Afternoon all,
The first update for August 2012 has some aerial photos on Tuesday morning while flying into Dublin from JFK onboard EI-DUZ "St. Aofie" of Co. Mayo plus Balbriggan, Skerries and Portmarnock in Co. Dublin.
Photos from Wednesday are from Co. Kildare of the two IWT liners from Ballina to North Wall (226 & 073), plus the usual MKIV's and ICR's. 209 was on the 1500 Cork.
All of the August photos can be found at http://smu.gs/ONxx97
All of the USA photos are now up on the website. These may be found at http://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/International/2012 and feature photos from the following Cities:
-Chicago
-San Francisco
-Phoenix
-Los Angeles
-Las Vegas
Plus Amtrak's California Zephyr which operates between Chicago and San Francisco and the Cajon Pass which is about 70 miles outside Los Angeles.
Enjoy,
The Wanderer.
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Afternoon folks,
Cleared out a bit of a backlog of photos awaiting uploading since last week.
Thursday 09th August
The Wanderer, Finnyus and Csalem all joined forces for a visit to Gormanston to photograph the evening Tara mines trains which were operated by 082 and 086.
Sunday 12th August
22036 at Galway waiting to depart with the 1305 to Dublin Heuston.
Monday 13th August 2012
A visit to Clara to photograph the IWT liners (222 and 226), along with the frequent passenger service on this busy single line.
All photos are in the August 2012 collection: http://smu.gs/OUHz8u
Enjoy,
The Wanderer.
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Good evening all,
Long term stopped 22033 has recently returned to service following repairs at Inchicore and Laois Train Care Depot after suffering an engine fire in vehicle 22633 at Athenry in September 2011.
Separate to repairs to 22033, there has been a long term aspiration since the ICR's entered service to improve the First Class Accommodation on the Premier Class sets (22031 - 22040) following negative customer feedback. With 22033 being stopped for several months the opportunity was taken to trial the new first class interior on the "A1" vehicle 22133, plus carry out modifications to the gallery area of the vehicle. The vehicle retains its existing Premier Class branding on the external and internal doors. First Class / Premier Class Branding will be retrofitted to the rest of the vehicle at a later date.
The remaining 9 "A1" type vehicles were be dealt with over the coming months.
Pictures of 22033's new look: http://smu.gs/P1fs7D
While the start of a new era begins for the 6 car Premier Class 22000 fleet, the end of an era occured after the August Bank Holiday for the Limerick based 2700 Class fleet. The final members of the class were withrawn from traffic after they were retained for the Volvo Ocean Boat Race and Galway Race Festival in July and early August 2012.
To commemorate this occasion I have put together a selction of my photos of the 2700 Class from between 2006 & 2012, which showcases their time allocated to Cork and Limerick Depots, following displacement from Drogheda Depot by the 29000 Class.
Thanks must go to Oliver Doyle, Stephen Hirsch & Brian Solomon for providing several images of the class at work in the Dublin Suburban area in their original Orange & Black "ARROW" Livery and to Noel Enright for images of the class at work on the Ballina Branch.
Click here: http://smu.gs/P1g7Gd
Enjoy,
The Wanderer.
The first update for August 2012 has some aerial photos on Tuesday morning while flying into Dublin from JFK onboard EI-DUZ "St. Aofie" of Co. Mayo plus Balbriggan, Skerries and Portmarnock in Co. Dublin.
Photos from Wednesday are from Co. Kildare of the two IWT liners from Ballina to North Wall (226 & 073), plus the usual MKIV's and ICR's. 209 was on the 1500 Cork.
All of the August photos can be found at http://smu.gs/ONxx97
All of the USA photos are now up on the website. These may be found at http://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/International/2012 and feature photos from the following Cities:
-Chicago
-San Francisco
-Phoenix
-Los Angeles
-Las Vegas
Plus Amtrak's California Zephyr which operates between Chicago and San Francisco and the Cajon Pass which is about 70 miles outside Los Angeles.
Enjoy,
The Wanderer.
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Afternoon folks,
Cleared out a bit of a backlog of photos awaiting uploading since last week.
Thursday 09th August
The Wanderer, Finnyus and Csalem all joined forces for a visit to Gormanston to photograph the evening Tara mines trains which were operated by 082 and 086.
Sunday 12th August
22036 at Galway waiting to depart with the 1305 to Dublin Heuston.
Monday 13th August 2012
A visit to Clara to photograph the IWT liners (222 and 226), along with the frequent passenger service on this busy single line.
All photos are in the August 2012 collection: http://smu.gs/OUHz8u
Enjoy,
The Wanderer.
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Good evening all,
Long term stopped 22033 has recently returned to service following repairs at Inchicore and Laois Train Care Depot after suffering an engine fire in vehicle 22633 at Athenry in September 2011.
Separate to repairs to 22033, there has been a long term aspiration since the ICR's entered service to improve the First Class Accommodation on the Premier Class sets (22031 - 22040) following negative customer feedback. With 22033 being stopped for several months the opportunity was taken to trial the new first class interior on the "A1" vehicle 22133, plus carry out modifications to the gallery area of the vehicle. The vehicle retains its existing Premier Class branding on the external and internal doors. First Class / Premier Class Branding will be retrofitted to the rest of the vehicle at a later date.
The remaining 9 "A1" type vehicles were be dealt with over the coming months.
Pictures of 22033's new look: http://smu.gs/P1fs7D
While the start of a new era begins for the 6 car Premier Class 22000 fleet, the end of an era occured after the August Bank Holiday for the Limerick based 2700 Class fleet. The final members of the class were withrawn from traffic after they were retained for the Volvo Ocean Boat Race and Galway Race Festival in July and early August 2012.
To commemorate this occasion I have put together a selction of my photos of the 2700 Class from between 2006 & 2012, which showcases their time allocated to Cork and Limerick Depots, following displacement from Drogheda Depot by the 29000 Class.
Thanks must go to Oliver Doyle, Stephen Hirsch & Brian Solomon for providing several images of the class at work in the Dublin Suburban area in their original Orange & Black "ARROW" Livery and to Noel Enright for images of the class at work on the Ballina Branch.
Click here: http://smu.gs/P1g7Gd
Enjoy,
The Wanderer.
