The Wanderer's 2019 photos

[Thewanderer]

Evening folks,

Latest pictures from the week so far include:

Tuesday 3rd December 2019:
Images from Portlaoise and Limerick today.

Thursday 5th December 2019:
The main event from today was pictures of 071 at Ballybrophy and near Portlaoise with the relay train from the Nenagh Branch. The relay train was working around Borris-in-Ossory relaying track.

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Today's picture roundup comes from Ballybrophy with 076 on the Relay Train, Portlaoise, Thurles and Mallow.

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[Thewanderer]

Afternoon folks,

The latest batch of photos from the past week feature:

aturday 7th December 2019:
Today we visited Tralee and saw 2601 + 2602 stabled while later in the evening saw 22026 at Maddam's Hill outside Killarney.

Wednesday 11th December 2019:
083 pictured passing Clonkeen with the 1000 Mallow - Portlaoise Relay Train.

Friday 13th December 2019:
Pictures from Portlaoise and Heuston.

Saturday 14th December 2019:
The day was spent on the Maynooth Line photographing the RPSI Santa Specials and the Commuter traffic on the line.

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[Thewanderer]

Evening folks,

Back to Dublin today so the pictures come from Heuston, Busaras, Abbey and Dawson during my travels.

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[Thewanderer]

Evening folks,

The pre Christmas update to the December gallery is now complete with:

Monday 23rd December 2019:
Translink Metrobus 798, a 2003 Scania L94UB Wright Solar has recently turned up in Portlaoise, possibly on schoolwork.

Tuesday 24th December 2019:
While driving home for Christmas, I stopped off for pictures at Barnagh on the former North Kerry Line and at Farranfore on the South Kerry Line for the 1520 Mallow - Tralee.

May I take this opportunity to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas.

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[Thewanderer]

Friday 27th December 2019:
The post Christmas shuntdown startup offered little problems. One issue that did occur was 22036 failing prior to departure of the 0705 Tralee - Heuston due to a minor technical fault with 22025 being stepped up from the 0905 Tralee - Mallow to work the service to Dublin. This offered the rare sight of a 5ICR set working the Mallow - Tralee shuttles after 22036 was repaired in time for the 0905 departure.

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Monday 30th December 2019:
This week sees the North Tipperary Rail Partnership take its annual trip to Limerick on Ice. On Monday 30th, Cloughjordan was were the bulk of the passengers joined the train. Due to the expected heavy loadings Iarnrod Eireann arranged for the 3ICR set normally employed on the Limerick - Limerick Jct. route to work the 0630 & 1655 Limerick - Ballybrophy, 1005 & 1905 Ballybrophy - Limerick services inplace of the usual 2 car 2800 Class.

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Tuesday 31st December 2019:
To bring the curtain down on 2019, I stopped off at Trumera to photo 4005 and 226 on the 1225 Cork - Heuston.

Click the image below to view the final batch of pictures from 2019!

 

[Thewanderer]

2019: A Year in Review Gallery.

This gallery contains over 360 photos from the past 12 months from the railways of Ireland.

Enjoy the gallery and let's hope 2020 and beyond will be just as interesting as we enter a new decade.

Happy New Year and thank you for viewing The Wanderer's Photos.

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[Thewanderer]

Evening folks,

We start off the 2020 collection of photos a bit earlier than planned when I came across a bridge strike at Portlaoise on Thursday afternoon.

The Mountrath Road in Portlaoise was the scene of a bridge strike at UBC146 on Thursday afternoon when a HGV carrying a 45ft Eucon container failed to pass under the bridge which has clearance of 4.30 metres. Rail services were suspended for 45 minutes while Iarnrod Eireann engineers inspected the bridge for any damage. The 1125 Cork - Heuston and 1325 Portlaoise - Heuston were both heavily delayed with the 1300 Heuston - Cork, 1225 Cork - Heuston and 1425 Portlaoise - Heuston suffering minor delays.

Click https://bit.ly/2QDKYAh to view the images and a video of the recovery operation to remove the wedged truck from underneath the bridge.