IE's 071 Class.

Captain Chaos

Cheers, I was thinking it could be 086 today when I spotted it just after 14:00 from a distance I could see it had an orange cab door at the North end of the loco on the off side.

Before that I saw a 29 hauling an 8520 set through Clongriffin at 13:20 hauling it back to Fairview. It's only the second time I have caught a 29 dragging a DART with my own eyes.

steamengine

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Cheers, I was thinking it could be 086 today when I spotted it just after 14:00 from a distance I could see it had an orange cab door at the North end of the loco on the off side.

Before that I saw a 29 hauling an 8520 set through Clongriffin at 13:20 hauling it back to Fairview. It's only the second time I have caught a 29 dragging a DART with my own eyes.

Yes, I noticed the odd door ok - it shows up in the video. I also saw an out of service 3 car 22000 heading North at a fair old pace, when I was on the Ladies Stairs bridge. 228 on the 11.00 dep down Enterprise also, post a vid of that shortly too.

Losty Dublin

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Before that I saw a 29 hauling an 8520 set through Clongriffin at 13:20 hauling it back to Fairview. It's only the second time I have caught a 29 dragging a DART with my own eyes.

As the 29 and Dart have a similar coupler, they can do transfers faster than a loco with a coupling bar.

corktina

088 is sat in Mallow watching the 201s go by dreaming of her glory days

flyingsnail

Losty Dublin wrote: »

As the 29 and Dart have a similar coupler, they can do transfers faster than a loco with a coupling bar.

Correct, as far as I know a railcar hauling a DART can go up to 50mph where as a loco hauling a dart with a coupling bar is limited to 15mph

Captain Chaos

Losty Dublin wrote: »

As the 29 and Dart have a similar coupler, they can do transfers faster than a loco with a coupling bar.

Yeah, I know the 29s have been doing DART drags for a few years now, just very rare for me to actually catch one.

I remember the first and last loco DART drag I saw. It was LHB set 06 hauled by 162 I think it was, the last 141 pilot for Connolly. I was brought in to platform 4 and the loco uncoupled. They seemed to be having trouble with the air system. After a few minutes LHB set 14 came from Fairview, coupled up to 06 and went back to the depot.

I believe a 2700 set even dragged a 22 set around during their testing phase due to lack of locos and I suppose as said, it's much faster as no tow bar involved.

I always wondered why they didn't fit a coupling adapter to the 141s for that. The 201s have one fitted for the DD sets, not sure if it's the Dellner or Scharfenburg type.

steamengine

086 on the morning laden Tara passing the Ladies Stairs Bridge near Skerries at 11.00 approx.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grjAZIziyK8

Captain Chaos

082 light engine, passed south through Raheny at 20:05, closely followed with 231 pushing DD set 9004. 086 then followed with a laden tara around 20:30. 3 locos following each other within 30mins on the Northern line, you don't get that much these days.

corktina

corktina wrote: »

088 is sat in Mallow watching the 201s go by dreaming of her glory days

unloaded and turned round ready to head for home last night at 6 pm....red tail lights lit ,so departure probably imminent I guess

Captain Chaos

086 passed with the empties through Clongriffin at 19:45 and on the other tara link, 082 with a laden train at 20:30, stopped at a signal check at Clongriffin and I could could hear it haul ass out of Howth Junction as it powered up after being given a clear road. Both locos had a full rake of 12 wagons so it looks like the healthy loads are back.

Victor

corktina wrote: »

088 is sat in Mallow watching the 201s go by dreaming of her glory days

http://i45.tinypic.com/106zkg2.jpg

That's Cork, platform 4, with The Elysian Tower under construction in the background. http://www.theelysian.ie/

corktina

Victor wrote: »

That's Cork, platform 4, with The Elysian Tower under construction in the background. http://www.theelysian.ie/

i know....i didnt say it was Mallow, it was an illustration of her glory days...:rolleyes:

Victor

corktina wrote: »

i know....i didnt say it was Mallow, it was an illustration of her glory days...:rolleyes:

Ah, I took it that you mean the photo was of her sat in Mallow.

corktina

present tense "is sat"
past tense would be "was sat"

would that she was sat in Mallow looking like that instead of the Ice-cream van livery she now wears!

Oscar Bravo

081 Heuston 1989 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AB0qHCSb4g

Oscar Bravo

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

081 Heuston 1989 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AB0qHCSb4g

Nice clip. Interesting consist at the start, a GSV and Park Royal coupled up to a Mark 3 set! Wouldn't have worked in service though, different brakes. Also the "sound barrier" consisting of scrap C class locos.

Also, is it just me or is the triple track section shorter? Looks like it ends at the Sarsfield Road overbridge.

Captain Chaos

086 was early with it's tara link today. Passed Clongriffin at 10:40 with the morning laden and returned with the empties at 13:40. It's running up to an hour earlier than usual.

Oscar Bravo

081 is in Westport and will work the Westport-Waterford timber at 1620.

Itssoeasy

Karsini wrote: »

Nice clip. Interesting consist at the start, a GSV and Park Royal coupled up to a Mark 3 set! Wouldn't have worked in service though, different brakes. Also the "sound barrier" consisting of scrap C class locos.

Also, is it just me or is the triple track section shorter? Looks like it ends at the Sarsfield Road overbridge.

Where they coupled up to the mk3s ? I assumed watching it that they had been pushed against them.

Oscar Bravo

072 sitting in Westport yard tonight.It worked an empty timber train there this evening.

steamengine

076 on Tara MT's through Howth Junction this afternoon around 14:30. Heard it at intervals for at least 5 minutes before it came into view !!! :D

Captain Chaos

About time for a tara loco change. I was getting bored of 082 and 086. Even though 082 does sound fantastic there is only so much of a good thing.

Which loco did 076 swap out?

Eiretrains

086 is still there, it was 076 that replaced 082, which was transferred to an IWT working.

Oscar Bravo

082 worked the Westport-Waterford timber train earlier this evening departing Westport at 1620.

Oscar Bravo

Locos 073 and 086 are in Ballina yard this evening on IWT and Timber duties.

Oscar Bravo

Tomorrow morning 079 will work the Sperry train to Westport.It will be in Claremorris between 1250 and 1405. Today 071 failed with the IWT liner near Geasehill,088 was sent to rescue and hauled the whole train to Northwall.

Captain Chaos

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Locos 073 and 086 are in Ballina yard this evening on IWT and Timber duties.

Just reading on another forum that 083 is on the taras now replacing 086. I was wondering why I could not spot those orange doors from a distance today.

Oscar Bravo

Today 079 arrived in Claremorris at 1250 with the Sperry Train.(226 worked the first Northwall-Ballina liner.073 worked the second Northwall-Ballina liner.

demanufactured

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Today 079 arrived in Claremorris at 1250 with the Sperry Train.(229 worked the first Northwall-Ballina liner)

What's the Sperry train??

Oscar Bravo

It detects both internal and rolling contact surface defects, using ultrasonic / eddy current equipment.It will run to Ballina Monday.