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November 2006
The first week of November brings:
- 2603 + 2604 at Connolly Yard on their long journey west.
- 075 on the 1555 Connolly - Sligo.
- An evening at Heuston.
- A Kerry line wander.
- Steam heat makes a final & welcome return to the 1615 Limerick - Heuston.
The 2nd week of November features:
The Enterprise in Platform 3 at Connolly on Tues.
Night time shots of the Mk2 set in Connolly Yard.
NIR C3K on an Enteprise vice duty.
Last Saturday a trip was taken to the Sunny South East and I managed to get photos from various locations in and around Waterford including shots of the Waterford and Suir Valley Railway (W&SVR) extension. 219 on the 1320 and 217 on the 1450 services to Dublin.
Images from the 3rd week include night shots of Heuston and Connolly. An Friday afternoon in Heuston includes photos of 3189 which has been reinstated to service for air / vac carriage transfers.
The Speno Track recording car is an Danish Track Recording car which is on-hire to IE for a few weeks. The vehicle has been regauged to 5ft 3" using a pair of freight bogies, therefore it isn't braked and requires 2 brake vans for it to operate on IE metals. Speno has been touring the country since Tuesday 7th November when it did a test run to Hazelhatch and back to Inchicore.
From Wednesday the 8th Speno complete with 1162 & 1166 were hauled by 142 to Cork. From Cork there journey of the country has taken them to Cobh, Tralee, Galway, Westport, Waterford, Rosslare and ending up in Greystones for the weekend.
For the Sunday it was time to do my Ballina farewell trip so I and about 8 other gricers headed off to the wild west on the 0845 Heuston - Galway worked by 087 changing at Athlone onto the 1035 Athlone - Westport worked by 216. 074 was working the Ballina Branch while 085 worked the 1530 ec Westport. 071 was in Ballina with the Norfolk liner but this failed on the Tuesday morning in Ballina so was replaced by 074 which resulted in 2603 + 2604 working the 1300 and 1800 ex Ballina services.
The weather was awful so the photos aren't of the greaest quality.
Photos from the fourth week of November include the first unusal Mk4 passenger working. On Tuesday 21st November the 0930 Cork - Heuston pushed by 219 failed north of Charleville. 228 which was at Limerick Junction on the Mk4 test train was dispatched to assist and hauled the complete train through to Heuston arriving just under 2 hours late. Talk about been in the right place at the right time!
Other photos include 152 working a Fairview - Inchicore EMU Bogie transfer and a few photos of Dublin Suburban services in and around the city center.
Read More- 2603 + 2604 at Connolly Yard on their long journey west.
- 075 on the 1555 Connolly - Sligo.
- An evening at Heuston.
- A Kerry line wander.
- Steam heat makes a final & welcome return to the 1615 Limerick - Heuston.
The 2nd week of November features:
The Enterprise in Platform 3 at Connolly on Tues.
Night time shots of the Mk2 set in Connolly Yard.
NIR C3K on an Enteprise vice duty.
Last Saturday a trip was taken to the Sunny South East and I managed to get photos from various locations in and around Waterford including shots of the Waterford and Suir Valley Railway (W&SVR) extension. 219 on the 1320 and 217 on the 1450 services to Dublin.
Images from the 3rd week include night shots of Heuston and Connolly. An Friday afternoon in Heuston includes photos of 3189 which has been reinstated to service for air / vac carriage transfers.
The Speno Track recording car is an Danish Track Recording car which is on-hire to IE for a few weeks. The vehicle has been regauged to 5ft 3" using a pair of freight bogies, therefore it isn't braked and requires 2 brake vans for it to operate on IE metals. Speno has been touring the country since Tuesday 7th November when it did a test run to Hazelhatch and back to Inchicore.
From Wednesday the 8th Speno complete with 1162 & 1166 were hauled by 142 to Cork. From Cork there journey of the country has taken them to Cobh, Tralee, Galway, Westport, Waterford, Rosslare and ending up in Greystones for the weekend.
For the Sunday it was time to do my Ballina farewell trip so I and about 8 other gricers headed off to the wild west on the 0845 Heuston - Galway worked by 087 changing at Athlone onto the 1035 Athlone - Westport worked by 216. 074 was working the Ballina Branch while 085 worked the 1530 ec Westport. 071 was in Ballina with the Norfolk liner but this failed on the Tuesday morning in Ballina so was replaced by 074 which resulted in 2603 + 2604 working the 1300 and 1800 ex Ballina services.
The weather was awful so the photos aren't of the greaest quality.
Photos from the fourth week of November include the first unusal Mk4 passenger working. On Tuesday 21st November the 0930 Cork - Heuston pushed by 219 failed north of Charleville. 228 which was at Limerick Junction on the Mk4 test train was dispatched to assist and hauled the complete train through to Heuston arriving just under 2 hours late. Talk about been in the right place at the right time!
Other photos include 152 working a Fairview - Inchicore EMU Bogie transfer and a few photos of Dublin Suburban services in and around the city center.
In pouring rain 074 waits to leave Manulla Junction with the 1212 Manulla Jct - Ballina. Sun 19.11.06
