Photo Thread.

candor

Some more:

tabbey

The_Wanderer wrote: »

Evening folks,
Pictures from a two day visit to London have now been uploaded to the website. 
The gallery includes a wide variety of railway and non railway images. 

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/International/2018/UK-Trip-London-15th-to-17th-March-2018 to view.

Superb.

The_Wanderer

Evening folks,

The pictures from my visit to Paris have now been uploaded to http://goo.gl/TRtYNp

Again, like the visit to London the gallery contains lots of railway and non railway images from around the city.

Also the latest Irish images have been uploaded to the March gallery at http://goo.gl/Uf6824

The_Wanderer

Evening folks,

Images from the past week have now been uploaded to the March gallery. Highlights include:

Wednesday 28th March 2018:
Pictures from Ballybrophy, Heuston and Dublin City Centre.

Friday 30th March and Saturday 31st March 2018:
Images from Newbridge, the worksite at Sallins, Kildare and Portlaoise during the engineering works affecting services to/from Heuston.

Click http://goo.gl/CLKLzT to view.

Also the first batch of images from my recent trip to Venice have now been uploaded. From a railway interest the highlight seeing the Belmond VSOE in the station prior to departure for Calais.

Click http://goo.gl/eqonCb to view.

The_Wanderer

Evening folks,

Sunday 1st and Monday 2nd April 2018:
Pictures from the Dublin & South Eastern Railway at various locations between Kilcoole and Wexford over the two days, including the RPSI Steam Train specials from Dublin to Wicklow and Arklow.

Click http://goo.gl/UMssTE to view the gallery.

The_Wanderer

Pictures from this week around the network have now been uploaded to
https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2018-Photos/April-2018/i-8CfGfHV

Tuesday 3rd April 2018:
Images from Portlaoise, Thurles and Garrykennedy Marina.

Wednesday 4th April 2018:
Tamper 741 stabled at Nenagh and MKIV GC 4005 passing Portlaoise.

Thursday 5th April 2018:
Limerick Station on Thursday evening.

Friday 6th April 2018:
Pictures from Portlaoise, Limerick Jct, Mallow and Heuston.

The final batch of photos from my recent visit to Venice have now been uploaded
to https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/…/Italy-Tri…/i-CFxx4q9

If you have never been to Venice it is one place I would highly recommend you visit.

The_Wanderer

Evening folks,

Photos from yesterdays RPSI Diesel Railtour "The Branchline Wanderer" from Connolly to Waterford and Limerick have now been uploaded to the website at http://goo.gl/2VugC9 . Locos 071, 074 and 086 were used on the tour with changes taking place at Waterford and Limerick.

Despite some late running in the afternoon, the tour was another great success with 304 passengers travelling on the tour during the day. Money raised from these railtours goes towards funding the restoration of the RPSI's 121 Class loco No. 134 which is currently at Inchicore undergoing overhaul.

Stephen15

Always thought the 071 class looked wrong repainted orange and black, too clean looking to portray them how they actually used to look.

The_Wanderer

Evening folks,

The latest images uploaded to the April gallery include:

Sunday 8th April 2018:
Images from Dublin while heading home after the previous day's RPSI railtour.

Tuesday 10th April 2018:
The 2018 Belmond Grand Hibernian season kicked off today with 231 captured passing Rosskelton in Co. Laois bound for Cork.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2018-Photos/April-2018/i-56vtdBn to view.

Stellaluna

Some work on the embankments around Shannon Airport uncovered part of the 2’ narrow gauge railway used to transport material for the drainage works in the late 1930s. I imagine some of it was moved to help recover wreckage from a plane crash in the estuary in 1961, but what’s left seems to run from a gate near the lifeboat station to just beyond the lagoon pump installation. I did a bit of digging to unearth one of the sleepers.

The_Wanderer

Pictures from Portlaoise, Clonkeen and Ballybrophy today featuring:
- The Belmond Grand Hibernian.
- 087 hauling failed 218 from Cork to Inchicore.
- 22033 on the 1625 Heuston - Limerick.

Click http://goo.gl/dYBzPi to view all the images.

The_Wanderer

Evening folks,

A unusual visitor to the Nenagh Branch this morning in the form of 2601 + 2602 working the 0630 Limerick - Ballybrophy and 1005 Ballybrophy - Limerick. 2811 + 2812 were coupled to the set as far as Nenagh on the outward run to form the 0745 Nenagh - Limerick.

Click http://goo.gl/E5SsXK to view all the pictures from today's update.

The_Wanderer

The latest update to the April gallery includes trouble in Bally with the 0700 Cork - Heuston and a lucky catch up with Retro liveried 073 at Portlaoise during lunchtime.

Click http://goo.gl/EiByAQ to view the images from yesterday.

roundymac

Must have just missed you Wanderer, I passed by there, I must say that 073 was looking well.

The_Wanderer

Morning folks,

Pictures from the past week comprise:

Tuesday 1st May 2018:
A day trip to the Dublin area with pictures from:
- Thurles.
- Inchicore (CME Golden Spanner awards).
- Heuston
- Connolly
- Dundalk - 079 stabled with the weedspray train.
- Clontarf Road.

Wednesday 2nd May 2018:
I got a tip off that 2607 + 2608 were to work the morning Ballybrophy service due to a shortage of 2800's.

Saturday 5th May 2018:
I took a spin from Nenagh into Limerick on Saturday morning. Loadings were good with 38 people on the train into Limerick.

The_Wanderer

Branch Line Society: The Fairview Failte - Sunday 6th May 2018

On Sunday 6th May 2018, the Branch Line Society in conjunction with Iarnrod Eireann operated a charity railtour, raising money for the Railway Children charity. The railtour traversed unusual lines in the Greater Dublin and surrounding area with a leg stretch break in the bay at Bray and a photo stop at Ballybrophy!

Highlights of this tour include the Fairview Up Carriage Sidings, Connolly Carriage Wash Line, Heuston Yard, M3 Parkway headshunt (21 chain extension beyond the station), Newcomen curve and a wide range of loops, crossovers and wrong road routing.

For a full rundown of the tour and where it went to, click on the picture below to see all the images.

The_Wanderer

Evening folks,

Some pictures from the past week.

Tuesday 8th May 2018:
Following a MKIV set failure at Cork over the Bank Holiday weekend. 073 was sent from Inchicore to haul it back from Cork. The 1535 Cork - Inchicore Empty with set 4001 and 219 dead on the rear passes Pole Bridge south of Portlaoise.

Thursday 10th May 2018:
I took a detour to Quakers Road Level Crossing between Roscrea and Ballybrophy to photo 2802 + 2801 on the 1655 Limerick - Ballybrophy.

Click http://goo.gl/sgBwnB to view.

The_Wanderer

The latest update to the May gallery features images from:

- Portlaoise
- Limerick Jct.
- Cork
- Cobh
- Mallow
- Killarney.

Includes some pictures of the RPSI's No. 4 positioning run to Mallow.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2018-Photos/May-2018/i-nWpgLSL to view.

CaptainSkidmark

Some photos from today in Mallow

The_Wanderer

Evening folks,

The first batch of photos from the RPSI Cork and Kerry railtour have been uploaded to https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/RailtoursPreservedRailways/2018/RPSI-Cork-Kerry-Railtour/

The_Wanderer

Evening all,

The batch of photos from the RPSI Special from Tralee to Mallow return have now been uploaded to the railtour gallery at https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/RailtoursPreservedRailways/2018/RPSI-Cork-Kerry-Railtour/

Also the May 2018 has a small update with images from Killarney this evening.
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2018-Photos/May-2018/i-BS4Q3V3 to view.

Enjoy!

The_Wanderer

Evening all,

During Monday the RPSI "Cork & Kerry" railtour made its way back from Tralee to Connolly with 85 Merlin in charge. I popped over to Portarlington to see the booked stop at the station. Photos from this can be viewed at https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/RailtoursPreservedRailways/2018/RPSI-Cork-Kerry-Railtour/i-CZPJJSN

No. 4 was booked to work the RPSI MK2 set was Connolly to Whitehead at 1500 today but this was failed in Connolly this morning. The revised plan sees 85 to work the train onwards after servicing at Connolly with a departure time of 1640, 1 hour and 40 minutes late.

While in Portarlington, I took pictures of the passing traffic which included 074 on the Ballina - North Wall IWT Liner and 2819 + 2820 heading empty from Limerick to Inchicore. Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2018-Photos/May-2018/i-vGkM49s to view.

L1011

Plumes of black smoke from 85 was it was setting off, could be seen for some distance

The_Wanderer

Afternoon folks,

The latest batch of photos from my UK trip have now been uploaded to https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/International/2018/UK-Trip-19th-to-23rd-May-2018/i-D9jnGVV

Featuring:
Saturday 19th May:
Photos from the flight from Dublin to Heathrow and my journey to Carshalton Beeches across South London via Underground, Bus and National Rail.

Sunday 20th May 2018:
A day trip to Brighton to see the sights and I also managed a trip on the Volks Electric Railway while I was there. The railway has been completely refurbished with a new depot at Halfway and a new station and museum at Aquarium Station.

Monday 21st May 2018:
Today I headed from South London to Norwich, taking in the branch lines off the Great Eastern Main Line to Sudbury, Clacton-on-Sea and Walton on the Naze. Plus I spent 90 minutes at Ipswich to view the goings on.

The_Wanderer

Tuesday 22nd May 2018:
A day out on the local lines from Norwich to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, to travel on and photograph the Class 37 locomotive hauled set plus some out local highlights such as Berney Arms and the Reedham Swing Bridge.

Later in the evening and a bit later than planned I travelled to Brighton via London to place me correctly for Wednesday's trip.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/International/2018/UK-Trip-19th-to-23rd-May-2018/i-NbNNjX6 to view the images from the day.

angelIRL

Good morning,

A few photographs taken in the UK last week:


Crofton


Hungerford


Sandown, Isle of Wight

One photograph taken of the 14:25 Heuston-Cork Belmond Grand Hibernian on Tuesday 22 May

Ballymartle Bank, Waterloo

Some more bits can be found here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/

Finbarr

The_Wanderer

Afternoon folks,

The aims of Wednesday's around the Brighton area was to photo the Newhaven Stone train which turned up at Lewis with 59001 and travel and photograph retro blue and grey liveried 313201. As 313001 back in 1976 this was the first of the PEP design inspired units and is now the oldest 2nd generation EMU in service. It was repainted in 2017 to commemorate this fact.

Finally for the aviation fans, the Aer Lingus Retro Jet EI-DVM was on stand at DUB, beside my flight back from LGW to DUB with EI-CVB.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/International/2018/UK-Trip-19th-to-23rd-May-2018/i-rCxHJLt to view all the images from the day.

tabbey

angelIRL wrote: »

Good morning,

A few photographs taken in the UK last week:


Sandown, Isle of Wight

Sandown, IOW!

I was there last week, first time since 1979!!

It reminds me of the inter-war advertising slogan of the Southern Railway;

"I am taking an early holiday, because summer comes soonest in the South"

angelIRL

The_Wanderer wrote: »

Afternoon folks,

The aims of Wednesday's around the Brighton area was to photo the Newhaven Stone train which turned up at Lewis with 59001 and travel and photograph retro blue and grey liveried 313201. As 313001 back in 1976 this was the first of the PEP design inspired units and is now the oldest 2nd generation EMU in service. It was repainted in 2017 to commemorate this fact.

Finally for the aviation fans, the Aer Lingus Retro Jet EI-DVM was on stand at DUB, beside my flight back from LGW to DUB with EI-CVB.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/International/2018/UK-Trip-19th-to-23rd-May-2018/i-rCxHJLt to view all the images from the day.

Great photos !

The_Wanderer

Evening all,

Pictures from the last few days have now been uploaded to https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2018-Photos/May-2018/i-XPwmdxb

Featuring:

Friday 25th May 2018:
Pictures from Clonkeen of the 1530 Heuston - Limerick and Birdhill Station showing the recent replacement of signals and relaying of the loop road.

Sunday 27th May 2018:
A Sunday afternoon spin to Cratloe, Spanish Point, Killimer and Tarbert.