Republic of Ireland

6th April 1985 to 3rd September 2001

I made my first visit to Ireland in early 1985 to take part on a "Pathfinders" railtour. Since then I have been back several times both for railtours (covering many freight only lines) as well as travelling around on scheduled services. Always a favourite, for a long time other than DEMUs in the North and EMUs on the DART system around Dublin, the network was 100% loco hauled. Things began to change in the early 1990s with the delivery of DMUs for Irish Rail in the South, however mainline services are still hauled all by General Motors built locos.

06.04.85 Cobh Junction 083 900x604	06.04.85 Cobh 058 900x583	06.04.85 Cork 058 900x594	06.04.85 Mallow 129/126 900x590
06.04.85 Waterford 126/129 900x589	06.04.85 Thomastown 128/167 900x609	06.04.85 Kilkenny 126/129 900x557	06.04.85 Kilkenny 126/129 900x594
19.10.85 Dublin Connolly 112 (NIR) 900x587	19.10.85 Howth DART EMU 900x609	20.10.85 Sligo 122/130 900x608	20.10.85 Dublin Heuston 152 900x608
20.10.85 Limerick 078 900x588	21.10.85 Ballybrophy 173 900x593	21.10.85 Portarlington 084 900x591	21.10.85 Portarlington 083 900x587
21.10.85 Galway 083 900x593	22.10.85 Kildare 029 900x558	22.10.85 Tralee 086 900x593	22.10.85 Tralee 086 900x596
22.10.85 Mallow 086 900x609	22.10.85 Mallow 189 900x590	22.10.85 Mallow 189 900x593	22.10.85 Cork 169 900x593
22.10.85 Cork 083 900x589	23.10.85 Westport 082 900x590	23.10.85 Westport 082 900x589	23.10.85 Castlerea 077 900x558
23.10.85 Claremorris 053 900x591	23.10.85 Ballina 053 900x591	24.10.85 Dublin Connolly 149 900x592	24.10.85 Dublin Connolly 162 900x589
26.10.85 Dublin Heuston 047 900x557	13.09.86 Limerick Junction 174 900x582	13.09.86 Limerick 122/124 900x600	13.09.86 Gort 122/124 900x596
13.09.86 Mullingar 122/124 900x609	13.09.86 Dublin Connolly 113 (NIR) 031 900x595	07.04.90 Taum 111 (NIR) 900x624	18.05.91 Foynes Harbour 170 900x606
23.10.93 Wicklow 012 900x589	23.10.93 Wellington Bridge 012 900x614	23.10.93 Wellington Bridge 051 900x620	23.10.93 Carrick-on-Suir G616 + G617 (preserved) 900x589
23.10.93 Carrick-on-Suir 231 (preserved) 900x589	23.10.93 Carrick-on-Suir 049 900x557	23.10.93 Carrick-on-Suir 231 + 103 (preserved) 900x590	16.06.95 Dublin Heuston 2601 900x546
17.06.95 Dublin Heuston 234 900x583	17.06.95 Killarney 175 900x604	17.06.95 Killarney 229 900x581	18.06.95 Athlone 221+230 900x608
18.06.95 Ballina 169 900x585	18.06.95 Ballina 169 900x550	18.06.95 Manulla Junction 169 900x608	19.06.95 Dublin Connolly 224 900x550
19.06.95 Dublin Connolly 212 900x582	03.09.01 Sligo 077 900x547