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A very enjoyable Irish railtour today and the first passenger run of a MK4 set to Limerick City.
No fuss (having managed railtours before it can be a chore dealing with last minute issues), a relaxing day out and good company.
Photos from the day at https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/RailtoursPreservedRailways/2024/Tailte-Tours-The-Great-Southern-Railway-Centennial-Railtour
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Life has gotten in the way of late so there hasn't been too much activity in updating the website for the past month but I've finally cleared the backlog of photos from November to mid-December.
November gallery: https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/November-2024/i-sRgxNwJ
A handful of photos from the latter part of November featuring Killarney, Thurles and Heuston.December gallery: https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/December-2024
Sunday 1st December 2024:
Pictures from the Mallow - Tralee line with images from Killarney, Banteer (to see the new footbridge) and between Mallow and Banteer.Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th December:
Images from around the Dublin area while on a visit to the Capital to sample the RPSI Santa Steam Train Specials.Friday 13th Decemeber:
A short hop from Thurles to Limerick Jct. to meet family travelling up on the 1425 Cork - Heuston service and later in the evening a visit to Clonmel to view the 1625 Waterford - Limerick Jct.Tuesday 17th & Wednesday 18th December 2024:
Images of LUAS trams in Dublin City.London trip: 20th to 23rd November 2024: https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/International/2024/UK-Trip-20th-23rd-November-2024
Four days in London where I managed to cram a lot in. Highlights being a visit to Strawberry Hill to visit the good folks in SETG looking after the 4VEP 3417 and travelling around on Class 455's as they enter their final months of service.
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Sunday 5th January 2025:
Significant snowfall occurred in the midlands and southern parts of Ireland on Saturday evening, continuing overnight and all day Sunday. Road conditions were extremely difficult with reports of Motorways being impassable in places. The railway operated more or less to schedule with some delays reported on Sunday afternoon due to level crossing equipment faults between Charleville and Mallow being the major issue of the day.
I ventured out to Brittas north of Thurles to get some photos and then popped into the station to get some more photos.Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/January-2025/i-k6K6M37 to view all the images.
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Last weekend a friend and I did a quick 25 hour visit to England and Wales. Travelling from Belfast on the Friday night 2230 Stena Line sailing to Liverpool arriving at 0745 on Saturday morning.
We then headed to Manchester to travel on the 1030 TfW service to Cardiff Central which was formed of 67014 and MK4 set HD07. After a very enjoyable trip to Cardiff we continued to West Wales finishing in Fishguard and Goodwick for the night. On Sunday we returned to Ireland on the temporary Stena Line route to Dublin Port aboard the Stena Adventurer due to the closure of Holyhead Port.
See https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/International/2025-International-Trips/UK-Trip-25-hours-in-England-and-Wales to view all the images.
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The January gallery has been brought right up to date with over 130 photos uploaded today.
Friday 10th January 2025:
A day trip to Belfast to see the recent developments in the City with the opening of Grand Central Station, the renamed York Street Station (was Yorkgate) and new facilities there plus the new platform on the Down Line at Derriaghy.Wednesday 15th January 2025:
A single photo from late evening at Heuston showing stabled MKIV sets.Thursday 16th January 2025:
An evening ramble by tram, bus and trains around Dublin.
LUAS Green Line to Dundrum.
S6 bus to Blackrock.
DART to Clontarf Road.
N2 bus to Heuston.Sunday 19th January 2025:
The All Ireland Club Hurling & Football Finals took place at Croke Park on Sunday 19th January. Cork GAA Club Sarsfield in Glanmire chartered two specials off Iarnrod Eireann, both of which were formed of 6ICR sets. The specials departed Cork at 0815 & 0930 both bound for Drumcondra, then operating to Grand Canal Dock to reverse before heading back each to Tralee and Heuston. I ventured out for the return empty workings, a Heuston to Cork to form the 1425 Cork - Heuston and a very unusual Grand Canal Dock - Tralee Ety. to form the 1750 Tralee - Heuston.Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/January-2025/i-BNCZsHK to view all the images.
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Two gallery updates for this week.
First up is the January gallery which has been updated with:
Monday 20th January 2025:
Pictures from Thurles and Heuston and an evening at the Irish Railway Record Society Annual Dinner.Tuesday 21st & Wednesday 22nd January 2025:
Pictures from around Dublin including Connolly, Tara Street, Pearse, Grand Canal Dock and Clontarf Road.Saturday 25th January 2025:
A day trip from Thurles to Limerick.Click
https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/January-2025/i-gpzzJt4 to view.
Second up is a Foynes Line rebuilding update with a survey of the route between Limerick Check and Patrickswell. Track is now laid from Foynes all the way up as far as Rathbane Level Crossing in the suburbs of Limerick. Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/Officialevents/2025/Foynes-Line-Reconstruction/i-8q6VG7Dto view all the images.
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The January gallery closes off with:
Tuesday 28th & Wednesday 29th January 2025:
Pictures from Connolly, Heuston & Drogheda.Friday 31st January 2025:
Pictures from Mallow, Cork and the East Cork Commuter Stations of Glouthaune and Rushbrooke.Click
https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/January-2025/i-BKZ3zFJ
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The February gallery starts off with images from East Cork.
Monday 3rd February 2025:
Pictures of the Passage West Ferry and East Cork Commuter trains at Glounthaune and Littleisland.Friday 7th February 2025:
More East Cork Commuter action from the Lower Glanmire Road.Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/February-2025 to view.
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A bit of a Cork fest again this week with a number of images from the City and County over the past week.
Monday 10th February 2025:
The 1200 Heuston - Cork calls at Thurles.Tuesday 11th - Thursday 13th February 2025:
Pictures from around Cork including Cobh and Mallow including images of the new platform 6 in Cork.Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/February-2025/i-nNb8Mzh to view.
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The February gallery has been updated with images from Thurles, Mallow, Heuston, Connolly, Broombridge and LUAS Red Line in Dublin City centre.
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/February-2025/i-2B8SLmD to view all the images.
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The February gallery has been updated and the March gallery started.
February finishes off with images from Cork, Mallow, Killarney, Portlaoise, Kildare and The Curragh - photos can be viewed at https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/February-2025/i-kHncj9G
March starts off with a day trip to Dublin with images from Thurles, Heuston, Clontarf Road and Pearse - photos can be viewed at https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/March-2025
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After the excitement from earlier in the week with the 30th anniversary photos of loco 220, the March gallery has been updated with images from Heuston, LUAS Red Line trams in the city centre and Clonmel Station on Friday evening.
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/March-2025/i-SgqJVq4 to view all the images.
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The March gallery has been updated with pictures from Heuston, Thurles and Limerick during the week.
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/March-2025/i-cjRQMJw to view.
Also updated is the Foynes Line rebuild gallery with images from the Limerick City end. Rails and Sleepers have now been completed along the complete route.
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/Officialevents/2025/Foynes-Line-Reconstruction/i-jkwqqNc
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Saturday 15th March 2025:
A Saturday morning trip to Monastervin to capture the latest Iarnrod Eireann retro-liveried scheme to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 201 Class locomotives. 220 has been painted into a near original version of its as delivered livery in 1995 and today was its first working since completion of its overhaul and repainting when it worked the 0940 North Wall - Ballina IWT Liner. A few other bits and bobs feature at Monastervin during the 60 minutes spent there.Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/March-2025/i-848ZNxc to view all the images.
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Wednesday 19th March 2025:
Images from the Tralee line between Rathmore and Banteer showing the latest progress on the new footbridge and also the 1725 Mallow - Tralee and 1705 Tralee - Cork services.Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/March-2025/i-r5MBSpg to view.
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Updates to the March and April galleries tonight.
The March 2025 gallery comes to a close with images from:
Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd March 2025:
Pictures from a weekend in Dublin.Monday 24th March 2025:
An early morning trip to Cork to head to the airport for a flight to London Heathrow.Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/March-2025/i-vPgxMFX to view all the images.
The April 2025 gallery opens on April's Fools day with some pretty interesting events! 083 brought a six car transfer of 2700 Class vehicles from Cork to Inchicore Works for scrapping. 071 Class loco 083 brought vehicles 2717 + 2718 + 2713 + 2714 +2710 + 2709 on their final rail journey. Meanwhile, retro liveried 220, after its stint on freight work after re-entering service was released to passenger work, being allocated to the work Cork MK4 services from the 1100 Heuston - Cork onwards, later working the 1425 return and 1800 back to Cork.
All in all, an interesting day and the photos can be viewed at https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/April-2025/i-QSjDCbh
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The April gallery is updated with:
Wednesday 2nd April 2025:
A few photos taken while on the way from Limerick to Thurles. Later in the evening we see 220 in its new retro livery passing near Holycross with the 1700 Heuston - Cork.Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/April-2025/i-NTqtSCq to view all the images.
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Over 300 pictures from a visit to the UK last week with images from:
- London
- Derby
- Nottingham
- Beeston
- Lincoln
- Grimsby
- Cleethropes
- Doncaster
- Darlington
- Stirling
- Glasgow
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/International/2025-International-Trips/UK-Trip-24th-to-29th-March-2025 to view all the images in a day by day gallery.
While in Darlington, I paid a visit to Heighington Station for a guided tour by Niall Hammond, Chairman of the Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. The station is now recognised as being the earliest railway station in the world and the society is fundraising to buy and restore it. More details on this exciting project can be found at https://www.sdr1825.org.uk/save-heighington-station/
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Pictures from the Tailte Tours The Eyre Lee Bird railtour from Cork to Galway via Limerick bringing a 4 car set of 2600 Class DMU's back to the City of the Tribes for the first time in several years.
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/RailtoursPreservedRailways/2025/T%C3%A1ilte-Tours-The-Eyre-Lee-Bird to view all the images from this excellent day out on the rails with what can now be considered classic traction with the 31 year old 2600 Class fleet. Another highlight from the day was getting to photograph the retro liveried 201 Class loco, No. 220 at Limerick Jct.
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The April gallery has been updated with images from:
Sunday 6th April 2025:
Views of the 1735 Limerick - Ballybrophy at Roscrea.Wednesday 9th April 2025:
While travelling from Clonmel to Limerick, I stopped off to photo the 0945 Limerick Jct. - Waterford.Thursday 10th April 2025:
While in Athlone for the day, the Ballina - Waterford XPO Liner and North Wall - Ballina IWT Liner crossed in the station.Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/April-2025/i-zKJqCbz to view.
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An infrastructure update today with the official opening of the new platform 6 and extension of platform 5 at Cork Kent Station by the Taoiseach, EU Commissioner and Transport Minister.
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/Officialevents/2025/Official-opening-of-new-platform-6-at-Cork to view.
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