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DATE PROGRAMME  JOURNAL 176 CONTENTS
9th February 2012 'The zoo and the railways' – a talk by Catherine de Courcy Difflin Lake Railway
Oliver Doyle
23rd February 2012      Norman Foster presents a slideshow on various railway topics County Donegal Railways Joint Committee Railcars 
Oliver Doyle
8th March 2012 Railways of Cork & Kerry - A slideshow by London member, Gerry McMahon, Accident Reports
22nd March 2012 'Annual Film Show – Liam Mooney and Tony Price present selections from their own and the Society’s film collections. The “West Cork” in 1961
12th April 2012      David Boyle presents a slideshow from his extensive collection of Irish railway images. A Railway Lawgiver – J H Balfour Browne (1845 – 1921)
Tim Moriarty
26th April 2012      Railway Languages - A paper by the IRRS Hon. Librarian, Tim Moriarty Bolting Horses 
Oliver Doyle
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IRRS Journal 176
October 2011

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO MEMBERS
 The Car Park at Heuston Station is now operating a Pay & Display system. Payment for parkng is required on entering the car park. Our free parking concession has been withdrawn.
Outing on Saturday March 17th to Transport Museum at Cultra.
 An outing has been arranged to visit the Transport Museum at Cultra on St. Patrick's Day 17th March 2012. We will travel on the 09.35 Enterprise service to Belfast Central and take a local train to Cultra.
Please click here for a Booking Form
NEWS
JOURNEY TIMES In August, IÉ announced that it was seeking €175m in order to reduce journey times, which have increased over recent years and are now significantly uncompetitive with road. IÉ requested €35m per annum to improve speeds on the Dublin-Cork and Dublin-Galway routes between 2012 and 2016. A second phase would improve speeds on the Dublin-Limerick and Dublin-Waterford lines. In September, the junior Minister with responsibility for public transport announced an initiative to improve journey times between Portarlington and Dublin costing €1m. :Read More.

22000-Class ICRs  New 3-car sets 22051-22054 were off loaded from the MV Tiger at Dublin Port on Saturday 6 August. On Monday 8 August, sets 22053+54 were placed on the rails at the Common User Container Terminal and hauled to North Wall Yard by 076. Then half of the IWT container train was brought to the Terminal for unloading and re-loading by 076. The full 18 wagon IWT container train was hauled to North Wall Yard by 234 and 076 followed later with 22051+52 to North Wall Yard. 076 later brought 22053+54 to Heuston Guinness Yard before returning to North Wall to collect 22051+52. Read More

Dublin Port The Minister for Transport, Dr Leo Varadkar, TD, officially opened the new sidings at the Common User Terminal in Dublin Port on 13 July (See JOURNAL 175). He said: ‘I welcome this important investment by Dublin Port Company in its rail network. It will further enhance the attractiveness of the port as a destination for rail-based freight. The project represents a commitment on the part of Dublin Port Company and Iarnród Éireann to customers who want to move goods by rail’. The siding represented an investment of €1.5m by the Dublin Port Company. Mr. Éamonn O’Reilly, Chief Executive, Dublin Port Company said: ‘This investment by Dublin Port Company underpins the rail freight operation started by IWT in August 2009. . Read More

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