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Morning folks,
It's been a busy few weeks since the Munster Double railtour and I haven't really had a chance to update the website much.
During the week I made a flying visit to the London area, managing to travel on one of the brand new Class 800 "IEP" from Paddington to Reading and back again.
Other items of interest include:
Wednesday
- A trip on the new GWR Class 800 "IEP" trains from Paddington to Reading and back again.
- London Underground photos from various stations.
- Liverpool Street - Stratford on a Class 315.
- Jubilee Line refurbished train.
- Former International platform 20 at London Waterloo.
Thursday
- Staines and London Waterloo.
- London Euston and Birmingham International.
These photos can be viewed at http://smu.gs/2yaOrjs
The main reason for the visit to London was to visit the Great Cockcrow miniature railway in Chertsey outside London for an event organised by the Institution of Railway Operators. Photos of this excellent railway which features a full signalling system can be viewed at http://smu.gs/2zL8CAM
An Irish update of photos covering the last two weeks of October should be posted somestage this weekend.
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Evening folks,
I've finally caught up with the last of the October gallery with the final update published today.
Highlights include:
- Photos from Brittas north of Thurles.
- Belmond Grand Hibernian Trial over the Western Rail Corridor. With thanks to TTC0169 for these images.
- Pictures from Cherryville Jct and Kildare. Includes Belmond liveried 216 on Cork passenger services and 082 on the DFDS liner from Waterford to Ballina.
Click http://smu.gs/2z5BsN4 to view them all.
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Some recent photos of the Bord na Mona railway at Derrinlough Briquette Factory in Co. Offaly.
From 2018 this will be the last plant to produce peat briquettes when the Littleton factory in Co. Tipperary is closed. This closure is due to falling demand for the product in the face of milder winters, higher taxes, falling oil prices and growing awareness of the environmental damage that burning peat causes.
Click http://smu.gs/2z9aIeY to view.
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Evening all,
The November gallery starts off with photos from:
- Clonkeen outside Portlaoise.
- Hill of Down on the Sligo line to see the extremely rare appearance of a 5ICR set working on Sligo route. This was following the failure of the booked 4ICR set.
- Pictures from Lavistown and Commons in Co. Kilkenny on Sunday afternoon.
Click http://smu.gs/2hHRRjx to view.
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Evening all,
A few updates to the website covering the past week:
November Gallery:
Wednesday 8th November 2017:
Images from Portlaoise and of LUAS trams in Dublin near Heuston Station.
Thursday 9th November 2017:
Grabbed a few images around Heuston Station while passing through to catch a bus.
Tuesday 14th November 2017:
The Sperry Train passed Portlaoise just after midday heading from Heuston to Mallow.
Click http://smu.gs/2jrSnpy to view.
For the weekend I was in the UK visiting Manchester and York.
- UK Trip featuring Manchester Metrolink, Piccadilly and York: http://smu.gs/2ifH9kB
- Visit to the National Railway Museum: http://smu.gs/2ifmgpy
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Morning all,
some photographs taken during a recent trip to the UK: https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/albums/72157688265070321
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Afternoon folks,
The November gallery has been updated with some images from Heuston and interior pictures of recent labelling changes to the 22000 Class fleet.
Click http://smu.gs/2mARbRV to view.
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The_Wanderer wrote: »Afternoon folks,
The November gallery has been updated with some images from Heuston and interior pictures of recent labelling changes to the 22000 Class fleet.
Click http://smu.gs/2mARbRV to view.
Have they stalled the refresh planned for the ICR's you said about a few months ago?
Possibly set 36 (?) got new seat design (horrible IMO) and a few other bits in the dinning car.0 -
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The_Wanderer wrote: »22038 had some work done to it. The seat design will be rather different to what we tried on 22038. The project is still live but has suffered from some outside delays.
Apart from a little bit of dirty carpet on some sets, they have held up pretty well considering the high usage.
Perhaps a no expenses spared upgrade the reservations system would please customers a lot more instead of fancy new stickers indicating seats
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Evening folks,
Other commitments have kept me away from the camera the past week or so, but I managed to get some pictures yesterday and today from Nenagh, Portlaoise and Killarney.
Highlights include 216 back on Dublin - Cork MKIV duties and 080 hauling a PWD relay train from Cork to Portlaoise.
Click http://smu.gs/2n4byaj to view.
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Morning folks,
Two updates to the website today.
The first update is to the November Gallery and the main highlight of this is a trip to Limerick on Monday evening to see the recently completed rebuilding of Platforms 1 and 2 at the Station.
Click http://smu.gs/2k9Y6AJ to view.
On Wednesday 29th November, I was part of a small group visit to the main Iarnrod Eireann Civil Engineering base at Portlaoise located just off the Dublin - Cork railway line at the 52 MP. The site in Portlaoise is the main production hub for all of IE's track requirements throughout the network and includes a sleeper manufacturing plant and a rail welding facility.
Click http://smu.gs/2zzcsxh to see images of this very interesting and rarely seen element of the rail network.
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Afternoon folks,
The December gallery has been updated with images from:
- Nenagh
- Thurles
- Heuston
- Broombridge (RPSI Santa Specials).
- Drumcondra (IWT Liner).
Click http://smu.gs/2khQkot to view.
The second update to the website features the LUAS Cross City Extension.
With just a week to go before opening of the LUAS Cross City Extension, I headed to Dublin to get some photos before it opened. Also thanks to the generosity of Transdev management I was able to take a trip on the new extension from St. Stephens Green to Broombridge on Saturday afternoon during a timetable test. I had planned to travel on the IRRS trip two weeks previously but a family issue scuppered that plan two days before it.
This will be the final update to the LUAS Cross City Gallery. This gallery stretches back to January 2013 when I walked the City Centre route prior to construction beginning. Nearly 600 photos later the extension opens at 1400 hours on Saturday 9th December 2017.
Click http://smu.gs/2AGUflm to view the update from Saturday and if you wish the view the gallery from the start click http://smu.gs/2zIwDJc
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Photos from this week so far come from:
- Thurles
- Ballybrophy
- Quakers Road LC
- Heuston
- Connolly
Click http://smu.gs/2zVEbbD to view.
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The LUAS Cross City extension of the Green Line opens on Saturday 9th December after being offically opened by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD, Transport Minister Shane Ross TD and Minister for Finance & Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe TD at a opening ceremony outside the GPO in Dublin.
The new tramline is a 5.6 km extension of the existing Green Line from Stephen's Green to Broombridge in North West Dublin via Dawson Street, College Green, O'Connell Street / Marlborough Street, Parnell Street, Broadstone, Phibsborough and Cabra serving a total of 13 new tram stops.
Pictures from the opening day have now been uploaded to http://smu.gs/2jiM1Jp
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Evening folks,
A round up of images from this week so far:
Monday 11th November 2017:
Pictures from a snow covered Portlaoise as dusk approached on the Monday evening.
Tuesday 12th December 2017:
The snow was still there on the Tuesday morning and I managed to get some photos from Ballybrophy and Portlaoise.
Wednesday 13th December 2017:
Some images of the new LUAS Green Line extension in Dublin City plus photos from Connolly and Heuston.
Click http://smu.gs/2ACUVcg to view.
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Evening all,
Photos from a weekend in Dublin have just been uploaded to the December gallery at www.smu.gs/2kEF8i3
Locations visited include:
- Heuston
- Connolly
- Maynooth
- Pearse
- Leixlip Confey
- LUAS Red and Green lines.
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With a few bits of Christmas shopping left to get, I decided to let the train to take the strain and popped into Limerick for a few hours.
Of course, I grabbed a few photos along the way as well.
Click http://smu.gs/2kGRSVu to view.
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Evening folks,
Some pictures taken on either side of the Christmas shutdown have now been uploaded to the website.
Featuring:
- Ballybrophy on a cold and wet evening.
- Farranfore to see 22027 arriving into the station.
Click http://smu.gs/2E4oph5 to view.
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Evening folks,
The final update for 2017 has just been uploaded to the website featuring images from the past few days. Locations include:
- Limerick.
- Portlaoise showing the failed 0700 Heuston - Cork on Friday.
- Nenagh area.
Click http://smu.gs/2ElLXOv to view.
May I take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy New Year and a prosperous 2018.
On Monday 1st January 2018, the 2017 Year in Review will be published on the website. The preview to this gallery is currently on my facebook page at https://www.facebook.com//thewandererphotos
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Afternoon all,
The 2017 Year in Review is now available to view at http://smu.gs/2q65ejW
This gallery contains over 450 photos from the past 12 months from the railways of Ireland. I hope you enjoy the gallery and let's hope 2018 will be just as interesting. From a personal viewpoint the painting of 073 into its original Irish Rail "white stripe" livery was certainly the highlight of the year for me, joining sister locomotive 071 in its original CIE livery from 1976 which was repainted in 2016.
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