
- Portarlington with 073 on a Spoil train and 2X3ICR on the 1125 Heuston - Galway.
- Adamstown with a 4 car 2600 Class DMU on the 1720 Cork - Heuston after the earlier failure of the 1300 Heuston - Cork. Working of the year I should think. Photo courtesy of Domhnall Ó Muirí.

Tuesday:
Evening visit to Carn Bridge for the usual mix of 22000 Class + 232 on the 1700 Heuston - Cork.

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

The_Wanderer

Good evening folks,

Today's photographic efforts include Northern Ireland Railways owned (8)209 on Dublin - Cork services, plus locos 217 and 219 were on two of the other diagrams.

Click http://smu.gs/1SPnyWd or click the picture underneath to view.

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The_Wanderer

Today features visits to Ratheven, Clonkeen, Killenard and Portarlington, mainly for more photos of (8)209.
Click the picture below to access the gallery.



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