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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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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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 Locomotives

071 Class ; 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; I
t 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

INFRASTRUCTURE

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
DIESEL RAILCARS
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 .More
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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