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!
Great stuff eiretrains. Love the sound of the A working hard in the second clip. Also, quite a sprightly performance running round. Driver must have been enjoying himself!
Thx James, yes the A Class sound great at full throttle! I don't know the timetables of the time, but in the days before the Lavistown Curve, the freights may have had quick turn arounds to avoid blocking up the section in Kilkenny.
Almost brings a tear to my eye watching this :'( I only began filming around there in October of that year, just as the last of the A class was withdrawn so never got them on film. Super footage, keep 'em coming Ciarán :))
Thx Danny, hope this brought back good memories, although I probably saw them I was too young to take in any A Class traction, or Bell liners for that matter, so it's just as well yourself and others took the time to record it all for our posterity!
+D. J. O'C Hi Daniel, I'm alright, not been filming much lately but got myself a new cam to try and get me back in the spirit, have a few vids to upload in the next few days. Not a '71 to be seen in that vid, they were the mainstay of the passenger services then prior to the 201s arriving on the scene.
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. 👍
How come sometimes there's one 141 class loco ( I think that's correct) like 6:00, and other times there appears to be two of the same locos, as in 5:22? Is it because one train is empty and the other full, or is it that with the double loco train, the lead loco is also transporting the loco behind it? As a non train driver, I'm curious?
supafuckinmingster I think it depended on the locomotives available at the time, mainly they were A Classes or double 141/181s, but back in the 90s anything could be on them if need be, the single 141 was not ideal.
Eiretrains One more thing........at 1:30, the train arrives at that particular station, the loco switches ends, 1:35/2:25,. Now I understand the logic of this with a passenger train, but a freight train? Was it making a delivery at that station?
Before 1995, all trains coming to and from Waterford reversed in Kilkenny's dead-end terminus, but after 1995, a direct curve at Lavistown outside Kilkenny was built and it allowed trains to bypass reversing in the station.
IrishRail123 The Bell is going via Kilkenny because the because the Lavistown curve didn't exist at the time, I cursed that Lavistown curve IrishRail123, it was always a nice chase, getting the Bell on ether side of Kilkenny, but when the Lavistown curve opened, the Bell liners ran direct without going into Kilkenny.
