Irish Railways Video Thread

Captain Chaos

I found Eiretrains video on youtube over the weekend. Amazing footage and great to have. Hope he doesn't mind me posting it here.

angelIRL

Some more videos from the 'Emerald Isle Explorer' in County Kerry:

85 passing through Farranfore on 22 June doing the return leg of the local trip to Tralee:

85 crossing the Quagmire Viaduct on 23 June heading for Waterford:

F.

angelIRL

Evening,

Some footage of the weedsprayer on the South Wexford Line last week:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXdrDl-Xd28

Finbarr.

Eiretrains

Captain Chaos wrote: »

I found Eiretrains video on youtube over the weekend. Amazing footage and great to have. Hope he doesn't mind me posting it here.

No not all, appreciate that plug, have to say I didn't shoot that particular video as credited If you wish to keep up to date with new videos on my channel do subscribe.

Here is the latest offering of 'Merlin' of more very recent times

C4Kid

2015 Weedsprayer Train to East Cork Footage

https://youtu.be/sN1Np_IEDTw

ClovenHoof

Buttevant News Reports

http://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/0731/718530-aftermath-of-buttevant-train-crash/

C4Kid

Cobh Road HOBS this week
: https://youtu.be/iGKGD221tzk

Captain Chaos

An 071 and 201 top and tailing, that's a new one.

n97 mini

Eiretrains wrote: »

No not all, appreciate that plug, have to say I didn't shoot that particular video as credited If you wish to keep up to date with new videos on my channel do subscribe.

Here is the latest offering of 'Merlin' of more very recent times

Did I see this train this evening around 6.45pm in Connolly?

flyingsnail

n97 mini wrote: »

Did I see this train this evening around 6.45pm in Connolly?

The carriages yes but the loco was number 4 rather than 85 pictured above.

Losty Dublin

Some action from yesterday's foray to Kilkenny. It's in HD and if you have good sound then let it play out and enjoy the acoustic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdh7Au2jDUs

Losty Dublin

And a more mundane video of a Mark 4 set pushed into Heuston by 215.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3UNZgmVOdE

Seanmk1

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Some action from yesterday's foray to Kilkenny. It's in HD and if you have good sound then let it play out and enjoy the acoustic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdh7Au2jDUs

Great sound, a nice video, thanks.

No. 4 sounds like it's giving it a good old bash. Even a baby GM would struggle to lift nine coaches up the gullet.

Losty Dublin

Seanmk1 wrote: »

Great sound, a nice video, thanks.

No. 4 sounds like it's giving it a good old bash. Even a baby GM would struggle to lift nine coaches up the gullet.

A baby would have lifted them handily enough. In their day just the one loco would have taken many mainline services and with up to 12 carriages behind her. Over time the problems were not so much in tractive power to hand (It was an issue, granted.) but in stopping the set as GM brake pressure wasn't great; this is why pairs became the default configuration for class 121/141/181.

GM228

Losty Dublin wrote: »

A baby would have lifted them handily enough. In their day just the one loco would have taken many mainline services and with up to 12 carriages behind her. Over time the problems were not so much in tractive power to hand (It was an issue, granted.) but in stopping the set as GM brake pressure wasn't great; this is why pairs became the default configuration for class 121/141/181.

Double heading became the norm to increase performance and punctuality and because they were underpowered for many of the jobs on their own.

There were never issues with them stoping a train, a single 121/141/181 was actually better stoping a train than a 071 as the locos themselves have a better brake force than an 071! Brake pressure does not affect stoping a train!

However what they had problems with was releasing air brakes (vacuum wasn't a problem) on anything over 7 or 8 wagons/carriages when single, never really an issue as anything air brake wise usually needed double heading when on the mainline due to the weight.

The Heuston pilot however often had problems shunting 9 car MkIII sets and you would regularly see the shunter manually releasing the brakes on the carriages to speed things up.

GM228

5rtytry56

Opportunistically recorded at Kildare Station Wednesday 9th September

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2leC3WQMjeY

Eiretrains

I might just resurrect this thread with some 071 Class footage, shot during the summer showing PWD and freight trains. :cool:

metrovick001

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrD8IzMrHgI

Itssoeasy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRhseqTP3Uk

You have to admire cies optimism.

5rtytry56

Itssoeasy wrote: »

You have to admire cies optimism.

And the Wonderful Plan for Tuam train station, at that time serving the Siúcra beet factory there.

Eiretrains

Two more videos, many more 071 Class locomotives recorded in action in 2015.:cool:
(Part Two)

And (Part Three)

Itssoeasy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-5w7_6Ie2E

Itssoeasy

Also I know nostalgia is great but christ some of the track from galway to portarlington was in bad shape.

Edit:At least it looks in bad shape.

Grandeeod

Itssoeasy wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-5w7_6Ie2E

Cheers. Really enjoying this. Rode the line in 94/95 very very regularly. I remember the introduction of the Cu na Mara not long before this video was made. Interesting to see how bad the track was then.

Grandeeod

Itssoeasy wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-5w7_6Ie2E

Some classic stuff from the originator of this video.

Itssoeasy

Grandeeod wrote: »

Some classic stuff from the originator of this video.

Yeah some classic cab rides alright.

ClovenHoof

The Galway cab ride is amazing. Would love to see it sharpened up and stabilised with the locations of the stations on it.

Captain Chaos

The Connolly to Belfast one amazed me. Looking at the south end of Drogheda I didn't know there were sidings to the right before the station were the DMU depot is now, also how much the Dundalk station area has changed.

xtradel

ClovenHoof wrote: »

The Galway cab ride is amazing. Would love to see it sharpened up and stabilised with the locations of the stations on it.

The Wicklow to Rosslare Harbour video from the same uploader appears to be stabilised so maybe drop him a message to do the Galway mail as well if possible.

RikkFlair

Some old footage of the North Kerry line in first 10 mins of this. (starts about 02.30)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6MC23KfNHI