Eiretrains contains a collection of photographs taken of the Irish Railway scene from 2001 onwards, featuring over 450 locations which include both contemporary and long forgotten lines of the once extensive Irish rail system. Pictures range from lost loco hauled trains to the narrow gauge lines of Ireland. For each location I have provided some history of lines & operations.
Idly watching videos of the Irish diesel locomotives of my youth for no particular reason, then suddenly realise I am watching this one precisely 30 years after some of it was filmed, 26 February 2024. Wow!
That's when Irish rail had a proper freight service. Maybe now as they are rebuilding the freight business you might see cement trains running again when the I facture is in place around the country. Great shots all right.
It's lovely to see Dunleer station while still substantially intact. It had been reopened for one or two trains each way per day, for a couple of years when Padraig Faulkner, a local TD, was minister for transport, but then closed again. The two storey building is now the public library. Filming the procedure for switching out the signal cabin, was a great service to railway history. Cabins were switched out up and down the country, for a century or more. At first I thought it was a breach of privacy to show the signalman getting into his car, but it also is historical. A generation earlier, the signalman would have gone on his bike and a century earlier he only had shanks mare, bikes only being afforded by the wealthier until the first world war.
Delightful rural Irish branch line with a thriving community spirit. Wagonload pick up freight. The steam genny van on the passenger train to convey newspapers and parcels. Great atmosphere in a beautiful countryside setting. Some nice railway architecture from historic station buildings built from local stone to signalboxes, lower quadrant semaphore signals to single line tokens, to lovely class 141 diesels and steam heating. Irish Rail before kartism (modern plastic DMUs) was a sheer joy to behold, even in torrential rain.
Operating a train in a flood ,Brave move by the company ❤️Fab video .Love that classic thrash almost sounding like a class 52 Western .I would have been just 19 going on 20 in 1993.Hard to believe this would have been 29 going on 30 years ago when this was filmed 🎬🎥
Great video ,A sight never to be repeated again ❤️Was only 23 going on 24 in 1997 when this was filmed ,I suspect Video cameras were Chunky things before memory cards came out in the 21st century,Wow where does the time go?Great video footage .
Shame 😢that the dismantling and closures on Ireland’s railways were less merciful than that in Britain. I’m more of a steam fan, but I like the colors of these diesels. 👍
The blue NIR livery on the GM Class 111 diesels was excellent as this film of 112 shows. Today NIR only has locos in Enterprise livery. The Navan line remains in good condition and the classic GNR station at Navan (fortunately now protected as a historic building) seems ready to see passenger services restored. You can see its architectural style at the end of the film, on the right, at 2:17.
@@Squareheed All 3 of the 110s do lol. They just have different yellow bars since it was opted for a much larger one that covers most of the upright front
I think itg made a mistake by not getting rolling stock. They also made a few mistakes while with Irish rail. Ie driving there own locos in Inchicore when there not really supposed to. Think this may of contributed to them been kicked out of Inchicore.
How did they couple the DART's driving unit with the 071 loco? Is there some adapter from the hook type on the 071 to the Scharfenberg coupler on the DART, or is that part of the coupler design already?
