Afternoon folks,
On Saturday Belmond Grand Hibernian liveried 216 was used on the 0935 North Wall - Ballina IWT Liner. This was the first run of the loco on the mainline since repainting into Belmond livery. It still requires branding to be applied.
Also pictured were the two Mayo Specials to Heuston for the Mayo - Tyrone Match in Croke Park, Dublin.
Click http://smu.gs/2aC9r5a to view.
Also the latest batch of photos from my recent UK trip have now been uploaded. These are from Tuesday 2nd August.
After arriving in Edinburgh off the Sleeper from London I took an out and back spin to Tweedbank on the recently reopened Borders Railway.
Once back in Edinburgh it was time for some sightseeing of the City before taking a trip out to North Queensferry to view the Forth Bridge. Taking 68002 out and back of course on the Scotrail loco hauled turn.
Click http://smu.gs/2aCa9zE to view.
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Evening folks,
I've just updated several galleries of the website featuring photos from the past few days.
August Gallery:
- DART EMU at Dun-Laoghaire on Sunday.
- 075 passing Shanderry with the 1526 Waterford - Ballina Ety. Timber on Monday,
Click http://smu.gs/2aHtijw to view.
On Sunday 7th August 2016 the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland operated another of their popular Dublin Riveria Specials from Dublin to Greystones.
Click http://smu.gs/2aWBBGi to view.
Before the morning "Dublin Riveria" Steam Spl. from Connolly to Greystones, the RPSI had arranged with IE to line up their three Diesel Locomotives outside the Shed at Connolly for a photo shoot.
Click http://smu.gs/2aHvl7h to view.
All of the above galleries can also be accessed from the home page at www.thewandererphotos.com
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The Belmond Grand Hibernian train took to the rails during the early hours of Wednesday 10th August when it worked a 0025 Heuston - Mallow & 0330 Mallow - Inchicore Trial Train with 216 providing the power. The outward trial passed Portarlington at 0246, 86 minutes late. The train was delayed due to a late departure from Inchicore to Heuston.
Click http://smu.gs/2b1BwBf to watch the video.
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Afternoon folks,
The latest update features photos of the Belmond Grand Hibernian on trial from Inchicore to Mallow and back to Heuston this morning with 216 and 7 MKIII carriages.
Click http://smu.gs/2b7OPQF to view all the photos.
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Afternoon all,
Photos from the past two days include:
Friday
- Belmond Grand Hibernian at Mallow and Heuston.
- LUAS 3001 at Jervis.
Saturday
- A trip on the Nenagh Branch to Nenagh.
- A very unplanned last minute dash to Athlone to photograph #retrotrain 071 on the 0935 North Wall - Ballina IWT Liner.
Click http://smu.gs/2aQMAjb to view.
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Evening folks,
Tonight's update to www.thewandererphotos.com contains the following:
Saturday:
After the dash to Athlone to capture 071 on Saturday's IWT Liner to Athlone I stopped off Shannonbridge to see if any action was occurring. Sadly all was silent.
Monday:
Pictures of the Belmond Trial to Cork at Clonkeen. Then later that day I was Killarney bound myself with images from Portlaoise, Thurles, Cork (more Belmond), Mallow, Rathmore and Killarney.
Click http://smu.gs/2aX7CAd to see all the images.
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The Belmond Grand Hibernian visited Killarney on Tuesday 16th August while on a trial from Dublin.
Click http://smu.gs/2aQJPna to view all the images.
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Evening folks,
The photos from Wednesday are now online.
Featuring:
- Killarney
- Mallow
- Thurles.
- The Belmond Grand Hibernian and Galway and Portarlington.
Click http://smu.gs/2b3YrOd to view.
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Evening folks,
Pictures from a weekend in the Dublin area. Locations include:
- The Gullet for Retro 071 on the IWT and 216 on the Belmond Grand Hibernian.
- Navan Road Parkway.
- Pearse.
- Blackrock.
- Tara Street.
Click http://smu.gs/2b6ER5L to view.
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Morning all,
I've finally gotten around to uploading pictures from last Sunday's RPSI Radio Train railtour from Dublin to Kilkenny.
What should have been a simple out and back tour with the steam engine No. 4 turned into a "spin and win" railtour after No. 4 set off the Hot Box Alarm at Straffan and the the train was stopped at Sallins for it to be examined. It was found that there was a lubrication issue with a coupling rod bearing on No.4. The temperature was too high for the locomotive to continue and the train was shunted onto the loop and No.4 went into the head shunt.
Rescue came in the form of the Retro CIE livery 071 which was sent L.E. from Inchicore to Sallins to work the train forward to Kilkenny. At Kilkenny 076 on hand to shunt the train, originally to release No. 4 but as the tour was now diesel hauled 076 took over for the trip back to Dublin and shunt released 071 which then went L.E. from Kilkenny to Waterford.
Despite the outward delay it was an excellent railtour and with the 071's taking over we had an early arrival at Connolly. The RPSI kept all the passengers informed during the delay with regular updates and nobody seemed to mind the extended stay at Sallins (80 mins).
To see the images from the day click http://smu.gs/2bfBCas
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Evening all,
Some pictures from the past two days.
Wednesday 24th August 2016:
A visit to Carn Bridge, Ballykillane and Portarlington during the evening sunshine.
Thursday 25th August 2016:
A quick trip to Clonkeen to photo the Belmond Grand Hibernian which was working from Charleville to Galway via Portarlington. Plus a contributed photograph of the train crossing the River Shannon at Athlone.
Click http://smu.gs/2blNiKs to view.
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Evening all,
Pictures from a rather sunny weekend in Cork have just been uploaded to http://smu.gs/2bB0mck