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IE's 071 Class.

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  • #992
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,831 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Captain Chaos wrote: »
    (post 991 for me and I've no one on ignore)

    991 and I do - but not sure they've ever posted in this thread. Doubt it actually. The posts don't actually vanish, they just turn to a message telling you its not there.


  • #993
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,427 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    074 is working the Ballina-Waterford timber train.


  • #994
    Oscar Bravo
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    079 worked the empty timber into Ballina this evening. 075 worked a liner into Ballina also.


  • #995
    Captain Chaos
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    081 was at Connolly shed at 7:00 this morning while 082 still on taras was held at Eastwall bank at 17:00 with the evening returns.


  • #996
    GTE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,920 ✭✭✭GTE


    Is there any reason why the 071s (and any other engines for that matter) are not switched off at the end of day or are kept running for hours on end even if not being moved? That is the impression I get anyway. :)


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  • #997
    Fred Swanson
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  • #998
    jca
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    Fred Swanson wrote: »
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    I think the GM's are a bit better at the starting than others. Now the crossley HST Vee8 that's a completely different story........


  • #999
    [Deleted User]
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    Historically the 071s were difficult to start. Some terminal stations even had external power supplies to assist in starting them. The batteries were also uprated to improve their ability to start unassisted.


  • #1000
    jca
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    I didn't know that about the 071's. The 121,141 and the 181 Vee8's were a doddle to start (In comparison to the crossleys they replaced anyway)


  • #1001
    dregin
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    Didn't see the engine, but I'm assuming it was an 071 that just hauled some flat bed trailers southbound through Connolly.


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  • #1002
    GTE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,920 ✭✭✭GTE


    I am a fan of the 071 sound. Since I have better things to be doing I ended up YouTubing other locos with the same or similar engine. It turns out we can hear the familiar Irish rumble in a few places around the world.

    Korea - The 16 cylinder instead of our 12 I believe. 1min 4 seconds on.

    Poland (I think) - The start is cool, then more to 2.06.

    Croatia - I think this is the same engine as the 071


    New Zealand? - These three seem to be the same engine as the 071s




  • #1003
    Jamie2k9
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    071 or 077 shut down in Carlow with autoblasters
    080 at Inchicore moving a 2700 set
    081 Ballina-Waterford DFDS


  • #1004
    Captain Chaos
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    Any more sightings of 078 around Inchicore since that photo of it from March this year? Thought we would have seen it out by now.

    The way they were chugging out the slate 071s I was expecting to see a new arrival any day now.


  • #1005
    Jamie2k9
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    079 operating an empty timber service today.


  • #1006
    Rud
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    Jamie2k9 wrote: »
    071 or 077 shut down in Carlow with autoblasters

    Is this loco still in Carlow by any chance?


  • #1007
    Jamie2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,838 ✭✭✭✭Jamie2k9


    Rud wrote: »
    Is this loco still in Carlow by any chance?

    It was their on Friday night anyway so expect its still their.


  • #1008
    flyingsnail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,783 ✭✭✭flyingsnail


    Rud wrote: »
    Is this loco still in Carlow by any chance?
    Jamie2k9 wrote: »
    It was their on Friday night anyway so expect its still their.

    Still there on sunday afternoon


  • #1009
    n0brain3r
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    072 just ran light through Sallins for Kildare


  • #1010
    Captain Chaos
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    n0brain3r wrote: »
    072 just ran light through Sallins for Kildare

    Think it hauled 230 from Connolly to Inchicore this morning.


  • #1011
    n0brain3r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 919 ✭✭✭n0brain3r


    Is 112 cleared to work to Inchicore or what was the reason for the stopover / loco switch in Connolly?


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  • #1012
    [Deleted User]
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    n0brain3r wrote: »
    Is 112 cleared to work to Inchicore or what was the reason for the stopover / loco switch in Connolly?

    The loco is, but the NIR driver most likely isn't.


  • #1013
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    n0brain3r wrote: »
    Is 112 cleared to work to Inchicore or what was the reason for the stopover / loco switch in Connolly?

    When 112 got to Connolly another loco would have had to shunt release 112 anyway to get 230 to Inchicore. In this case it stopped off in the shed for the night as it must have been a late transfer movement.


  • #1014
    Oscar Bravo
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    079 is in Westport attached to a timber train.


  • #1015
    n0brain3r
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    086 just passed Sallins for Dublin on the wagon transfer


  • #1016
    bikeman1
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    082 and 088 creating a racket on the Taras all this week!


  • #1017
    n0brain3r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 919 ✭✭✭n0brain3r


    079 just ran light through Sallins for Dublin
    086 just returned on the transfer


  • #1018
    dregin
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    072 @ Connolly.

    IMG_20130829_144104.jpg

    Carriages left abandoned @ Connolly

    IMG_20130829_144540.jpg

    072 returns!



  • #1019
    dregin
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 6,525 Mod ✭✭✭✭dregin


    BTW, don't ever stand near those brown boxes at the south end of platform 6/7. The number of people using that area as a public toilet is disturbing.


  • #1020
    Fred Swanson
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  • #1021
    Captain Chaos
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    bikeman1 wrote: »
    082 and 088 creating a racket on the Taras all this week!

    082 sure is anyway. I went for an early night last night and the sound of 082 going through Howth Junction at 23:00 woke me up. I am used to trains passing and they never wake me but 082 is a beast on full power.


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