I was stranded on Rosslare pier for 12 hours in August 1986..hurricane Charley.Passenger facilities were basic to say the least!!The departure lounge resembled a cattle shed.There was a separate cafe bar serving ham or cheese sandwiches, washed down with a cup of instant coffee!!The owners must have made a fortune that day..talk about a captive audience!!
Great video. 5:16 Lovely to see the train propelled into Rosslare Harbour Pier which closed quite early on. A mate and I cleared Iarnrod Eireann in a four day holiday, having already completed Sligo and Ballina on the Balligo Divider tour. We had an A Class 001 to Rosslare Harbour Mainland, and we were catching the train to Limerick which started from the Pier station. Not wishing to miss out, and seeing no other pedestrian route, we naughtily walked down the track. The driver of the Limerick train watching our trespass. He understandably wanted to know WTF we thought we were doing ! So I replied that we were catching the train to Limerick. He replied that his train was stopping at Mainland so we need not have walked along the track. I said "I know it does, but we wanted to catch the train from the Pier station as we were covering all Ireland's railways and we were keen not to miss a bit". The Dublin Rosslare line is in our opinion, the most beautiful in Ireland. Very scenic and we loved the street running section in Wexford. Thanks for posting.
Great to see the locos and carriages I took for granted and traveled on. Also their sounds. Many a times I got the train to Sligo or arrived! Camcorders were a lot less plentiful then. What year was it taken?
I was stranded on Rosslare pier for 12 hours in August 1986..hurricane Charley.Passenger facilities were basic to say the least!!The departure lounge resembled a cattle shed.There was a separate cafe bar serving ham or cheese sandwiches, washed down with a cup of instant coffee!!The owners must have made a fortune that day..talk about a captive audience!!
fabulous..will never see such a time again
Great video. 5:16 Lovely to see the train propelled into Rosslare Harbour Pier which closed quite early on. A mate and I cleared Iarnrod Eireann in a four day holiday, having already completed Sligo and Ballina on the Balligo Divider tour. We had an A Class 001 to Rosslare Harbour Mainland, and we were catching the train to Limerick which started from the Pier station. Not wishing to miss out, and seeing no other pedestrian route, we naughtily walked down the track. The driver of the Limerick train watching our trespass. He understandably wanted to know WTF we thought we were doing ! So I replied that we were catching the train to Limerick. He replied that his train was stopping at Mainland so we need not have walked along the track. I said "I know it does, but we wanted to catch the train from the Pier station as we were covering all Ireland's railways and we were keen not to miss a bit". The Dublin Rosslare line is in our opinion, the most beautiful in Ireland. Very scenic and we loved the street running section in Wexford. Thanks for posting.
Fantastic historical footage of the A class in action , locos and rolling stock now gone.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it Tom!
Fantastic footage, brings me back to when I was young! Thanks for posting it up John.
Metro Vick Any idea what year this was filmed?
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant series of film
So glad you enjoyed it Mike!
Fantastic video.
I'm really glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for leaving at comment Billy! All the best.
Great to see the locos and carriages I took for granted and traveled on. Also their sounds. Many a times I got the train to Sligo or arrived! Camcorders were a lot less plentiful then. What year was it taken?