201 Class Locomotives

dowlingm

The nonPP 201s - are they still stopped but occasionally run up to check batteries etc. or are they starting to look threadbare from borrowed bits to fix others?

Losty Dublin

They are started up about once a week, yeah. The odd piece is borrowed from them but nothing mad as of yet.

demanufactured

They will more than likely be out once the 071s start being too much trouble.

Oscar Bravo

233 earlier tonight hauled one of the refurbished MK3 gen vans+DD set on a test train to Dundalk.

Losty Dublin

demanufactured wrote: »

They will more than likely be out once the 071s start being too much trouble.

Which seems to be any time now for a few of the class. Some of the beasts are spending more and more time out of traffic after stallings and other failures. It will be a sad day when they begin to formally withdraw members of the class as they have been literally the best ever loco to work on the Irish network, steam or diesel

Itssoeasy

Arent/werent all eighteen of the 071s getting a bodywork overhaul earlier this year losty ? I mean 084 looks like it was ready to get some work but had to be brought back.

Re 201: last Friday there was a 201 far in in inchicore as far as you could see.

Captain Chaos

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Arent/werent all eighteen of the 071s getting a bodywork overhaul earlier this year losty ? I mean 084 looks like it was ready to get some work but had to be brought back.

Re 201: last Friday there was a 201 far in in inchicore as far as you could see.

There are 3 of the 4 orange 071s in Inchicore getting major work done on them. I don't think all the 071s are getting the bodywork overhaul. IE plans for 12 of the 18 to be kept in service and that was from 4 years ago.

As it is or was until last week. There was 3 in for long term work, 3 on taras, 2 on weedspray, 2 on ballast. The other 8 have to have been on liners with the 201s, thunderbird duties and the odd per way jobs with 1 or 2 locos spare.

Itssoeasy

Captain Chaos wrote: »

There are 3 of the 4 orange 071s in Inchicore getting major work done on them. I don't think all the 071s are getting the bodywork overhaul. IE plans for 12 of the 18 to be kept in service and that was from 4 years ago.

IRRS journal february 2012 wrote:

071-Class A programme of body overhauls commenced in November. Work includes supply and installation of new cab doors, body panels, maintenance access doors and replacement of corroded sections. The work was being done by CK Steelworks of Co Leitrim in the Carriage Shop in Inchicore. 087 was the first to receive attention. All eighteen of the class will be dealt with.

Well thats where I got it from.

Captain Chaos

That's good news. So IE must see some sort of long term future for them and not letting them fall apart like the 141/181s did in the end, they just drove them till they couldn't work anymore for most of them with little care.

Was in Clontarf Road again around 19:15 today. 207 and a DeDietrich set were stopped on platform 2 for the whole time I was there. A northbound DART was diverted "wrong road" around the train, arriving in on platform 1. I'm not sure what was going on - whether it was a failure or not. 207's HEP was still running.

steamengine

231 on the 11.00 dep. northbound Enterprise this morning - through 'Harmo' at a fair old lick !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYg2LpuL940

Captain Chaos

208 and 231 are the current Enterprise locos. The third set seems to be in for maintenance or testing with the gen vans as an NIR CAF set was in action again today. Don't know why they are not using the 4th spare DD set in York Road for testing.

Losty Dublin

Captain Chaos wrote: »

208 and 231 are the current Enterprise locos. The third set seems to be in for maintenance or testing with the gen vans as an NIR CAF set was in action again today. Don't know why they are not using the 4th spare DD set in York Road for testing.

There are only 3 sets, that's why

Captain Chaos

Losty Dublin wrote: »

There are only 3 sets, that's why

There is 4 actually. That was the plan when they were first ordered. There are 4 DVTs and 4 diners. When they were delivered they were formed into 3 sets due to capacity/demand at the time. So 1 DVT, 1 diner and a 1st class were left over as spares. The extra standards were added to the other 3 sets.

In recent years though a standard coach has been removed from each DD set and left as spare, partially due to lower numbers using the service and to reduce the load on the HEP. So with the shortened 3 sets there is now enough for a short 4th set, it is left at York Road most of the time. It has been used to test the Mk3 gen vans a year or so ago. One of the DVTs was gutted for parts some years back but has since been returned to running order.

Losty Dublin

Captain Chaos wrote: »

There is 4 actually. That was the plan when they were first ordered. There are 4 DVTs and 4 diners. When they were delivered they were formed into 3 sets due to capacity/demand at the time. So 1 DVT, 1 diner and a 1st class were left over as spares. The extra standards were added to the other 3 sets.

In recent years though a standard coach has been removed from each DD set and left as spare, partially due to lower numbers using the service and to reduce the load on the HEP. So with the shortened 3 sets there is now enough for a short 4th set, it is left at York Road most of the time. It has been used to test the Mk3 gen vans a year or so ago. One of the DVTs was gutted for parts some years back but has since been returned to running order.

It isn't a spare set though. You are referring to the 1 spare carriage of each class and 3 other spares. Push it into service as you describe and there are no spare carriages to hand. For the purpose of operation, only 3 sets are used.

Hungerford

Captain Chaos wrote: »

208 and 231 are the current Enterprise locos. The third set seems to be in for maintenance or testing with the gen vans as an NIR CAF set was in action again today. Don't know why they are not using the 4th spare DD set in York Road for testing.

The 4th set is the one in York Road for the generator testing - goodness knows where the 3rd has vanished to...

Jamie2k9

218+Mark 4 failed were hauled from plat 5 to side of plat 8.

Jamie2k9

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

216+Mark 4 failed were hauled from plat 5 to side of plat 8.

216? Last I knew it was lying in a heap in Inchicore.

Jamie2k9

Karsini wrote: »

216? Last I knew it was lying in a heap in Inchicore.

Ment to say 218

Jamie2k9

228 worked the 06.50 Belfast-Connolly, 09.35 Connolly-Belfast, 12.35 Belfast-Connolly, 15.20 Connolly-Belfast and 18.10 Belfast Connolly on Saturday.

demanufactured

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

228 worked the 06.50 Belfast-Connolly, 09.35 Connolly-Belfast, 12.35 Belfast-Connolly, 15.20 Connolly-Belfast and 18.10 Belfast Connolly on Saturday.

HEP must be killing that loco

demanufactured

demanufactured wrote: »

HEP must be killing that loco

What's that, about 14 hours on HEP? No wonder they fail so much.

Oscar Bravo

230 is stabled in Ballina over the weekend coupled to the IWT liner.A nice view of it from the main road into Ballina.

233 captured in Malahide on a northbound Enterprise today

lord lucan

Good bit of HEP sound out of this one!

Jamie2k9

What's that, about 14 hours on HEP? No wonder they fail so much.

It sounded alright when I was on the 09.35 but was very stressed on the 18.10 return service.

233 captured in Malahide on a northbound Enterprise today

There was problems with 233 this morning and I'm suprised it was left to operate for the day. What service was that operating when the picture was taken.

How often do they change the loco or even give them a brake on the Mark 4 sets?

Jamie2k9

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

There was problems with 233 this morning and I'm suprised it was left to operate for the day. What service was that operating when the picture was taken.

That was the 1600 to Belfast (or Lisburn as a spotter decided to correct me with).

DannyGrey

Karsini wrote: »

That was the 1600 to Belfast (or Lisburn as a spotter decided to correct me with).

How do you know it was a spotter what do spotters look like .I have a great interest in railways but i would not call myself a spotter

DannyGrey

DannyGrey wrote: »

How do you know it was a spotter what do spotters look like .I have a great interest in railways but i would not call myself a spotter

He told me on Facebook.

DannyGrey

Karsini wrote: »

He told me on Facebook.

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