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 JOURNAL 170 October 2009
Contents
Accident at Church Road, North Wall, 10th November 1944
 
John O'Meara

Glounthaune - Midleton Re-opening
Oliver Doyle

Railcar Stopping Places
Richard Maund
The Class 22000 Intercity Railcars
Peter Smyth
Irish Railway News
2010 Dublin Programme
11th February A History of the Shannon Bridge at Drumsna
Oliver Doyle
25th February The Stolen Railway
Joe Coleman
11th March Annual Film Show
Tony Price & Liam Mooney
2010 Outings
17th March Outing to Inspect the New Drumsna bridge
24th April Outing to Western Corridor Railway
Athenry to Ennis
15th May Outing to the Lartigue Monorail in Listowel.
19th  Jun Outing to the Steam Museum in Straffan
2nd Aug   

Visit to York Road and Fortwilliam Depots on the N.I. Network.


 

 

 


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 ROLLING STOCK

Mk III ; The final scheduled locomotive hauled working of the 10:35 Athlone-Westport and 14:25 Westport-Dublin took place on Sunday 12 July using 226 + 6 Mk III + EGV. 6-car ICR 22042 worked the link the following Sunday. More
201
-Class 227 and 228 were in York Rd Depot in August for fitting of TPWS. With 201-205 and 210-213 in storage in Inchicore, 214 was the sole remaining orange liveried 201-class in service during the summer, but it was also stored by 21 August..More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Portarlington-Athlone A new replacement turnout was installed at the Dublin end of Geashill on Sunday 9 August.
Limerick-Ballybrophy Re-laying with CWR on concrete sleepers took place in June and July working east from Kilmastulla. During Monday-Friday possessions the 10:10 Ballybrophy-Limerick was substituted by bus. As re-laying progressed the points for Silvermines Junction were removed and replaced by plain track from 31 July. Limerick-Waterford In July and August, re-laying with CWR on concrete sleepers took place between MP70-71 and MP723/4-733/4 with a view to closing gaps in CWR between MP70 and Dunkitt Viaduct. About three-quarters of the Limerick Junction-Waterford line has now been re-laid with CWR.
Waterford On 9 August the relatively new and unused manganese turnout to the New Ross branch at Abbey Junction was taken out for use elsewhere. Abbey Junction ground frame was also taken out of use. The branch is now disconnected. The connection to Gouldings sidings at Waterford West was also removed on 9 August.
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DIESEL RAILCARS
22000-Class Deliveries 6-car standard-class ICR set 22044 was delivered to Waterford Belview on Friday 12 June. 6-car standard class set 22045, which is the last set of the original 183 vehicle order, was delivered to Belview Port, Waterford, on Thursday 20 August 2009.  More
22000-Class Workings The final 6-car ICR fitted with Premier Class seating, 22040, entered traffic on Thursday 21 May working the 17:25 Dublin-Limerick. On Friday 29 May, the second Mallow-Tralee link was converted to a 3-car ICR link. This left the 22:00 Cork-Tralee and 05:25 Tralee-Cork as the only links worked by 2600/2700-class railcars. .More
22000-Class Routes The class is now cleared to operate Ballybrophy-Killonan Junction, Limerick-Ennis and Cork-Cobh/Midleton.More

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