A few pictures of the MS Julia, docked at the Port of Cork. This ship will be in service on the 1st March 2010 on the Cork - Swansea route for Fastnet Line.

A few pictures from locations around North Cork, including:
- Grange Bridge (MP140), New Twopothouse
- Ballyhea
- Mourneabbey
- MP139 (Between Buttevant and New Twopothouse)
- Ivyhouse Bridge (MP151)

Locos: 218, 220, 221, 222, 224, 230, 234
CAF/MK4 DVT: 4002, 4006, 4007, 4008
Railcar: 22 335

A few pictures from the Waterford & Suir Valley Railway, Kilmeadan, Co. Waterford

A few photos of my trip on Northern Ireland Railways 1st & 2nd October 2009. The trip included runs on all three NIR DMU's:
- 3000 class
- 450 class
- 80 class

and on NIR's 4 railway routes:
- Larne line
- Derry line
- Bangor line
- Portadown line

All for the price of £15 for the Freedom of Northern Ireland bus/rail ticket.

Some notes over the 2 days:

01.10.2009:
- 3001 19:30 Bangor - Portadown
- 3015 stabled at platform 2, GVS (20:15)
- 3018 20:47 GVS - Bangor
- 8090+8093 19:50 Larne Town - Belfast Central
- 450 class (with DT 8798) 20:20 GVS - Larne Harbour

02.10.2009:
- 3020 06:45 GVS - Bangor
- 93+90 07:00 GVS - Whitehead
- 3011 06:45 Belfast Central - Lisburn
- 228 08:00 Belfast Central - Drogheda (- Dublin) (crossed 07:00 GVS - Whitehead @ Yorkgate)
- York Road Depot @ 07:15 - 9004, 206, 8089, 8113
- 8453 07:32 Belfast Central - Larne Harbour
- 450 class (with DT 8781) 07:55 semi-fast Larne Town - GVS
- 90+93 07:55 Whitehead - Central
- 450 class (with DT 8782) 08:10 Larne Harbour - Central (crossed 07:32 from Central @ Magheramourne Loop)
- 90+93 08:43 Belfast Central - Larne Harbour
- 93+90 09:57 Larne Harbour - Belfast Central
- 8457 09:42 Belfast Central - Larne Harbour
- York Road Depot @ 10:50 - 227, 3003, 3007, 89+97
- 3018 10:40 GVS - Derry
- Antrim Station: Ballast wagons
- 3016 09:41 Derry - GVS (I presume it also worked the 06:20 GVS -Derry)
- 3010 11:20 Derry - GVS
- 450 class operating the Portrush Shuttle
- 3016 12:20 GVS - Derry
- Ballymena Station: Per-way machinery
- Templepatrick loop: 3010 14:20 GVS - Derry
- York Road Depot @ 15:10: 8113, 8452, 8455, 8459
- 4853 15:12 Belfast Central -Larne Harbour
- 209+9001 13:57 (Dublin-) Drogheda - Belfast Central "Enterprise" service
- 3001 14:45 Portadown - Bangor (via GVS)
- 3007 17:20 semi-fast Bangor - Portadown (via GVS)
- 209 18:10 (Dublin-) Drogheda - Belfast Central "Enterprise" service
- 228 18:40 Belfast Central - Drogheda (-Dublin) "Enterprise" service

Wish I had checked the times of the Transport Museum in Cultra! Arrived at 4pm ...closing time of the museum! Next time :)

A few pictures of the services from Cork & Kerry from a crisp Sunday morning for the All Ireland Football Final 2009:

@ Limerick Junction:
06:30 Cork - Heuston non-stop special :- 4008 + 231
07:00 Mallow - Heuston special :- 22037
06:30 Killarney - Heuston special :- 22017+22028
07:00 Cork - Heuston special :- 4002 + 220
07:30 Cork - Heuston special :- 219 + 8MK3's
06:30 Tralee - Heuston :- 22027 + 22024

@ OBC 273, Emly, Co Tipperary:
07:30 Killarney - Heuston special :- 22007 + 22001

@ Knocklong, Co Limerick:
08:30 Cork - Heuston :- 4004 + 225

@ Kilmallock, Co Limerick:
09:00 Cork - Heuston special :- 207 + MK3's

@ Rathduff, Co Cork:
10:30 Cork - Heuston :- 400? + 229

Other observations:
074 @ Limerick Junction

Also a few pictures from Monday evening:

@ Blarney (OBC388):
219 hauling the 13:45 Heuston - Cork relief train, made up for 8 MK3's. This later ran ecs back to Dublin sometime after 18:00

16:30 Cork - Heuston :- 4002 + 220
14:00 Heuston - Cork :- 221 + 400?

@ Mallow South (OBC344):
15:00 Heuston - Cork :- 230 + 4006
17:30 Cork - Heuston :- 400? + 229

Other observations:
17:35 Mallow - Cobh :- 2717/18
17:30 Cobh - Mallow :- 2601/01
19:15 Cork - Midleton & 19:45 Midleton - Cork :- 2703/04

A few pictures from locations along the Western Rail Corridor, Ireland:
- Kiltartan level crossing
- Sixmilebridge
- Gort

A few pictures from Scotland
- Edinburgh Haymarket
- Edinburgh Waverley
- Edinburgh Princes Street
- Linlithgow, West Lothian

Cork - Dublin - Belfast GVS

Pictures from the RPSI "Top-Link" Railtour Day 2 :- Dublin - Cork

Photos from 2009 - Ireland

- Ballynamona Bridge, North Cork
- Farranfore, Co Kerry
- Gortatlea, Co Kerry
- Fenit, Co Kerry
- Tralee, Co Kerry
- Upper Coolcorcoran, Killarney, Co Kerry
- Banteer, North Cork
- Kent Station, Cork
- MP144.25/Mourne Abbey
- Mallow Station
- Millstreet Station
- Tralee Station
- Killarney Station
- MP129 3/4 Charleville
- MP140 1/4 Newtwopothouse
- Portarlington Station
- Galway Station

Pictures from locations along the former Cork, Bandon & South Coast Railway line.
- Skibbereen, Co Cork
- Ballydehob, Co Cork
- Courtmacsherry, Co Cork
- Timoleague, Co Cork

A few pictures from Birmingham Moor Street station & the Severn Valley Railway

Photos from 2008 around Ireland
- Banteer, Co Cork
- Killarney, Co Kerry
- Gort, Co Clare
- Westport, Co Mayo

A trip to Germany in July 2007 including Hamburg, Tostedt, Bremen, Cologne & Wuppertal

Trip to Wales in 2007 including Fishguard, Swansea, Llanelli, Mertyr Tidfyll, Brecon Mountain Railway, Bangor & Llandudno

Photos from 2007 around Ireland

Pictures of the re-opening of the Midleton - Glounthaune railway in East Cork, Ireland

A few pictures from the 9th December 2006 taken between Manulla Junction and Ballina. On this date, the 13:00 Ballina - Manulla Junction was the last loco-hauled Ballina branch shuttle comprised of Craven rolling stock.

The 13:00 Ballina - Manulla Junction shuttle was formed by:
073 + 1516 + 1506 + 3173

Other notes from the day:
- 2603+2604 were on the delayed 11:17 Manulla Junction - Ballina shuttle
- 214 + 2 Mk3 + 5 Mk3A + 7609 made up the 08:05 Heuston - Westport & 13:05 return service

I can still smell the steam from that day!!!!!!!!!

Pictures from the Boat Train Railtour from Limerick - Waterford - Rosslare

Pictures from the excellent "The Supertrain" railtour.
Route: Connolly - Ballybrophy - Charleville - Cobh - Mallow - Limerick - Nenagh - Roscrea - Ballybrophy

A few pictures from my holiday in the Wuppertal

A few pictures from the Clonakilty Model Railway Village, West Cork

http://www.modelvillage.ie/

Some photos @ Mallow station of the RPSI's "Earl of Desmond" railtour

A few pictures from the ITG's railtour "The Portrush Thumper".

The consist for the day was a 6 piece 80 class unit: 8089 + 8779 + 8734 + 8754 + 8780 + 8083.

The route was: (Belfast Central Station -) Dublin Connolly - Drogheda - Belfast Great Victoria Street - Belfast Central Station - Ballymena - Coleraine - Portrush - Coleraine - Balleymoney - Antrim - via Antrim/Lisburn branch - Bangor - Drogheda - Dublin Connolly (- Belfast Central Station)

A few photos from locations along the Cork - Cobh line in East Cork

Photos from 2006 around Ireland:
- Mallow Beet Factory
- Mallow Station
- Ballyhilloge
- Newberry Level Crossing
- Farranfore
- Rosslare Harbour
- Kilbarry
- Killarney
- Wicklow
- Waterford Suir Valley Railway
- Tara Street Station
- Limerick Junction
- Charleville
- Chetwynd
- Kent Station, Cork

A few photos from the Farranfore - Valentia Line in Co Kerry
- Kilorglin
- Gleesk Viaduct
- C202 @ Cahirciveen

A few pictures from the Rosslare Rambler Railtour.

Route: Waterford - Wellingtonbridge - Rosslare Strand - Rosslare Europort - Waterford - Athy - Kildare - Ballybrophy - Roscrea - Nenagh - Limerick - Cahir - Carrig-on-Suir - Waterford

Locos:
- 134+190 : Waterford - Rosslare Europort - Waterford
- 112 : Waterford - Kildare - Ballybrophy - Limerick
- 172+187 : Limerick - Cahir - Waterford

Some images from Microsoft Train Simulator, with an Irish theme

Photos from 2005, including
- Cobh, Co Cork
- Carrigaloe, Co Cork
- Glounthaune/Cobh Junction, Co Cork
- Belvelly, Co Cork
- Kent Station, Cork
- Heuston Station, Dublin
- Heuston - Luas Stop
- Connolly Station, Dublin
- Belfast Central Station
- 071 on freight in Cork