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#122 30-12-2011 1:25pm

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corktina wrote: »

101sean just made my day....:D:D

Good stuff indeed, remember the trains ok., same end of town as 'de Arc' - who remembers that ?

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#123 30-12-2011 5:14pm

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101sean wrote: »

They are tiny in comparison to the locos! Wondererd what happened to the Nightstar coaches.

Wonder what it took to redo them for Canadian HEP, too. Also, it looks like they weren't all converted to AAR couplers, so there is some compromise coupling between them and the locos and to the Budd cars. Furthermore, VIA Rail's own page says they were built by Metro-Cammell and not Alstom (based on the Mark 4, so it has some "sibling" resemblance to the Intercity 225); should have checked there first, sorry.

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#124 31-12-2011 1:17am

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Just about the only thing that didn't cross the track in front of the train was a chicken!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn47JnrS2QQ

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#125 31-12-2011 4:50am

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I remember this video; it was done with a zoom lens. The cars are quite a bit further away from the train than they might appear. Also, trains cannot legally run red lights or stop signs, AFAIK.

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#126 01-01-2012 2:49am

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CIE wrote: »

Also, trains cannot legally run red lights or stop signs, AFAIK.

neither can cars do it legally, doesn't mean they don't.
I'm not sure what you mean by that...

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#127 01-01-2012 2:54am

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Cookie_Monster wrote: »

neither can cars do it legally, doesn't mean they don't.
I'm not sure what you mean by that...

US railway companies are pretty strict on their locomotive drivers. If there's a red light or even a stop sign on a tramway, even the big heavy freights have to stop for them, unless of course there is some predetermined pre-emption in place; they can't just blow the level crossing signal on their horn and proceed through.

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#128 02-01-2012 1:06pm

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steamengine wrote: »

Good stuff indeed, remember the trains ok., same end of town as 'de Arc' - who remembers that ?

Sadly now a block of apartments.:mad:

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#129 03-01-2012 11:03am

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Tis the season

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#130 03-01-2012 9:03pm

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This just turned up in my Youtube feed,some great footage.:)

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#131 03-01-2012 11:00pm

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Someone said "far too few pix". Well, here's an interesting one all the way from Lancaster, Pennsylvania way back on 12/12/1966...a "Santa Claus Special" running on a tramway on narrow Water Street, pulled by the Pennsylvania Railroad's D16sb class 4-4-0. (Don't recall when this tramway was lifted.) No. 1223 (built 1905, Belpaire firebox as original equipment, rebuilt with superheating about a decade later) is currently on display at the museum in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, after running its excursion trains until the 80s.

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#132 04-01-2012 12:37am

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#133 04-01-2012 12:53am

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Nice steady camera work there! Nice to see the Ahhh Class too, much better than a smutty old kettle any day.

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#134 04-01-2012 1:00am

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what is nice about this video even though it's about a youghal goods train it's narrated and also things are explained as they are happening.

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#135 04-01-2012 12:50pm

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UNhpbL7HVM

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#136 04-01-2012 1:10pm

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demanufactured - Great video from the days when the railway still served some purpose.

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#137 04-01-2012 1:16pm

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With a bit of judicious horn-blowing they could certainly up the speed a bit. I spent a weekend in Wexford last Easter and what I did notice was how silent the railcars were. It wasn't always immediately audible that one was coming.

The luas manages to go along city streets at a faster pace so I'm sure that IE could manage it as well .

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#138 09-01-2012 6:38pm

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Spotted this postcard on eBay.de today - nice one for bridge aficionados.

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#139 09-01-2012 9:40pm

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And another of the Cork City Railway found tonight while searching for Corktina's elusive platform pic for Glanmire Road.

© Copyright TheTurfBurner

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#140 10-01-2012 9:45am

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Great Mk3 Cortina!

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#141 10-01-2012 12:58pm

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Albert Road, the way I like to remember it.;)

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#142 10-01-2012 1:00pm

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Just spotted, is that a mk 2 cortina behind the flagman? and a Consul/granada next to it.

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#143 10-01-2012 1:14pm

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Id say so and a Mk1 escort to the right, and whats that back bumper just creeping in on the very right? Granada Coupe perhaps?

I'll post it in Classic cars... :-)

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#144 10-01-2012 1:17pm

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A morris minor behind the mk3 cortina too. Oh happy days.:D

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#145 10-01-2012 1:22pm

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Judgement Day wrote: »

Spotted this postcard on eBay.de today - nice one for bridge aficionados.

i prefer my version....quoted photo for direct comparison, naughty I know...

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#146 12-01-2012 9:10pm

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Shades of back to the future! I found this tonight while looking for a pic of 800 leaving Cork.

http://www.drimoleague.com/railway.html

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#147 13-01-2012 4:28am

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Thanks for that photo. This page shows what the Drimoleague station looks like now. Government serve...

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#148 13-01-2012 9:28pm

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Any ideas where this is?

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#149 13-01-2012 9:33pm

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Looks like the rear of a train departing Inch Abbey, Downpatrick, am I right?:D

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#150 13-01-2012 9:34pm

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Eiretrains wrote: »

Looks like the rear of a train departing Inch Abbey, Downpatrick, am I right?:D

No :):)

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#151 15-01-2012 5:35am

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU52G8wKSyo
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Rear view from a VIA Rail train heading west from Toronto Union Station to Oakville. Visible is the Toronto business district/CN Tower, some GO Transit bilevel consists, a VIA P42DC and its LRC carriage consist and the GO Transit Willowbrook (left side)/VIA Rail Toronto Maintenance Centre (right side) in west Toronto. I think line speed on that section (Oakville Sub) is 95mph.

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