201 Class Locomotives

Captain Chaos · 04-09-2013 06:10PM

227 is back on the Enterprise after being the standby 201 at Connolly on Monday. 233 arrived into Connolly at 16:15 with the afternoon Enterprise.

Still trying to track down the long missing 228 though.

04-09-2013 09:09PM

233 on a Belfast bound Enterprise this evening.

GTE · 15-09-2013 11:03PM

With reference to the rear of the loco in the above picture, I noticed two Enterprise 201s with heavy corrosion/holes/damage on panels above that air intake type of device.

Seems pretty serious with regards to maintenance. I'm thinking I saw 207 and 209 today at Connolly. One parked up, the other on the evening Enterprise.

Do the other 201s have similar issues?

Captain Chaos · 16-09-2013 01:28AM

Yeah 207 and 209 have paint pealing around the vents on the number 2 cab ends, looks really bad. 227 is also showing alot of faded orange on it's roof from the silver paint pealing off.

Captain Chaos · 16-09-2013 05:47PM

227 arrived in Connolly at 16:20 with a DD set in HEP mode. There was no EGV on the set. The saga continues.

16-09-2013 05:57PM

Captain Chaos wrote: »

227 arrived in Connolly at 16:20 with a DD set in HEP mode. There was no EGV on the set. The saga continues.

That sounds odd. Any time I saw the EGVs in service, the HEP cables weren't connected to the 201.

Captain Chaos · 16-09-2013 06:21PM

Karsini wrote: »

That sounds odd. Any time I saw the EGVs in service, the HEP cables weren't connected to the 201.

What I mean is it's back to square one, there is at least one DD set in service with no EGV. Whatever problems there were with the EGVs, they have not solved them. I can see 209 going back to Cork and freight runs.

16-09-2013 08:15PM

Captain Chaos wrote: »

What I mean is it's back to square one, there is at least one DD set in service with no EGV. Whatever problems there were with the EGVs, they have not solved them. I can see 209 going back to Cork and freight runs.

Ah sorry, was reading it on my phone and missed the no EGV part.

GTE · 17-09-2013 02:24AM

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Yeah 207 and 209 have paint pealing around the vents on the number 2 cab ends, looks really bad. 227 is also showing alot of faded orange on it's roof from the silver paint pealing off.

Ahh, well if its paint that's better though it looks like full on corrosion and holes from a short distance. That's what dark paint does to the eyes anyway.

Jonathan · 17-09-2013 09:02AM

233 just pulling into Connolly with an EGV in the set.

Captain Chaos · 19-09-2013 10:07PM

Don't know if all 3 sets are back to EGVs but I saw two sets today with them. 206+EGV on the 7:35ex Connolly and 227+EGV arriving at 16:15 into Connolly.

Hungerford · 19-09-2013 10:32PM

All three are. Presumably there was a minor fault with one of them.

Itssoeasy · 21-09-2013 04:31PM

226 was the loco on the cork - Dublin service at 16.20. I didn't see the DVT number.

Itssoeasy · 21-09-2013 04:49PM

234 is sitting in Kent station having arrived from Dublin with 4006.

TheBandicoot · 23-09-2013 04:40PM

Saw 231 about 13:25 at Connolly platform 2 without an EGV again.

Captain Chaos · 23-09-2013 06:49PM

TheBandicoot wrote: »

Saw 231 about 13:25 at Connolly platform 2 without an EGV again.

It had one this morning at 7:00 in Connolly, almost sure of it, was half asleep at the time though.

CaptainFreedom · 23-09-2013 07:25PM

There was an EGV in the coach sidings at Connolly this morning, parked with RPSI 461. Ive no idea if this is the 4th 'spare' EGV or not though

Captain Chaos · 24-09-2013 08:33PM

I noted 209 on the 7:35 service at Connolly while 206 was shut down on the turn table. Then at 16:15 206 shunted to the wash road and back to the turn table to shut down again. I thought it was going to swap for 227 that arrived at same time with the down Enterprise.

metrovick001 · 26-09-2013 09:52AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqEn1AiQaag

212 & MK3s working the 1435 Heuston-Galway at Stacumny Bridge on 28-January-2009

CaptainFreedom · 26-09-2013 07:31PM

231 on the 16.05 Belfast-Connolly today, no EGV, HEP in full flight

metrovick001 · 28-09-2013 12:10PM

211 on 1705 Heuston Limerick at Hazelhatch 24-October-2006

RonanM123 · 28-09-2013 01:39PM

224 was removed from service yesterday evening after arriving with the 15.20 from Cork, developed a fault between Limierck Junction and Portlaoise. Didn't see the replacement number but think it was 22 something.

steamengine · 28-09-2013 08:18PM

207 on the 11:00 down Enterprise this morning passing through Harmonstown :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynxsuR8YsCc

n0brain3r · 04-10-2013 12:39PM

222 & 215 worked IWT trains today and have been on them for the past week give or take.

n0brain3r · 07-10-2013 10:59AM

222 passed today on a Ballina bound IWT and the driver was wearing ear protectors. Is it that bad in the cab?

GTE · 07-10-2013 03:21PM

n0brain3r wrote: »

222 passed today on a Ballina bound IWT and the driver was wearing ear protectors. Is it that bad in the cab?

It doesn't take much for hearing protection to be in your best interests.
More than 8 hours in an average busy city street-side room with the window open will require employers to offer hearing protection. 15 - 30 seconds in a night club will hurt you badly without you knowing it.

A good reading of in cab sound levels with how long the driver spends in the cab would be very interesting indeed.

Here is a pic from an audio blog I follow.
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TheBandicoot · 07-10-2013 03:36PM

Of the course the problem is that drivers need to have some hearing, since they need to hear CAWS tones, the DSD, detonators and radio calls, so getting the right balance in terms of ear protection might be tough. These days anyway cabs of new trains are generally built with good sound proofing so the issue will hopefully get less prevalent.

GTE · 07-10-2013 03:48PM

TheBandicoot wrote: »

Of the course the problem is that drivers need to have some hearing, since they need to hear CAWS tones, the DSD, detonators and radio calls, so getting the right balance in terms of ear protection might be tough. These days anyway cabs of new trains are generally built with good sound proofing so the issue will hopefully get less prevalent.

Indeed, perhaps ear defenders with headphones inside could be a retrofit for older more loud locos but that is just speculation since we have no in cab figures to go off. Also does not nothing for detonators.

Although I love the sound of the 071 class, I wonder how loud they are in the cab given the amount of warning they give of their arrival :P

Losty Dublin · 07-10-2013 09:18PM

I have a set of what used to be the Irish Rail staff issue headphones at home which I use whilst working in nightclubs and gigs. They wholly encase the ear and cut out large volume and high and low range yet but they let you hear conversation and small sounds close by to you. A driver wearing them would easy hear CAWS and other in cab warning tones.

07-10-2013 11:19PM

I remember a driver friend of mine saying to me that he loved nothing more than going through the centre road at Kildare in an 071 at notch 8, and watching the passengers cover their ears on either side.

201 Class Locomotives

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