Scrap

davidlacey

The scrap merchants were busy this morning in cork, with container flats and 24850 seeing the chop, and apparently movements of mark 3s by 206 this morning to north wall I suspect

davidlacey

davidlacey wrote: »

The scrap merchants were busy this morning in cork, with container flats and 24850 seeing the chop, and apparently movements of mark 3s by 206 this morning to north wall I suspect

my mistake a set this morning has been taken out of north wall for dundalk perhaps ready for scrappage, a sad but expected occurrence

davidlacey

davidlacey wrote: »

The scrap merchants were busy this morning in cork, with container flats and 24850 seeing the chop, and apparently movements of mark 3s by 206 this morning to north wall I suspect

my mistake a set this morning has been taken out of north wall for dundalk perhaps ready for scrappage, a sad but expected occurrence

dowlingm

I'll be honest and say I'm glad this day has come. We know that IE were not for turning on the 3s but as long as they hung around there was delusions that maybe enough posts on boards and they would see the light.

NIR should probably do the same with the Gatwicks which last I know of were still mouldering while Translink tell the Assembly they are still integral to the fleet.

Now that the 3s are gone, are the 8200s next?

corktina

....or the mk4s?

The Mk3s have been doomed for a long time and best to clear them out and move on. Their only hope was a UK operator but I think the UK are moving on so fast rail-wise, there would be no need for them

dowlingm

If they could find a way to put the Mark 3 bogies on the Mark 4 maybe the ride quality would improve

Captain Chaos

It's odd that half of a Mk3 and another Mk3 have been left chopped in half at North Wall for a few months now. Seeing as they were scrapping them on site, why haul another set to Dundalk after they have cleared the yard out except for one EGV.

The 2700s have been shifted out of Limerick lately on to Cork and then Inchicore so they could be up next.

There are clearly some plans for some of the Mk3s at North Wall otherwise they would not be picking and choosing what coaches to scrap and in what order. They would just go straight in scrap the lot like what happened in Dundalk.

end of the road

dowlingm wrote: »

I'll be honest and say I'm glad this day has come. We know that IE were not for turning on the 3s but as long as they hung around there was delusions that maybe enough posts on boards and they would see the light.

i don't think anyone on boards believed they would see service once the celtic tiger mentality set in for irish rail, never mind though we got lots of intercity railcars pootling around at speeds slower then when the railway opened, but they mostly do commuter routes apart from irish rails pet routes while us little runts down here in wexford are lucky if we get them at all

dowlingm wrote: »

NIR should probably do the same with the Gatwicks which last I know of were still mouldering while Translink tell the Assembly they are still integral to the fleet.

are they still peddling that nonsense to the Assembly and the Assembly continue to believe it? lol, maybe the preservation groups might take a couple they are mark 2 carriges after all?

dowlingm wrote: »

Now that the 3s are gone, are the 8200s next?

now now come on now dowlingm, you know well they are, along with the 2700s, and the stored 201s, and maybe the mark 4s, and god knows what else

man98

I presume the MK3s are being kept for rail tours or any other occasional use for them. I could be wrong though.

Captain Chaos

man98 wrote: »

I presume the MK3s are being kept for rail tours or any other occasional use for them. I could be wrong though.

Wishful thinking at this stage. Looks like the whole lot are for the chop. One EGV was spared at Dundalk for an extra Enterprise EGV, they already have a spare so with this they will have two spares. Another EGV and Buffet coach have been spared to further use in the weed spray train replacing the Mk1 coach.

MGWR

dowlingm wrote: »

I'll be honest and say I'm glad this day has come. We know that IE were not for turning on the 3s but as long as they hung around there was delusions that maybe enough posts on boards and they would see the light.

NIR should probably do the same with the Gatwicks which last I know of were still mouldering while Translink tell the Assembly they are still integral to the fleet.

Now that the 3s are gone, are the 8200s next?

So because IE wasted taxpayer's money sooner rather than later, it's laudable?

end of the road

MGWR wrote: »

So because IE wasted taxpayer's money sooner rather than later, it's laudable?

i don't think thats what he meant, rather that IE didn't give a **** about the 3s and that they were never going to do anything with them other then leave them to rot, so may as well get rid of them, i can see his point, all though irish rail have taken the biscuit this time

BonkeyDonker

MGWR wrote: »

So because IE wasted taxpayer's money sooner rather than later, it's laudable?

Or unused rolling stock removed from the books and a monetary figure returned to the company. Once the decision was made to replace the Mk.3's etc with rail-cars then there was no benefit to having the rolling-stock rotting in some yard somewhere.