Irish Rail 'New DART trains' unloading at Dublin Port, 2000

Irish Rail's new 8500 Class DART trains from Japan are unloaded from ship at Dublin Port and hauled through The Point and East Wall yards by IE 141 and 071 Class locomotives, August 2000.
©Colm O'Callaghan

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

First class capture. Bet your pleased with this

[@Eiretrains]

+SMILEVIDEOTRAINS Thanks, I didn't film this but friend had the foresight to capture it for us to enjoy :)

[@TheIrishMainline]

Wonderful archive footage as always Ciarán, thanks for sharing! :))

[@Eiretrains]

+The Irish Mainline Thanks, still a few things more to show when I get the chance :)

[@EuropeanRailChannel]

Excellent footage! Thanks for uploading.

[@Eiretrains]

+European Rail HD Thanks glad you liked it.

[@irishrailtrains]

Brilliant video Ciaran, its hard to believe those 8510s are 15 years old now !

[@Eiretrains]

+Irish Rail Trains They don't look 15 years old so indeed it's hard to believe the time that has passed :)

[@irishrailtrains]

When was that line lifted at the Point Depot?

[@colmocallaghan6626]

+Irish Rail Trains the line was last used in December 2005, was lifted before the Point Village was built.

[@railsceneireland8770]

lovely stuff

[@RailVideosNI]

Fantastic video

[@Eiretrains]

+Nirtrainman Glad you liked it, must see if there's NIR to put again.

[@batlin]

How did they couple the DART's driving unit with the 071 loco? Is there some adapter from the hook type on the 071 to the Scharfenberg coupler on the DART, or is that part of the coupler design already?

[@Johndeereman2k11]

Great video!