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Tag: Irish

Coastal repairs secure future of Wicklow line

3rd January 2020 Sam Hewitt News, World

SPECIALIST contractors and Iarnród Éireann-Irish Rail (IÉ) workers have completed essential coastal defence repairs on the scenic stretch of the former Dublin & South Eastern Railway line between Greystones and Bray. The work at Bray

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Downpatrick diesel gala marks 30 years of the ITG

4th December 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, News, World

STEAM gave way to internal combustion power at the Downpatrick & County Down Railway (DCDR) on October 12 as the Irish Traction Group (ITG) celebrated three decades of diesel locomotive preservation. Visitors travelled from both

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Good craic on Steam Dreams’ ‘Emerald Isle’ luxury charter

19th October 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Railtours, Steam, World

BRITISH railtour operator Steam Dreams returned to Ireland during September with its multi-day ‘Emerald Isle Craic Express’. The charter was operated in conjunction with the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (RPSI). The RPSI’s Dublin-based Cravens

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RPSI cuts frames for new-build LMS-NCC ‘W’ class Mogul

5th October 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam, World

THE first steps in the re-creation of one of H P Stewart’s LMS-NCC ‘W’ class 2-6-0 have been taken by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (RPSI) with the cutting of the locomotive’s 33ft-long main

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Ireland’s railways prepare for Brexit border scenarios

24th September 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, News, World

OPERATORS of the national rail networks on both sides of the Irish border are formulating plans for post-Brexit future operations of cross-border train services. Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 border

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Bundoran Junction station on the market for under £200k

23rd September 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam, World

ONE of Northern Ireland’s best-known former stations has been put up for sale, opening up the opportunity to own a real piece of Irish railway history. Bundoran Junction, in Kilskeery, Co Tyrone, was a popular

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New dome completes 22-year restoration of Nancy at Dromod

22nd September 2019 Sam Hewitt Industrial, News, Steam, World

THE restoration of the Cavan & Leitrim Railway’s Avonside 0-6-0T Nancy is officially complete after 22 years’ work and £160,000 investment.  The former ironstone loco returned to steam at Alan Keef’s Ross-on-Wye workshops in March,

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Steam returns to Drumshanbo… on the back of a lorry!

29th August 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam, World

AVONSIDE 0-6-0T Nancy once again flew the flag for the Dromod-based Cavan & Leitrim Railway (C&LR) on June 30 when it took part in the opening parade of the An Tóstal festival at Drumshanbo, County

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No go for TransPennine ‘185s’ as Class 2700s deleted

28th August 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, News, World

By Tony Miles THE Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) tender for ‘second-hand’ trains for Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) is unlikely to see the spare 22 Class 185 units moving to Ireland despite some initial

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Cavan & Leitrim steam returns to Ballinamore

21st July 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam, World

NARROW gauge steam returned to the former Cavan & Leitrim Railway (C&LR) station at Ballinamore on June 2 when the revived C&LR’s newly restored Avonside 0-6-0T Nancy attended the Ballinamore Vintage and Family Festival. The

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