Irish Rail 141 Class 144 - Bagged Cement Roscrea to Limerick
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- Irish Rail 141 Class locomotive 142 hauling the Roscrea to Limerick bagged cement train, Ireland.
17/05/97
Filmed by Colm O'Callaghan, 17th May 1997.
©Colm O'Callaghan
Delightful rural Irish branch line with a thriving community spirit. Wagonload pick up freight. The steam genny van on the passenger train to convey newspapers and parcels. Great atmosphere in a beautiful countryside setting. Some nice railway architecture from historic station buildings built from local stone to signalboxes, lower quadrant semaphore signals to single line tokens, to lovely class 141 diesels and steam heating. Irish Rail before kartism (modern plastic DMUs) was a sheer joy to behold, even in torrential rain.
Just came across this footage. Thank you for posting it - it seems like a different age! And in 1997 they said ‘Things can only get better’. Not entirely sure about that!
Thats a class bit of video there eiretrains,a pleasure to watch.
Great stuff. As noted elsewhere the economics of running a loco hauled train with just one carriage and a guard's van just does not add up.
With an average of 55 passengers a day (according to a report in the Examiner) last year, the miracle is that the line is still open. Amazing it has not got the chop, especially as there is no freight at all now.
brilliant Irish Rail video , many thanks
Enjoyed this vintage action. Thanks for sharing.
Another lovely piece of history - thanks for sharing it!
Bart.
Thx Keith, glad you liked it.
Lovely video, thanks for posting.
Super stuff as always!
very nice video.....greetings from India.
Hard to believe the changes since I was born in 1997!
Hi sorry I haven't received any emails recently, however, I am sure the CBPR van is still at Crosshaven, it was there in 2010/11 when Google Street View caught it on camera!
All credit to the chief!
I wish I could bring my hd camera back in time...... :)
Yes there is more in the pipeline.
One could have a nice sleep up there!! zzzzz
Super video :) LIKE!
It's operated by railcars nowadays, which are more efficient, only problem is the line doesn't have enough passengers lately!
Wonderful - got many more of these?
is the line still open
There's some talk of the line been closed next year, so you never know!
O right i hope so! I am currently trying to help tralee town council with the Blennerville Railway. The van could be used as a brake van with original TDLR stock while waiting for repatriations! If you or anyone would like to help out email dingletrain@live.ie