On Saturday 9th December Iarnrod Eireann finished with locomotive haulage on the Ballina Shuttle. To celebrate the end the final run was made public a number of weeks before hand and a large group of enthusiasts made the long trip to Ballina to celebrate the end of Cravens on the branch. The only locomotive hauled passenger working to Ballina is now the Friday Only 1620 Heuston - Ballina which is usually formed of an 071 Class Loco + 7 or 8 Mk2d's.

For the history books the Final working was the 1300 Ballina - Manulla Jct formed of loco 073 and carriages 1506 + 1516 + 3173. The train crew were Driver Dessy Gallagher and Guard Noel Enright.

All in all a great send off to regular locomotive haulage on the branch was had.