Operations 164

Irish Railway Record Society

Journal 164 Operations

Freight Operations

Saturday 28 April Dublin-Cork cement trains are now rare on Saturdays, but 072 + 10 bogies ran on this date.

Sunday 6 May The Sligo-North Wall-Waterford train of cut logs (timber) passed Hazelhatch at 12:30 with 211 + 11 60' bogies.

Friday 11 May The 06:25 Waterford-Sligo empty timber was hauled to North Wall by 083. It was followed by the 07:55 Waterford-Ballina Norfolk liner 076 + 18 bogies. The 08:15 Ballina-Waterford Norfolk was 141+175 + 18 bogies.

Sunday 13 May The Sligo-North Wall-Waterford timber train passed Clondalkin at 11:55 with 074 + 12 bogies and exchanged drivers with the 09:30 Waterford-Heuston at Adamstown.

Wednesday 16 May 149+146 + 24 laden cement wagons passed Raheny at 11:35 working from Drogheda to North Wall. The 14:00 Alexandra Rd-Navan empty Tara Mines was 073 + 8 bogies and passed Raheny at 15:05, The 18:20 Navan-Alexandra Rd was 077 + 12 bogies and passed Raheny at 21:00.

Tuesday 22 May The 12:00 Ballina-Waterford Norfolk was 175+141 + 17 bogies (12 of containers + 5 of bulk tanks). The 12:20 Waterford-Ballina Norfolk was 076 + 18 laden bogies. The 12:40 Cork-North Wall-Drogheda empty cement was 230 + 9 bogies and passed Kildare at 18:00.

Friday 25 May 144+147 hauled 20 laden four-wheel cement wagons from Drogheda to North Wall, passing Raheny at 11:20. The empty timber train to Sligo was worked from North Wall by 184+185.

Sunday 27 May 082 worked its first freight train since painting into the new black livery when it worked the laden Sligo timber train from North Wall to Waterford.

Wednesday 6 June 144+147 + 9 empty cement bogies departed North Wall for Platin, Drogheda, at 10:30.

Friday 8 June 086 hauled the 06:25 Waterford-North Wall-(Sligo) empty timber, passing Islandbridge Junction at 10:00.

Sunday 10 June The Sligo-Waterford laden timber was 073 + 12 bogies.

Tuesday 12 June The Waterford-Sligo empty timber departed North Wall for Sligo at 12:00 with 082 + 12 bogies.

Sunday 17 June The Sligo-Waterford laden timber train, 077 + 12 bogies, was looped in Hazelhatch for the 13:00 Heuston-Cork and 13:05 Heuston-Westport.

Tuesday 19 June The 12:40 Cork-North Wall-Drogheda empty cement was 085 + 10 bogies and passed Drumcondra at 18:20.

Tuesday 26 June 075, newly painted in black livery, worked a North Wall-Inchicore transfer of 2 bogies laden with wheelsets in cradles from Limerick Wagon Works. The wagons normally are attached to the 12:40 Cork-Drogheda cement at Limerick Junction.

Tuesday 3 July The previous Sunday's North Wall-Waterford laden timber was cancelled and ran on Tuesday instead. It left North Wall at 15:15 with 084 + 10 bogies. Same day 184+167 + 1 bogie of scrap track panels + 17 wagons of spoil in former Barytes wagons departed North Wall at 11:45 for Portlaoise.

Thursday 5 July 085 worked the 09:20 Navan-Alexandra Rd laden Tara Mines. The same locomotive was observed on the 09:20 on Friday 13, Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 July.

Monday 16 July The 09:20 laden Navan-Alexandra Rd Tara Mines was 076 + 9 bogies. The 12:20 laden Navan-Alexandra Rd was 085 + 11 bogies. The Waterford-North Wall empty cement was 147+144 + 34 four-wheel wagons, while its laden counterpart was 149+166 + 24 four-wheel wagons.

Tuesday 17 July The 12:20 Waterford-Ballina Norfolk was 083 + 18 laden bogies to Kildare where 078 took over. The 12:00 Ballina-Waterford Norfolk was hauled by 084.

Thursday 19 July 072 + 11 bogies arrived in North Wall at 10:10 on the Drogheda-North Wall-Cork laden cement. 072 returned to Drogheda 20-minutes later with 16 empty four-wheel cement wagons.

Sunday 21 July 141+187 + 12 bogies worked the (Sligo)-North Wall-Waterford timber.

Tuesday 24 July The Waterford-North Wall-Sligo empty timber was hauled by 149+166 and passed Inchicore at 11:00. The 09:20 Navan-Alexandra Rd laden Tara Mines was 088 + 9 bogies and arrived in North Wall at 11:30.

Friday 27 July 074 + 9 laden bogies of cement arrived in North Wall at 12:30 from Drogheda.

Sunday 29 July 072 + 12 laden bogies passed Glasnevin Junction at 11:45 with the (Sligo)-North Wall-Waterford timber train.

Tuesday 31 July 075 + 18 bogies worked the 12:00 Ballina-Waterford Norfolk. It arrived in Kildare at 17:50, the locomotive ran round and the train departed for Waterford at 18:15.

Friday 3 August 076 + 1 Tara Mines wagon from Limerick Wagon Works + 22 bulk cement wagons passed Cabra at 18:55 on the 12:40 Cork-North Wall-Drogheda empty cement.

Sunday 5 August The Sligo-Dublin-Waterford timber was 169+185 + 11 bogies and passed Cherryville Junction at 12:34.

Tuesday 7 August 228 + 1 timber wagon from Limerick Wagon Works + 10 bogie cement passed Cabra at 18:55 on the 12:40 Cork-Drogheda empty cement. The Waterford-Limerick empty cement departed Waterford at 11:36 with 187+141 + 16 wagons. The laden train from Limerick arrived in Waterford at 16:00 with 142+147 + 20 wagons.

Friday 10 August The 06:25 Waterford-North Wall-Sligo empty timber was hauled by 086 to North Wall where 076 took over. The 09:20 Navan-Alexandra Road laden Tara was hauled by 082 departing Drogheda at 10:40. At 12:00, 085 + 20 laden four-wheel cement wagons passed Gormanston for North Wall. The same locomotive was seen in Mosney loop at 16:10 with 20 more laden four-wheel cement wagons from Drogheda to North Wall.

Sunday 12 August The (Sligo)-North Wall-Waterford laden timber train was 201 + 12 laden bogies and passed Sallins at 13:15.

Wednesday 15 August 082 + 9 empty bulk cement departed North Wall at 09:30 for Drogheda. It was held at East Wall until 09:50, following the 09:35 Connolly-Belfast Enterprise and the 08:55 Bray-Balbriggan railcar.

The remainder of this article appears in IRRS Journal number 164, published October 2007.