2 Mk3 cars, Kilashee, Nass

I was fortunate to have worked the maroon liveried Executive train from Athlone to Ballina on Wednesday 15/08/01 taking over from the Heuston Guard at Athlone platform 2 at 07:45 that morning,
The Executive train had departed Heuston Station at 06:10 and had been marketed as the"Radio train"and had over 100 passengers on board,all en route to the Ballina Salmon festival for the day,arrival at Ballina station was noted at 10:13,
The train consisted of loco 219 with EGV 7602,Exec coach 7161,Exec coach 7162,Citygold coach 7133,Standard Mk3 coach 7157 and dining car 7401 at the rear,
The horseshoe shaped bar was fitted to 7161 at one end of the coach,with a small wooden dance floor taking over most of the remainder of the coach with seats fitted lengthways along both sides of the floor under the windows,
At the other end of 7161 there was a DJ box fitted where music was played and a commentary given along/about the route,
The other coach 7162 was fitted with 2+1 wide seating with tables-where meals were usually served from the dining car,giving an at seat service to passengers,
In later years I remember on occasions and in particular on Bank holiday weekends seeing 7162 added to Mayo line Mk3 sets to increase them to 9 piece's from the Friday to the following Tuesday,it would be normally added to the set between the EGV and dining car,Otherwise both Executive coaches were parked at the carriage sidings at Heuston when not required
I also have both model Mk3 Executives,which are fine models-and would be a great addition to any Irish themed layout-Maximum train size for an Executive special was between four to six coaches.
Lovely photo Eamonn of them crossing the viaduct.