Friday 2nd August 2013. A picture of a Garrandale Van plus two photos from Carn. Sunday 4th August 2013: Two evening pictures of the return G.A.A. Specials from Dublin Heuston to Tralee and Westport. In the morning time the 0710 Tralee - Cork service was diverted to operate to Heuston in addition to a special from Killarney. Also during the Bank Holiday weekend I visited the nearby Limetree Airfield, which were hosting the Flying in Ireland Magazine & NMAI Annual Fly In event. The highlight of the weekend was on the Sunday afternoon when one of the last remaining Irish Coastguard Sikorsky S-61 helicopter's (EI-SAR) paid a visit to the airfield. Pictures and two videos at the Limetree Fly In event gallery. Monday 5th August 2013: A visit to Shanderry for the Waterford - Ballina DFDS Liner & Geashill for the afternoon up and down Westport services. Wednesday 07th August 2013: A lunchtime visit to Connolly & Grand Canal Dock. Saturday 10th August 2013: Weekends have been made much more interesting with the operation of the IWT Liner from North Wall to Ballina and the Coillte Empty Timber train from Waterford to Ballina on certain Saturdays. Both operated today. While I couldn't make it out for the IWT Liner I did manage to photograph the Timber at several locations in the Kildare, Laois and Offaly areas. Sunday 11th August 2013: I spent the day on the Great Northern Mainline to Drogheda. General Photographs from the day are contained in this Gallery (August 2013). Photographs of the RPSI "Great Northern Getaway" Steam Train Specials can be found at RPSI: "Great Northern Getaway" Specials gallery. Monday 12th August 2013: A lunchtime visit to Rosskelton to photograph Tamper 742, which was being transferred from Skerries to Mallow. Tuesday 13th August 2013: Just a few snaps from Tuesday evening at Portarlington, including 209 on the 1620 Cork - Heuston. Friday 16th August 2013: Pictures from a journey from Portarlington to Killarney. The pictures include 22004 with new logo minus the "flag". Saturday 17th August 2013: A day trip to the Beara Peninsula in West Cork. Also includes photos of the Dursey Island Cable Car, which is Ireland's only cable car system. Sunday 18th August 2013: A couple of pictures from Killarney while awaiting my train back to Laois. Tuesday 20th August 2013: A day out in Dublin today. The August gallery contains pictures from Heuston in the morning peak, boats on the Grand Canal and Dublin Bus. The rest of the images from today can be found in the LUAS Red Line Gallery & LUAS Green Line Gallery. Wednesday 21st August 2013: Pictures of the 1150 Claremorris - Waterford Timber at varipus locations between Geashill and Kildare. Plus several photos from the Curragh. Thursday 22nd August 2013: Night time images from Portlaoise & Portarlington while on the way home from a talk on the Industrial Railways of the Midlands. Saturday 24th August 2013: Pictures from a day trip from Dublin to Belfast on the "Enterprise". Pictures from various locations on the Belfast Surburban Network. For pictures of the RPSI's Bangor Belle Special click: Bangor Belle Special. Sunday 25th August 2013: Three G.A.A. Specials operated from Ballina, Westport and Claremorris to Dublin Heuston for the All Ireland Football Semi-Final between Mayo & Tyrone at Croke Park. The morning specials were photographed at the Commons Bridge in Portarlington and the Curragh. For pictures of the RPSI's Marble City railtour to Kilkenny please click: Marble City Special. Tuesday 27th August 2013: A quick visit to Portarlington on Tuesday evening. Wednesday 28th & Thursday 29th August 2013: The RPSI Cravens were hired by the Production Companies who make the TV Series Moone Boy, which is set in Boyle in the early 1990's for filming on Thursday 29th August 2013. Iarnrod Eireann provided 072 to haul the train to Boyle on Wednesday afternoon to stable for the night. The train was photographed at Ashtown & Carrick-on-Shannon on Wednesday and Lough Owel on Thursday.