IE's 071 Class.

Itssoeasy

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

reading through this thread the amount of failures / problems across the entire fleet is astounding in it's regularity

Well they are thirty five years old and have been worked nearly continiously since they entered service. And not all of them got an overhaul a few years ago.

Oscar Bravo

074 in Waterford yard.

Mayo checker

yes 8111+8113+3 ballast wagons are stationed there in Derry and they will be there for a long time ...i was told by a local that said the track wont be ready until easter at the earliest .. 112 will have to cover the rest of the north until then:):) i have pics of the 2 locos hope to have them up shortly and if anybody is in Derry there be be a very good photo oppurtunity if anybody is walkin alongside the river and look across towards the rail station on the other side you might get a nice photo of the 2 loco,s and the river.

Cookie_Monster

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Well they are thirty five years old and have been worked nearly continiously since they entered service. And not all of them got an overhaul a few years ago.

I don't just mean 071's, the number of comments of them being sent to rescue various pieces of equipment is quite high as well.

Oscar Bravo

Noted 072 LE near Dundalk earlier today.

Chrisplayfair

072 & 076 Tara Locos this morning...Fine sight seeing them crossing at Navan

Oscar Bravo

082 is in Ballina yard tonight after working the Northwall-Ballina liner there this afternoon.

metrovick001

082 worked on the Northwall-Ballina IWT liner on Friday 21-Oct-12.
After being held on the down slow at Hazelhatch to allow the 1130 Heuston-Galway overtake 082 roared away.
I was fortunate enough to captured 082 at Kearneystown bridge.
Video - here

Our man in Havana

082 on a PW train at 1000 in Portarligton.

Sligo Quay

Our man in Havana wrote: »

082 on a PW train at 1000 in Portarligton.

I spotted 082 in Drogheda this morning on a Tara, so it was probably another 071 you saw at Portarlington.

Oscar Bravo

083 worked the Westport-Waterford timber train this evening departing Athlone at 2000.

Our man in Havana

Sligo Quay wrote: »

I spotted 082 in Drogheda this morning on a Tara, so it was probably another 071 you saw at Portarlington.

Then it was 072 I saw.

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

083 worked the Westport-Waterford timber train this evening departing Athlone at 2000.

It was standing in Athlone when the 1805 Galway-Dublin train passed.

Quite a lot of activity on the western lines this evening.

Captain Chaos

Sligo Quay wrote: »

I spotted 082 in Drogheda this morning on a Tara, so it was probably another 071 you saw at Portarlington.

I was getting worried there as at 19:00 this evening I heard an 071 on the taras doing a great impression of 082. Can't mistake that noise anywhere.

steamengine

Captain Chaos wrote: »

I was getting worried there as at 19:00 this evening I heard an 071 on the taras doing a great impression of 082. Can't mistake that noise anywhere.

Must be the only locomotive that can be identified without actually seeing it. Mrs steamengine was with me the day I video-ed it in Harmonstown and a few days later she heard it from our house, about a mile away as the crow flies. "Is that the 'engine' we saw the other day ?" - she asked - mimicking the howl of it at the same time.

Rud

I think 072 is the only loco that comes close to the sound of 082 and when i say close i mean light years away!

Rud

084 and 086 are both in the yard in Portlaoise

Oscar Bravo

081 is currently stabled in Claremorris with a Ballast train.

Rud

071,082 and 083 are all in Inchicore as is 076 with the sperry train

Oscar Bravo

081 arrived into Castlebar station tonight with the Autoballasters,they were loaded there and the train is currently in Westport waiting on the 1830 HN-WPT passanger. It will return to Claremorris once the passanger gets in.

Oscar Bravo

081 just departed Castlebar now at midnight with a loaded ballast,it will stable in Claremorris before heading to Ballina tomorrow. What a sound this time of night!!

yachtsman

Where do the crews for the Mayo Ballasts come from.

Hungerford

yachtsman wrote: »

Where do the crews for the Mayo Ballasts come from.

It's quite simple: it starts with a mommy train driver and a daddy train driver who love each other very much...

metrovick001

LOL!

Oscar Bravo

088 is currently working the Waterford-Ballina empty timber train.075 sitting outside Inchicore this morning.

Oscar Bravo

081 and its ballast has just arrived back into Castlebar station as i type from Westport,currently been loaded. Straight to Claremorris for the night then.

Sligo Quay

yachtsman wrote: »

Where do the crews for the Mayo Ballasts come from.

Athlone I was tolded today, depends where train is. Portlaoise crews sometimes work to Tullamore, but most work trains to the west of Ireland are mostly worked by crews out of Athlone, was chatting to a driver today, he said if I was in a certain place at a certain time on a certain day next week Id see something very interesting, he seemed to be very weary of the internet, but most spotters get word by their own grapevine, all very cloak and dagger stuff, bit like East Germany in days gone by.

yachtsman

Thanks for that Sligo Quay. I was wondering if the almost constant presence of the ballast train in the Mayo Area had worked itself into Ballina or Westport rosters. Apparently not. Thanks. By the way is'nt it a sign of the decline that the only sound of a locomotive at night in Mayo is a ballast. God be with the days there would'nt be a path for a ballast at night such was the frequency of railfreight.

Rud

Sligo Quay wrote: »

but most spotters get word by their own grapevine, all very cloak and dagger stuff, bit like East Germany in days gone by.

I always found this to be true.Any information seems to be secret and kept in amongst a small group of people in the know.Anyone looking for some movements of locos like the movement of ballast or whatever are helped out by a fellow spotter or enthusiast most of time,without any hassle,but a lot of the time it's like asking for blood

The Nutty M

Sligo Quay wrote: »

Athlone I was tolded today, depends where train is. Portlaoise crews sometimes work to Tullamore, but most work trains to the west of Ireland are mostly worked by crews out of Athlone, was chatting to a driver today, he said if I was in a certain place at a certain time on a certain day next week Id see something very interesting, he seemed to be very weary of the internet, but most spotters get word by their own grapevine, all very cloak and dagger stuff, bit like East Germany in days gone by.

Would you be heading for the Dublin-Cork line on that particular day at that particular time at that particular place may I ask?

Losty Dublin

Rud wrote: »

I always found this to be true.Any information seems to be secret and kept in amongst a small group of people in the know.Anyone looking for some movements of locos like the movement of ballast or whatever are helped out by a fellow spotter or enthusiast most of time,without any hassle,but a lot of the time it's like asking for blood

At the same time, special or one off operations like a stone train tend to be unpredictable when times come into play. Even when a path is made in advance, they can be held up around day to day operations so your wait could be long and for naught. Equally, if paths are flagged to all and sundry then you will get a few people turning up where they may not be allowed or welcome.