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hexagon789
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LOL ...
It's like the UK.
Sectional appendix.
Old Miles and chains books.
Rail Mileage Engine
GBTT
All slightly different
I know, more similarities than just the signalling!
They lay it out as distances over which each speed restriction applies. The first entry is a 90 limit, then there's a 100 section.
hexagon789
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Basically, I'm afraid for more exact info you'd probably need one of the ITG books or similar.
Please Explain
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16 days per year, or actually 32 if you count both your CIE and NIR coupon entitlements. Why not go out and back the traditional way by rail / ferry too if you have the time with Stena -(also free, you just pay the GBP5 foot pax port tax) through Fishguard, Holyhead or Cairnryan -(involves a bus now sadly..).
All highly recommended, as is The Gate Hotel, just of O'Connell Street in Dublin. Be warned, don't crash here if you want to sleep though! It's a party place with three bars, a club and hotel all in one. Great place to base your self for a few days of bashing out of Dublin with good craic and Guinness on a Friday/Saturday night and does a grand Full Irish in the morning too if your even around then!
https://www.booking.com/searchresul..._source=bing&utm_term=kmodN59pirBrwms34xanEA&
Good news and bad news.
Good news first:
I have an old book (not the little A6 sized ones but a larger than A5 one with red cover) I had on the shelf and in it it has a lot of CIE and NIR mileages
Bad News:
Said to SWMBO yesterday about how good it'd be for us to go and where did she want to go again (She previously stated she'd like to go one day) and she replied "Not somewhere I've thought of going" ...
Yet again a decent trip thwarted by her!
Good news first:
I have an old book (not the little A6 sized ones but a larger than A5 one with red cover) I had on the shelf and in it it has a lot of CIE and NIR mileages
Bad News:
Said to SWMBO yesterday about how good it'd be for us to go and where did she want to go again (She previously stated she'd like to go one day) and she replied "Not somewhere I've thought of going" ...
Yet again a decent trip thwarted by her!
Bad News:
Said to SWMBO yesterday about how good it'd be for us to go and where did she want to go again (She previously stated she'd like to go one day) and she replied "Not somewhere I've thought of going" ...
Yet again a decent trip thwarted by her!
Go by yourself then.
221129
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Sorry to bump an old thread, but I am looking to go out to the RoI in a couple of weeks, and have a few questions.
Does anyone know if the Loco Hauled sets have set diagrams or is it a hope for the best type situation?
Is there anywhere that people would recommend making a special stop off for? (I've done Dublin, Cork and Cobh so far)
If anyone has any tips for scratching as many locos in as possible over a few days or some interesting unusual lines etc then I am all ears!
Thanks, In advance.
Does anyone know if the Loco Hauled sets have set diagrams or is it a hope for the best type situation?
Is there anywhere that people would recommend making a special stop off for? (I've done Dublin, Cork and Cobh so far)
If anyone has any tips for scratching as many locos in as possible over a few days or some interesting unusual lines etc then I am all ears!
Thanks, In advance.
hexagon789
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They do, see this post here for current Mk4 workings: https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...-mkiv-loco-hauled-trains.185996/#post-4103640
221129
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Ideal, Thank you for that one! Super helpful!
hexagon789
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No problem, if you book on IÉ's website, the seating plan for booking seats should show which train it is as well I believe.
Polarbear
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Just to add that I had a couple of days over there last weekend & travelled on the 15:25 Cork-Dublin service on Saturday, which was a Mk4 set. The diagrams show that to normally be an ICR working so it looks like I dropped lucky.
Although the ICR's are OK, I don't personally feel they're adequate for the Dublin-Cork run.
Although the ICR's are OK, I don't personally feel they're adequate for the Dublin-Cork run.
hexagon789
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I've just checked, and it seems to be booked Mk4 now. I think I'll have to recheck the diagrams.
hexagon789
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I've been through everything and that's the only change. The 1525 ex-Cork is now Mk4 on Saturdays only.
Polarbear
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Thanks for doing the research. I much prefer the Mk4’s to the ICR’s personally.
hexagon789
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I've never yet been to Ireland myself actually, but I've been fascinated by their railways first years.
Regarding the Mk4s though, I hear mixed things, they ride poorer than ICRs apparently and certainly like our Mk4s they had to have remedial work done to get the ride to an acceptable level when the first entered service, IÉ even admitted it would never be up to the standards of a Mk3.
The ICRs have the advantage of far more table seats in Standard and near perfect seat-to-window alignment, the Mk4s have the advantage of being quieter and have greater capacity of course.
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hexagon789
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Is the Limerick-Nenagh-Ballybrophy the only remaining mechanically signalled passenger line now?
No18 Ballymoss
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I believe so.
hexagon789
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Cheers, not much left then.
Con
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IRN is factual, and posted on by railway supporters. Not much action on it though. T&RS has frequent posts and has railway supporters on it, but they often have to fight a rearguard action against reductive supporters of private buses.
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