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LUAS
- Dublin's Light Railway System
A special commemorative booklet has been compiled on behalf of the
Society with the co-operation of the Railway Procurement Agency.
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to obtain your copy
Steaming in Three Centuries
Our
latest book, published to celebrate the return to steam of the World’s
oldest main-line locomotive.
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to obtain your copy  
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Locomotives |
071
Class
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Fitting
of Teloc event recorders has been finished on 074 and 078. This leaves
084, 085 and 087 to be fitted and this must be done for continued
operation throughout 2010. More
201-Class;
It
is anticipated that there will be a fleet of twenty push-pull fitted
201-class locomotives kept in regular service. Overhaul work in Inchicore
included the 2-year overhaul of 225. 232 was also in works awaiting an
overhauled generator. 231 has been fitted with TPWS. .More
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INFRASTRUCTURE
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Dublin-Cork
The
trailing crossover and points to the loop at the north of Ballybrophy were
renewed during the line closure for commissioning the first of the ‘four
tracking’ on 1 November. Points are laid on concrete bearers. (sleepers).
Extensive
work is taking place each night over the entire Dublin-Cork line. It is
not uncommon for nearly every section to be under a possession most
nights. Work includes excavation, re-laying, renewing drainage, installing
a geo-textile membrane, replacing broken sleepers and renewing side worn
rails. More
Clonsilla-Pace
Work on bridges has progressed well. By November, the new Royal Canal
Bridge (UB284 at 610m) was largely complete and the farmer’s underpass
UB285 at 688m had been replaced. By December, re-location of services and
containment / strengthening measures were finished at Barnhill Road
Bridge, OB286 at 1,689m, and the bridge re-opened. More
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RAILCARS
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22000-Class
Deliveries;
The
final standard-class ICR 6-car set, 22045, entered service on Thursday 3
December on the 17:25 Dublin-Limerick. Nineteen 3-car sets are on order
for delivery in 2011, as are replacements for sets 22010 and 22011 More
22000-Class Workings;
On
Thursday 26 November, 6-car ICRs commenced working Dublin-Sligo trains,
replacing pairs of 3-cars. Standard-class set 22044 worked the 13:05
Connolly-Sligo, which only operated to/from Longford because of flooding.
The same morning, 3-car ICR 22008 worked Docklands-Clonsilla services
instead of the usual 4-car 29000-class. On Monday 7 December,
Premier-class 22034 and Standard-class 22045 transferred from Heuston to
Connolly
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22000-Class Routes; The
class has now been cleared to operate in passenger service between Manulla
Junction and Ballina (3-car), Gorey-Rosslare (3-car south of Greystones),
into Docklands station and between Islandbridge Junction and Glasnevin
Junction. They have also been cleared to operate as 9-car between Dublin
Connolly/Heuston-Cork-Tralee but are not allowed to serve Newbridge,
Portarlington, Ballybrophy, Templemore, Banteer, Rathmore and Farranfore..More
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