| A bumper collection kicks off the week with an early morning trip to the Curragh to see the Tullamore - North Wall cement. Alas no cement ran due to operational issues but plenty of 22000 DMU's forming early morning passenger and empty stock workings.
A surprise return to the scene this week is the Weedspray train making its 2nd appearance for 2009. On Monday it went Portlaoise - Inchicore and returned to Portlaoise on Tuesday. I managed to photograph it at Ratheven, outside Portlaoise. Late afternoon and early evening included a trip to Tullamore to see 224 stabled with the cement train, plus 234 on the 1710 Heuston - Afternoon at Portarlington. Finally an hour at Carn was spent in glorious evening sunlight to see 215 on the 1900 Heuston - Cork with a MKIII rake and the usual diet of MKIV's and 22000 DMU's . Wednesday's photo is of 224 with the Tullamore Cement and Thursday has photos from Kildare showing 082 and 6101 which is on a wheel skate. Saturday was a Dublin Suburban ramble from Sallins into Heuston, then Connolly - Howth Jct - Greystones - Connolly and then back out to Sallins. A busy end to the week on Sunday with 082 and 6101 going from Kildare to Inchicore in the morning. Managed to photograph it at Kildare, The Curragh, Sallins and the Iron Bridge, Sallins. In the afternoon I took a spin to Thurles for the G.A.A. Waterford - Limerick Munster Hurling semi-final. |
234 departs Portarlington with the 1710 Heuston - Athlone. Mon 08.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4514.JPG |
22003+22013 pass the Curragh with the 0505 Heuston - Carlow empty passenger. Tues 09.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4517.JPG |
29008 passes the Curragh with the early running 0555 Inchicore - Kildare empty passenger. Tues 09.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4519.JPG |
22041 is seen at the Curragh with the 0505 Athlone - Heuston. Tues 09.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4522.JPG |
22040 at the Curragh with the 0555 Laois Traincare - Heuston empty working. Tues 09.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4525.JPG |
22031 sweeps through the reverse curves in the Curragh with the 0600 Laois Traincare - Heuston empty working. 1280x960 DSCF4529.JPG |
22023 is captured at Ratheven with the 1325 Heuston - Limerick. Tues 09.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4534.JPG |
4001 glides past Ratheven with the 1230 Cork - Heuston. Tues 09.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4536.JPG |
231 brings up the rear of the 1230 Cork - Heuston. Tues 09.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4537.JPG |
A suprise return to the rail scene for 2009 was the Weedspray train making its second appearence for 2009. On Monday the train sprayed between Portlaoise and Inchicore over the Up line. The following day it returned to Portlaoise spraying the down train. The ensemble ambles pass Ratheven near journey's end at Portlaoise. Tues 09.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4555.JPG |
224 is stabled at Tullamore with one of the final cement trains to visit the cement railhead. Tues 09.06.09 720x960 DSCF4580.JPG |
224 is stabled at Tullamore with one of the final cement trains to visit the cement railhead. Tues 09.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4590.JPG |
The new footbridge at Tullamore, now open to the public. Tues 09.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4595.JPG |
When the MKIII Push / Pull set was withdrawn I though 234 would venture to new locations other than Galway and Athlone, as it had done for weeks on end with the Push / Pull set. It still seems to be allocated to the 1710 Heuston - Athlone on a daily basis since it began being rostered for a MKIII set. Unusually the 1710 Heuston - Athlone was routed into the Up Platform (No. 2) in Portarlington on this day. Tues 09.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4608.JPG |
225 passes Carn with the late running 1800 Heuston- Cork. Tues 09.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4615.JPG |
4002 passes Carn Bridge with a very late 1630 Cork - Heuston. Tues 09.06.09 1226x960 DSCF4618.JPG |
228 at the rear of the 630 Cork - Heuston. Tues 09.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4619.JPG |
22040 is seen for a 2nd time today passing Carn with the 1830 Heuston - Tralee. Tues 09.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4620.JPG |
22006+22014 are seen at Carn Bridge with the 1835 Heuston - Thurles. Tues 09.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4622.JPG |
22005 ambles along the up line at Carn with the 1735 Limerick - Heuston. 22005 had replaced 22023 at Portlaoise on the trip down due to a fault on the train. Tues 09.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4633.JPG |
215 was allocated to the 1900 Heuston - Cork with a rake of MKIII's covering for a MKIV set. Tues 09.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4636.JPG |
4008 at Carn Bridge with the 1730 Cork - Heuston. Tues 09.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4642.JPG |
22007+22017 near the end of the days work with the 1903 Carlow - Laois Traincare empty working. Tues 09.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4645.JPG |
224 is in charge of the 0720 North Wall - Tullamore laden bulk Cement passing Cloneygownan. Wed 10.06.09 1280x960 DSCF4648.JPG |
