Now HERE'S an oddity - a Scammell truck fitted with the appropriate flanged wheels for running on the Irish broad gauge, this vehicle was discovered in the yard at Mallow, where a collection of odds & ends were gathered, some being worked on for preservation.
173 and 001 are seen in the depot yard at Dublin Connolly on 18th March 1994.
"No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die." 007 won't manage to get out of this fix! It's next in line to add to the pile of scrap in the foreground. Inchicore Works, 21st March 1994.
017 (right) and 038 are the nearest of several 001/'A' class locos in the yard at Inchicore Works. 21st March 1994.
025 was a non-runner at Inchicore, but wasn't with the majority of the withdrawn stock, so may not have been withdrawn. 21st March 1994.
A tiny trainspotter (?) takes a good look at 036 at Cobh. The loco has just run round, and will shortly make the return journey to Cork Kent. 19th March 1994.
036 brings a passenger train into Dublin Connolly from the general direction of Bray. Undated.
038 is another loco that I'm not sure whether it was withdrawn or not. Inchicore Works, 21st March 1994.
Five 'A' class diesels in a row awit scrapping at Inchicore Works, headed by 040. On the adjacent line, 191 has been stripped of engines & buffers, and the pile of bricks underneath the near end indicates a sad lack of wheels. I believe this loco was, for some reason, withdrawn very prematurely. 21st March 1994.
Whilst on holiday in Eire for the first time, I took the precaution of noting all the loco & coach numbers, just in case I got myself interested in Irish railways at a later date. I did, so can now declare that this is former 'A' class Sulzer 048, seen moving some wagons past the turntable at Cork Kent station, in the Summer of 1984.
A few years later, I photographed 048 again, this time at Dublin Heuston. January 1991.
It says 54 on the front, but the side number is clearly 054! This loco was one of 34 members of this class to be found here, at Inchicore Works & depot, on 21st March 1994, out of a total of 56 locomotives.
Most of the A/001 class locos at Inchicore were withdrawn, but 057, seen here with 002 in the distance, was up and running. 21st March 1994.
071 is seen again, this time at Kildare, at the head of a Dublin Heuston train. Note the generator coach attached to the loco. Undated.
Outside of the main workshops at Inchicore, 074 recieves some attention. 014 can be glimpsed on the right. 21st March 1994.
075 stands close to the buffer stops at Dublin Heuston. Undated.
078 is seen at Dublin Connolly. undated.
082 stands at the head of it's train, ready to depart from Dublin Heuston. 20th March 1994.
Now, this is one ODD station! Kilkenny is a terminus, situated a short spur away from the main Mallow-Trallee line. Trains using this route have to run round here, take the train back to the main line, then run round AGAIN to continue to Tralee. As can be seen it's also a strange platform arrangement! 083 does the honours en route to Tralee. 19th March 1994.
Another view of 083 running round it's train at Kilkenny, taken from the footbridge, and showing the rather isolated second platform. 19th March 1994.
This photograph shows in detail the overhead signalbox at Waterford, as 083 runs round in preparation for the return trip to Limerick Junction. 21st March 1994.
083 has brought a service from Limerick Junction, and has just run round at Waterford in order to make the return journey. Note the elevated signalbox, which spans the western ends of the station platforms. 21st March 1994.
085 slows for the stop at Port Laoise with a Dublin Heuston to Tralee passenger service. 19th March 1994.
085 runs round it's train at Tralee in order to make the return journey to Dublin. 19th March 1994.
086 enters Dublin Heuston, whilst one of the station staff tells the driver of 147 an Englishman joke. Undated.
Another look at B114, still stuck in Inchicore Works, 3 years after the previous photo! Very tatty, but at least it was dry on this visit!. 21st March 1994.
A remarkably grubby 125 stands at the end of a line of withdrawn locos at Inchicore Works on 18th January 1991. It was still there, and in more run-down condition, in March '94.
125 would appear to be hollow, judging by this shot, taken at Inchicore Works on 21st March 1994. The loco had been dumped here for over three years, and still carried the old CIE livery.
Inside Inchicore Works, 129 recieves attention alongside DMU 2606. 21st March 1994.
A view inside the works at Inchicore. The nearest two locomotives undergoing major overhauls are 133 and 085. 21st March 1994.
143 stands in the bay platform at Ballybrophy, after working the 07.50 service from Limerick, while 081 arrives with a Dublin to Cork train. 19th March 1994.
In absolutely torrential rain, 144 brings a freight from the Cork direction into Limerick Junction. 18th March 1994.
146 is seen here inside the main workshops at Inchicore on 21st March 1994.
148 heads southwards with a passenger working at Limerick Junction. I cannot possibly emphasize how hard it was raining here - 'horizontal' is a word that springs to mind! 18th March 1994.
The interior of the main works building at Inchicore, with 169 (left) and 159 recieving major overhauls. 21st March 1994.
At Kildare, 192 attaches itself to a trainload of tank wagons, which have been standing on the centre road for a while, as a train from Dublin leaves from the left-hand platform. 18th March 1994.
New DMU 2606 is apparently a suitable case for treatment in Inchicore Works on 21st March 1994. 129 is seen at the far end.
Brand-new DMU 2611, with another unit behind, stands at Inchicore Works on 21st March 1994.
2-car DMU 2615 stands alongside the main workshops at Inchicore. 21st March 1994.
An August 1984 view, from Cork Kent station, of the CIE locomotive running shed at Cork Glanmire, with several locos visible at the sizeable depot.
NIR 111 GREAT NORTHERN moves off to the loco shed at Connolly after having brought the Belfast train into Dublin Connolly. 18th March 1994.
NIR 111 GREAT NORTHERN has arrived at the darkly-interiored terminus section of Dublin Connolly with a cross-border express from Belfast. 18th March 1994.
NIR 113 BELFAST & Co DOWN emerges from the relative gloom of Dublin Connolly station on 20th December 1989.
