Train porn

Itssoeasy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y1WlKhiIKI

An interesting video I thought.

Eiretrains

CIÉ 141 Class B168 lifting train - Ballinacourty-Dungarvan (1971), recorded by the late Joe St Leger 45 years ago.

Oscar Bravo

134 and 144 having some considerable wheel slip with the beet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LoXgN1QWZM

Del.Monte

Came across this on eBay for any of you wanting a souvenir of this non-event.

Oscar Bravo

Some nice footage of the old Heuston here from 1992 plus a traip to Galway in a mk2d set

end of the road

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Some nice footage of the old Heuston here from 1992 plus a traip to Galway in a mk2d set

a proper train with proper comfort. a thing of the past sadly.

Eiretrains

The 'masterpiece' film produced the late IRRS filmmaker Tony Price, featuring the 'twilight' of freight operations to the magnesite plant at Ballinacourty, Dungarvan, recorded in its late few weeks of existence, can now be viewed in full (approx 15mins of nostalgia)

Oscar Bravo

Kingscourt in 1994, timber train being loaded

Itssoeasy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZf-29S_G40

Itssoeasy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFTkgupgRpw

Are the two guys walking in front of the train putting stones on the rails or what are they doing ?

Del.Monte

They are indeed! I had similar experience on the Ballinacourty branch with the weed spraying train in 1985 when it stalled several times and we had to help transfer soil from the crossing keeper's flower beds onto the rails to help get it moving again. It's quite awe inspiring to see a loco in notch 8 but not moving.

Itssoeasy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCCzHvWAhLM

trains going faster again in 1991. Also did something fail on 132 or did it hit something ? I'm asking th more knowledgeable members who might remember the incident or know what happened.

Itssoeasy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaMK8d61dMY

Fierce nostalgic video with the music.

Itssoeasy

Del.Monte wrote: »

They are indeed! I had similar experience on the Ballinacourty branch with the weed spraying train in 1985 when it stalled several times and we had to help transfer soil from the crossing keeper's flower beds onto the rails to help get it moving again. It's quite awe inspiring to see a loco in notch 8 but not moving.

Would it be right to sum up your post by simply saying "happy days"

Del.Monte

The same trip we stalled near Waterford on the outward journey and had to set back three or four times and charge a bank. Never seen it happen before or since and a little unnerving.

Itssoeasy

Del.Monte wrote: »

The same trip we stalled near Waterford on the outward journey and had to set back three or four times and charge a bank. Never seen it happen before or since and a little unnerving.

I hope ye all had a pint after to calm the nerves.

Itssoeasy

Itssoeasy wrote: »

trains going faster again in 1991. Also did something fail on 132 or did it hit something ? I'm asking th more knowledgeable members who might remember the incident or know what happened.

Looks like fire damage to me. 132 had its push-pull equipment decommissioned according to Wiki, so maybe this was the incident that caused it?

In any case 132 did succumb to fire damage in 1994.

Del.Monte

A rare view of Bantry Pier with a train on it! For sale on eBay today.

More about the pier here: http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20B/Bantry/IrishRailwayStations.html

Sorry it's a bit large but great detail!

Itssoeasy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8QCimJPBfM

Speaking on 132 there she is withdrawn and locking a bit sad and sorry along with 125 which was the first 121 to be withdrawn I do believe having all the signs of it being sittting outside for a few years.

Itssoeasy

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Speaking on 132 there she is withdrawn and locking a bit sad and sorry along with 125 which was the first 121 to be withdrawn I do believe having all the signs of it being sittting outside for a few years.

According to a friend of mine in IE, 125's cab was very badly damaged in a derailment back in 1974. It was repaired but was never right afterwards. So while the fire in 1986 resulted in its withdrawal, it wasn't the only factor.

I was always surprised that 174 was withdrawn so early. The ITG website states that it needed a body overhaul, I wonder why that wasn't just done?

Fred Swanson

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Good point.

Did some Googling and found photos of 125 after the crash, was in Roscommon.

http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/1923-Roscommon-train-crash-1974/page2

I'm surprised that they were able to rebuild it at all, but not surprised that it was never quite right afterwards. They had to cut away the cab roof in order for it to fit the loading gauge for the trip back to Inchicore.

Itssoeasy

Karsini wrote: »

Good point.

Did some Googling and found photos of 125 after the crash, was in Roscommon.

http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/1923-Roscommon-train-crash-1974/page2

I'm surprised that they were able to rebuild it at all, but not surprised that it was never quite right afterwards. They had to cut away the cab roof in order for it to fit the loading gauge for the trip back to Inchicore.

Jesus that was some shunt 125 took. In that link it says the driver wasn't killed. I know the lotto wasn't in existence back in 74 but he's a lucky boy.

The fact that it was rebuilt and looked to me as if nothing had happened is a tribute to the skill and craftsmanship of the lads in inchicore of which my father spent a few months seeing first hand in the early 1970s.

When you say not right ? Mechanically ? Or in terms of the cab structurally ?

Itssoeasy

Itssoeasy wrote: »

When you say not right ? Mechanically ? Or in terms of the cab structurally ?

I'm not entirely sure but structurally would be my guess.

Itssoeasy

Karsini wrote: »

I'm not entirely sure but structurally would be my guess.

Yeah it looked like the whole thing was shifted. Also on the pictures in the link you posted. I love the livery and just the feeling off the pics. You know a couple of baby GMs and wooden sleepers and jointed rails. And not a hi vis Jacket in sight.

me_right_one

What exactly happened there? It looks as though the loco went under a low bridge or something!?!?!

me_right_one

me_right_one wrote: »

What exactly happened there? It looks as though the loco went under a low bridge or something!?!?!

Ran away and was directed into a siding at the Athlone end of Roscommon station. Ploughed through a bufferstop and ended up in a stream. The driver survived but 125 was mangled.

Itssoeasy

Karsini wrote: »

Ran away and was directed into a siding at the Athlone end of Roscommon station. Ploughed through a bufferstop and ended up in a stream. The driver survived but 125 was mangled.

When I hear ran away I always think of a train with no driver being in it. I know that's not the case here and in other cases. Is "ran away" a railway term to cover any train out of control of the driver then ?

Edit: I know there was crash in 1974 at gormanstown when a pearse to howth junction train left Connolly without a driver but did have a guard in it.

Itssoeasy

Itssoeasy wrote: »

When I hear ran away I always think of a train with no driver being in it. I know that's not the case here and in other cases. Is "ran away" a railway term to cover any train out of control of the driver then ?

Edit: I know there was crash in 1974 at gormanstown when a pearse to howth junction train left Connolly without a driver but did have a guard in it.

I think so. Brake failure for example.