IE's 071 Class.

pointsman · 14-04-2013 03:12AM

077 stabled in Drogheda as we speak after working the ballast out to Platin last night. Ballast wagons are in Platin.

072 operated Connolly / Dundalk taxi tonight - Will work to Drogheda tomorrow night for Taras on Monday morning.

jca · 14-04-2013 04:21PM

It seems to be an awful lot of resources to be putting in to locos that are almost 40 years old.

demanufactured · 14-04-2013 05:32PM

jca wrote: »

It seems to be an awful lot of resources to be putting in to locos that are almost 40 years old.

There will never be new locos bought by irish rail...the 201s are he last loco that will ever run on our railway...they are just making sure they have enough locos to go around..

pointsman · 14-04-2013 07:46PM

demanufactured wrote: »

There will never be new locos bought by irish rail...the 201s are he last loco that will ever run on our railway...they are just making sure they have enough locos to go around..

I wouldn't go that far in saying about new locos etc...In 50 years time....They're will always be the need for ballast trains - Per Way trains...and So on....Maybe see EWS Cl.66 being re-gauged and a few sold to IE that way?

Captain Chaos · 14-04-2013 11:21PM

Class 66s will never run here re-gauged, their axle load is way too high. They are 120+ tons and have no vaccum brakes for working bogie flats.

But yes a few locos will be needed for ballast, track panel and spoil trains. The rest can be done with MPVs. I can see a new generation of autoballasters built like DMUs with cabs at each end though.

I can't see freight lasting another 10-15 years on IE anyway so no locos will be needed for that. Tara mines is supposed to be fully mined by then anyway unless they discovery more ore deposits.

GMKK96 · 16-04-2013 07:57PM

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Class 66s will never run here re-gauged, their axle load is way too high. They are 120+ tons and have no vaccum brakes for working bogie flats.

But yes a few locos will be needed for ballast, track panel and spoil trains. The rest can be done with MPVs. I can see a new generation of autoballasters built like DMUs with cabs at each end though.

I can't see freight lasting another 10-15 years on IE anyway so no locos will be needed for that. Tara mines is supposed to be fully mined by then anyway unless they discovery more ore deposits.

And what about the IWT liner that has done nothing but grow since it began operation in August 2009? The freight sector of Irish Rail is now the only profitable part plus IE have recently began an ad campaign to attract more freight customers.

Captain Chaos · 16-04-2013 08:38PM

GMKK96 wrote: »

And what about the IWT liner that has done nothing but grow since it began operation in August 2009? The freight sector of Irish Rail is now the only profitable part plus IE have recently began an ad campaign to attract more freight customers.

If IE wanted more freight they would not be closing freight yards to sell to developers to build apartments, taking up old sidings, freight spurs and closing old lines that could be used for freight. They are only running that ad campaign because they have to be seen to do so by the EU and nothing more.

If the IWT are still going by rail in 10 years time I will be in shock.

Buffman · 17-04-2013 09:07PM

084 was in the siding at Edgeworthstown with a ballast train yesterday, still in orange.

Oscar Bravo · 20-04-2013 04:31PM

079 in Westport on timber duties.

metrovick001 · 20-04-2013 10:01PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTBuPyuX940

077 on Tara mines-Alexandra road laden ore train between Mosney & Gormonston 18-04-13

dowlingm · 22-04-2013 02:24PM

GMKK96 wrote: »

And what about the IWT liner that has done nothing but grow since it began operation in August 2009? The freight sector of Irish Rail is now the only profitable part plus IE have recently began an ad campaign to attract more freight customers.

IE don't have the resources to do anything about freight - the mountain must come to Mohammed as it were, and as cheaply as practicable. If the flow requires specialist loading or unloading gear more than a forklift then the port/customer/forwarder better get set to shell out for it as IE have no grants to do so.

To be fair, Dublin Port have spent quite a bit in the last couple of years - their problem is that their mandate doesn't extend to getting the stuff to and from the dockside. If Limerick City Council hadn't balked at the consolidation of Limerick Port downstream to Foynes (which could have netted a tidy sum if sold to develospeculators during the boom) maybe SFPC would have had the cash IE demanded to reinstate that line.

steamengine · 22-04-2013 07:56PM

072 passing the Lady's Stairs near Skerries earlier today with the mid-morning laden Tara !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCznzGMIPp8

Captain Chaos · 23-04-2013 03:22PM

073 passed HowthJunction at 14:25 today with the afternoon empty tara.

n0brain3r · 25-04-2013 10:41AM

08x is in the siding at Sallins with a couple of timber wagons

n0brain3r · 25-04-2013 11:58AM

081 just passed Sallins with a couple of wagons - not sure what they where one looked like spoil and a flatbed of some description

Losty Dublin · 25-04-2013 01:01PM

n0brain3r wrote: »

081 just passed Sallins with a couple of wagons - not sure what they where one looked like spoil and a flatbed of some description

There was a return wagon transfer train today between Limerick and Inchicore; that was the timber wagon movement you saw. There is also track renewal in the Portarlington area this weekend so the muck trains will be plentiful over the coming days down that way.

pointsman · 25-04-2013 01:01PM

n0brain3r wrote: »

081 just passed Sallins with a couple of wagons - not sure what they where one looked like spoil and a flatbed of some description

That's correct. 081 is on the Limerick/Inchicore/Limerick wagon transfer today.

n0brain3r · 26-04-2013 08:45PM

073 is at the engine shed in Connolly

Captain Chaos · 26-04-2013 08:48PM

n0brain3r wrote: »

073 is at the engine shed in Connolly

Think's it's going the be the taxi loco to Dundalk later tonight.

pointsman · 28-04-2013 09:31PM

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Think's it's going the be the taxi loco to Dundalk later tonight.

Dont think the taxi ran last night? Tonight 077 is on the Navan Branch as is another 071 (Freight Livery) - I heard 072 mentioned but could be wrong....I suspect the taxi was either cancelled and ran up at 1700hrs today (Common) or it ran last night but only to Drogheda Navan Branch.

n0brain3r · 29-04-2013 01:32PM

08x (99% it was 086 but was just too far to make out the no properly it had at least one orange door) just passed Sallins for Dublin port on IWT.

Whats the purpose of a Taxi loco? Crew relocation?

pointsman · 29-04-2013 02:07PM

n0brain3r wrote: »

08x (99% it was 086 but was just too far to make out the no properly it had at least one orange door) just passed Sallins for Dublin port on IWT.

Whats the purpose of a Taxi loco? Crew relocation?

It swaps the loco (if needed) on the tara duty over the weekend and also gets a Dundalk driver back to Dundalk after working a southbound train. It has been known to taxi the driver by road and send the 071 to Drogheda on a Sunday afternoon instead.

Oscar Bravo · 29-04-2013 02:56PM

Spot on n0brain3r,it was indeed 086.

n0brain3r · 30-04-2013 10:13AM

072 is in the loop at Sallins on IWT for Ballina

n0brain3r · 01-05-2013 10:19AM

086 just screamed through Sallins for Ballina on IWT. That's it I'm hooked

davidlacey · 01-05-2013 10:40AM

does anyone have an updated status of all the class 071 which have been withdrawn, lying to rot , in service , awaiting parts?

Captain Chaos · 01-05-2013 12:03PM

davidlacey wrote: »

does anyone have an updated status of all the class 071 which have been withdrawn, lying to rot , in service , awaiting parts?

071 underwent a big overhaul during the winter, it has been painted into the new livery and is due to return to service shortly.

078 is next to be released to service after 071 after a major overhaul and repaint.

087 is in Inchicore waiting for it's big overhaul and repaint.

084 is still in IE orange going around, expected next in for overhaul.

085 is confined to Inchicore works as a pilot loco.

The rest of the fleet as still all active.

davidlacey · 01-05-2013 12:12PM

071s faring alot better than their 201 counterparts. shocking when you see the long line of 201s when passing inchicore lying to rot...no matter how troublesome and inadequate they were for an irish railway

n0brain3r · 01-05-2013 01:23PM

072 just passed Sallins for Dublin port on IWT duty. Another 071 class in freight livery passed light for Dublin about 10:30 but I didn't catch it's number.

Is it mandatory to sound the horn passing through a station or just courtesy?

Losty Dublin · 01-05-2013 03:11PM

n0brain3r wrote: »

072 just passed Sallins for Dublin port on IWT duty. Another 071 class in freight livery passed light for Dublin about 10:30 but I didn't catch it's number.

Is it mandatory to sound the horn passing through a station or just courtesy?

Any time a train approaches anywhere that there may be people around then the horn is blown. This narmally means stations, level crossings, freight yards (Don't laugh), working sidings, workmen on the track and if there are crossing trains en route.

IE's 071 Class.

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