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Just a little bit of notice, DCDR will be using their preserved 450 class 'thumper' unit on their services on Sunday 13th August. https://www.downrail.co.uk/event/summerdiesel/

A sound for sore ears, the ITG's 226 with engine running while on display at Carrick-on-Suir during the visit of the "Suir Lee Knot" railtour to the station, 15th April 2023.

As part of the build up to our "Suir Lee Knot" tour, we've updated our blog with an article on the story of the 2600 class so far, complete with pictures of all the livery variants they've carried in service to date. https://www.tailtetours.com/post/the-2600-class-the-railcars-that-keep-on-going

Táilte Tour's first ever Cork-based railtour offers participants a rare chance to travel in a 2600 railcar set over the Limerick Junction-Waterford route, with stops to view the now-rare semaphore signaling installations at Clonmel along with the ITG base at Carrick-on-Suir. Passengers will...

This is more a 'save the date' announcement. Táilte Tours are provisionally planning to operate our second mainline Irish railtour on Saturday 18th February 2023, subject to final confirmation with Iarnród Éireann. Exact routing and stock will be confirmed in due course, as this is currently...

For those interested, Downpatrick has a good bus service from Belfast (Translink 15/215); there is also their 240 service linking Downpatrick with Newry. (Downpatrick bus station is across the carpark from the heritage railway station).

Pure curiosity on my part, but have the BR mk4s ever been used on a railtour? Sprung to mind with our recent railtour in Ireland being the first to use the Irish mkIVs (though a completely different vehicle to the UK mk4).

As part of the Táilte blog I've put together a short piece that attempts to list each livery variant the Irish 201 class has carried to date, might be of interest, it's surprisingly diverse compared to the older Irish classes...

https://www.tailtetours.com/events/the-premier-rose-railtour

Something I've always wondered... anyone else out there who's been involved (or knows of) spray painting by being done by heritage groups? I'm not so much talking about vehicle painting contracted out to mainline facilities/commercial sprayers, but where it's been carried by volunteers? Not...

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The RPSI will be using 071 class haulage on their evening (16:10 dept.) Santa trains from Dublin Pearse to Maynooth on Saturdays 29th Nov and 6th Dec (also Dec 13th but that's sold out). Booking form available here: http://www.steamtrainsireland.com/events/2014_Dublin_Xmas.pdf Great excuse...

The RPSI have a private diesel charter from Dublin Connolly to Midleton on Friday 7th November. The nominal empty train from Midleton to Connolly is available for the general public to travel on, flat fare €25 from Midleton (dept 15:00 or Cork (15:23) to Connolly (arr 18:50). Pay on the day...

The RPSI's Cravens catering vehicles 1514 and 1522 have been turned out in a new blue & cream livery, for pics click here 1514 is one of the few carriages in the world which sells draught Guinness!

Booking is now open for the RPSI's Summer 2014 steam trips, including the Portrush Flyers out of Belfast (feat. GNR(I) Compound 85 'Merlin') and the Marble City trips from Dublin to Kilkenny (feat. DSER Mogul 461). http://www.steamtrainsireland.com/events/

The RPSI's GNR(I) V Class compund 4-4-0 No.85 'Merlin' returned to the mailing with some light engine trials on Sunday 9th March, followed by a loaded test run with their mkII carriages on Sunday 17th March. http://www.steamtrainsireland.com/news/ The loco hasn't run on the mainline since...

The Irish Railway Record Society are running a diesel hauled tour from Dublin to Waterford and Limerick on 19/7/14, featuring the Clonmel and Nenagh branches. Booking form available here: http://www.irrs.ie/Common%20Files/Booking%20Form%20-%20071%20Diesel%20Railtour.pdf

From RPSI website. With Compound 4-4-0 No.85 "Merlin" due to start mainline tests soon, and Q Class 4-4-0 No.131 being overhauled at Whitehead, the next few years could see no less than three GNR(I) 4-4-0s in steam together for the first time since the 1960s...