Irish Rail Mk3's, your photos

Oscar Bravo

So,as confirmed(but we all knew) these fantastic coaches will be scrapped,so please post your photos here(even if posted before) so we can remind ourselves of happy times on the Irish Rail scene....i always remember the lovely smell in the MK3's when new.

Millem

I dont have photos to hand (on the iphone, laptop in work)!but does anyone have the link to the pics taken inside of the sets post their storage In heuston as taken by a well known gricer? Would be much appreciated!

Captain Chaos

Here is some good ones along with an Enterprise Mk3 EGV from over 2 years ago. Notices it's buffers are fully extended, very rare to see.

http://www.drimnagh-road.com/180112dundalk.htm

Rud

Millem wrote: »

I dont have photos to hand (on the iphone, laptop in work)!but does anyone have the link to the pics taken inside of the sets post their storage In heuston as taken by a well known gricer? Would be much appreciated!

I think these are the shots you are talking about.
http://www.drimnagh-road.com/130311heustonmk3s.htm

There was a big hoo-haw from some quarters when these pictures were put up, which is the usual reaction from the same quarters,but they are great shots,well taken and a lovely highlight of the state the coaches were been left in.I love these pictures.I'd hate to see the inside of the coaches as of now.I'd say they are in a pathetic state

Oscar Bravo

MK3a (Cu na Mara) 6203

Oscar Bravo

Some coach,wont ever be a coach like it

Rud

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

MK3a (Cu na Mara) 6203

That is my photo from Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62132709@N04/6187741178/in/set-72157627638240655

Here is my set of photos of the MK3 Internationals that remain
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62132709@N04/sets/72157627638240655/

lord lucan

MKIII farewell tour,loads of pics of the MKIII's.:)

MKIII Farewell tour

I guess I'll post my interior shots again

Standard Mk3
CityGold coach
Composite coach
63xx Push-pull
Restaurant coach 7411 (seating side)
Restaurant coach 7411 (cafeteria side)

Push-pull restaurant coach 6402
Opposite end
Cafeteria
Cafeteria from opposite side

newmug

I wonder could a person buy one? How much do they weigh? At E150/tonne for scrap, surely a few could be bought up?

Captain Chaos

newmug wrote: »

I wonder could a person buy one? How much do they weigh? At E150/tonne for scrap, surely a few could be bought up?

Think they are about 30 odd tonne each. The thing is keeping them in good nick as they are air con stock. Much easier to look after a Mk2A/B than a Mk3.

Cookie_Monster

newmug wrote: »

I wonder could a person buy one? How much do they weigh? At E150/tonne for scrap, surely a few could be bought up?

indeed they probably could. the problem though ie IE more than likely won't let you store them on their land as they want rid of them and the cost of road transport to a storage site would be pretty expensive, 5k-10k from what I've heard thrown around on here before.

gobnaitolunacy

http://www.flickr.com/photos/62132709@N04/6187217989/in/photostream/

The good, the bad and the ugly of grounded coaches in this Flickr.

YouTookMyName

Want

yachtsman

Karsini wrote: »

I guess I'll post my interior shots again

Standard Mk3
CityGold coach
Composite coach
63xx Push-pull
Restaurant coach 7411 (seating side)
Restaurant coach 7411 (cafeteria side)

Push-pull restaurant coach 6402
Opposite end
Cafeteria
Cafeteria from opposite side

You should post those to Leo Varadker to let him see the waste.

lordnelson850

has scrapping commenced yet?? better yet has anybody bought any of them.

Stevie1987

Hi all,

I recently ventured down to North Wall Freight Yard and had a friendly chat with the two security guards who very kindly gave me permission into the yard.

The images in the link below show the withdrawn MK3 coaches including a push pull set number 6105, now I know there is allot of unrest amongst people about the early withdrawal of these beautiful pieces of rolling stock and I couldn’t agree more it is a crying shame and I was lucky enough to get to photograph them in November 2012. But IE don't care they are simply looking at turn around times and a railcar has a quicker turn around time then a loco hauled train, which improves the service to the public. And don't think I'm in favour of a network or railcars, to be honest I actually hate 29000 Class DMU's and always have since they came onto the network I find them so sterile. I find that the railway is loosing its personality as it becomes more modern.

Its a shame IE have opted to remove most of their loco hauled trains from service and I do hope that perhaps the ITG would be able to barter a deal to purchase at a reasonable rate six or so of these coaches. Now I know IE wouldn't let you store them on their network but I'm sure some location could be found, there are plenty of disused rails around Ireland that could be used. I don't know what it is about Ireland we seem to have a very flippant approach to our heritage until its gone then we realise ‘oh maybe we shouldn’t of done that’, one only has to look at 'Georgian Dublin' or 'Wood Quay' in Dublin. The same goes for the railways one only has to look at photographs of various eras of the railway such as the early 1900's and look how small the network has gotten. I would love to see the RPSI and ITG work together to build and Irish version of the 'Bluebell Railway'. And I am aware there is a heritage railway in Northern Ireland just to clarify, perhaps we could ask for a proper large 'Irish Transport Museum' to be built…and then maybe pigs will fly. I do hope it works out for the ITG with the planned museum at the West Clare Railway.

Anyway enjoy the photos there are only a few up on my site I do have more but I haven't scanned them yet. They were shot using 400iso Transparency film scanned and also I shot some monochrome too but I haven't printed them yet only developed them.

http://www.foveaphotographic.com/off-the-rails.html

Nice photos. The smell inside those must have been nauseating!

crushproof

When it came to the inevitable scrapping of these coaches I was always a bit 50/50 on whether it was just peoples nostalgia or whether they were actually deemed to be unfit for service.
However, after seeing the photos posted here (especially the interior ones) I think it's an absolute disgrace that they are being sent to the scrap heat. Christ, they look better on the inside then many trains I've travelled on in Europe and abroad.
Why on earth they were fully replaced with trains that don't even go faster is beyond me.

Stevie1987

The smell inside those must have been nauseating!

Yes the smell was pretty bad to be honest, I had to boil wash my clothing when I got home to get the smell out of the apartment.

However, after seeing the photos posted here (especially the interior ones) I think it's an absolute disgrace that they are being sent to the scrap heat

The interiors are in relativity good condition they just need to be cleaned out properly, the only problem now is that there is more and more damage been done to the carriages the further you move from the security entrance to the yard.

Junkies are using them to shoot up in a used needles are a common find along the interiors and thugs are smashing the windows on the coaches too.

The exteriors are taking a bit of punishment from the elements which is my main concern, it will get to the stage where if IE were ever to try to use them again the cost of refurbishing them would be very high.

Great shame really I do love those coaches...

Jamie2k9

Yes the smell was pretty bad to be honest, I had to boil wash my clothing when I got home to get the smell out of the apartment.

At times the smell when they were in services wasn't great.

I was told scrapping of Waterford based coaches to commence this week. Some repositioning took place today with vans relocated. We await developments.

Jamie2k9

I was told scrapping of Waterford based coaches to commence this week. Some repositioning took place today with vans relocated. We await developments.

A set of 8 was moved today.

Rud

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

A set of 8 was moved today.

Christ this is depressing.It will be bad day when the MK3s are finally gone.Beautiful,brilliant coaches

end of the road

i've said it many times and i'l say it again, a complete scandle that these carriges were left to rot and are now being scrapped, a complete waste, i suspect the 2700s 8200s and some of the 201s will be facing old sparky soon?

Temp101

Fratello wrote: »

I was told scrapping of Waterford based coaches to commence this week. Some repositioning took place today with vans relocated. We await developments.

I understand the generators are being removed from the EGV's in Waterford, similar to that which has already occurred with those in North Wall.

newmug

Did any of the preservation groups buy a set? They should, and they should keep them in orange.

davidlacey

this waste of money makes me boil ,these are much better than any commuter carriage out there

demanufactured

newmug wrote: »

Did any of the preservation groups buy a set? They should, and they should keep them in orange.

Can't be bought.....
Different braking system....aircon...
They are wrecks now from sitting getting damp and vandalised

end of the road

Temp101 wrote: »

I understand the generators are being removed from the EGV's in Waterford, similar to that which has already occurred with those in North Wall.

how many generator vans are their? why weren't they kept for the enterprise? 3 is hardly good enough is it?

Jamie2k9

end of the road wrote: »

how many generator vans are their? why weren't they kept for the enterprise? 3 is hardly good enough is it?

There is between 10-15 Gen vans if my estimate is correct.