Tralee and Dingle

savagethegoat · 19-09-2016 01:42PM

latest from the T&DRPS facebook page

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&#55357;&#56962;#KerryCountyCouncil informed us in late August that THEY intend to reopen it, SOON ???

&#55357;&#56962;We would like to pin them down on this - but they are presently trying to raise the necessary funding.

&#55357;&#56962;It's deeply frustrating for all of us, to put up with the huge bureaucracy concerned, but we are willing to try to be patient, for a little while, anyway. "

Hard to see how KCC will re-open the line as one of the main obstacles was and is motive power. 5T will take a while to rebuild and they have no diesel available, the WCR machine will not be available to them.
The line needs at least a third of it's sleepers replacing immediately and the rest within a couple of years. KCC will be paying rather more than the special rate T&DRPS had secured.
The carriages, although basically sound , need replacing with more suitably sized vehicles and the platforms need to be reduced in height to something more in keeping with the T&D
The biggest obstacle though is getting KCC to understand the difference between a Heritage Railway and a train ride.

Del.Monte · 23-09-2016 09:03AM

And more.

savagethegoat · 23-09-2016 10:01AM

kiss of death that they wont hand over control . The same people who wrecked it last time want to do it again. It's finished and no one (almost ) cares

marno21 · 29-11-2018 08:32PM

This was discussed on Radio Kerry today, link here -> https://www.radiokerry.ie/whats-happening-funding-blennerville-steam-train-november-29th-2018/

Del.Monte · 29-11-2018 09:17PM

Talk is cheap, Facebook likes easy to come and as for the machinations of Kerry County Council and vested interests in Tralee....is it any wonder enthusiasts removed themselves from the project as far back as 1990?

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From the original 'preservation' project operated by the UDC.

Del.Monte · 29-11-2018 09:27PM

I had nearly forgotten about the B.E.S scheme - a nice little earner for those involved. The Tralee/Blennerville Railway story from the same cabal that was responsible for the Jeanie Johnston fiasco.

L1011 · 29-11-2018 09:39PM

BES needs a profit to be of any use to investors - how was there one?

Del.Monte · 29-11-2018 10:39PM

L1011 wrote: »

BES needs a profit to be of any use to investors - how was there one?

It was to do with Tax Relief for investment if memory serves. In reality, I don't think anybody made money from the Tralee/Blennerville project it was more of a power grab by certain vested interests in Tralee who like to control everything.

I know there was never any money for anything when I was involved. I personally had to pay the Irish Sugar Company for the locomotive shed - needless to say, it was a long time before I was repaid.

Isambard · 30-11-2018 09:17AM

Del.Monte wrote: »

Talk is cheap, Facebook likes easy to come and as for the machinations of Kerry County Council and vested interests in Tralee....is it any wonder enthusiasts removed themselves from the project as far back as 1990?

From the original 'preservation' project operated by the UDC.

for your information, the gentleman on Radio Kerry is an enthusiast, a highly qualified railway Civil Engineer in fact. and of the recently defunct Committee trying to do something, about half could be described as Enthusiast and I believe only one person involved could be described as a vested interest. As for your "talk" and "facebook" jibes, the Committee had completed a survey of the line, sourced a supply of sleepers at a huge discount and had 5Ts boiler surveyed and had a very reasonable quote from RPSI to repair the cracked throatplate and refurbish the bolier.All of this done in the face of KCC hostility and obstruction.

Del.Monte · 30-11-2018 10:15AM

Isambard wrote: »

for your information, the gentleman on Radio Kerry is an enthusiast, a highly qualified railway Civil Engineer in fact. and of the recently defunct Committee trying to do something, about half could be described as Enthusiast and I believe only one person involved could be described as a vested interest. As for your "talk" and "facebook" jibes, the Committee had completed a survey of the line, sourced a supply of sleepers at a huge discount and had 5Ts boiler surveyed and had a very reasonable quote from RPSI to repair the cracked throatplate and refurbish the bolier.All of this done in the face of KCC hostility and obstruction.

Well, I'll bow to your superior knowledge of the current preservation attempt and only time will tell. I never said the gentleman on Radio Kerry wasn't an enthusiast or mentioned his undoubted qualifications. As for Facebook and the like, my points remain.

Isambard · 30-11-2018 10:26AM

it's not current, it's defunct with the exception of this gentleman being the only person as far as I know doing anything positive. Fair play to him, if only there were more positive people and less negative ones.

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