I must say, as an American, it gives me an immense sense of pride to travel the world and no matter where I go, the sound of full throttle 12-645s and 16-645s reverberates across all lands.
Canadian built machines (for CIE at least) but as a world renowned American company I fully understand your sense of pride. GM LaGrange in the US built an identical version only shorter in length with 567s for motive power. In fact our first diesel locos in the 50s were built in UK and caused endless problems. They ended up having GM re engine and they have built every diesel loco on Irish railways ever since.
I lived in Dunluce Street Belfast in the early 90s close by the Belfast/Dublin mainline and I heard these big locos powering up from Botanic and I'll always love that sound. Always. Bring back real locomotion to Irish Rail I say. Proper Trains.
Fantastic footage. You were lucky to capture these when you did. Only for the 071 in Newer Freight Livery; I'd swear that this was shot in the 90's as it captures the essence of those glorious days rather well. Sadly just a year or two after 2007 both the Mk3's and Mk2's were gone......
Thanks Damocles178, I'm glad you like it. That was a good time along the Cork line as the prep work for the KRP cleared a good view from the up side. I never thought the MK3s would be withdrawn like they were. They were good for another couple of decades with a mid life refurb but thats another story.
The Mk3's were scrapped in 2013 & 14. I had the misfortune of seeing the ones in Waterford being ripped apart in 2014 on a few occasions when I was driving past. Some Mk3's went to Britain for an overhaul and came back to form a luxury train called the Belmond Grand Hibernian. Loco 216 was given a new blue livery to match the livery of the Grand Hibernian but it was often hauled by an 071 in freight livery. Unfortunately Belmond is moving the Grand Hibernian to Europe.
Ireland's 201 Class locos sound more like the UK 66s than the 071 Class in this video. The 201s also look similar too. th-cam.com/video/DUlNhJHsXgk/w-d-xo.html
Ned, The 201s were usually on the routes radiating out of Heuston station, plus the enterprise to Belfast. Sligo line and Rosslare line were not usually operated by 201s. In the case of the Rosslare route, I think they were allowed north of Arklow. There was probably a bridge with a weight restriction further south. Similarly on the Sligo route, the bridge over the river Shannon was rebuilt about ten years ago. Since then 201 locos are probably safe all the way to Sligo, but the passenger trains are now operated by 22 class IC railcars and Sligo now has no freight. If timber trains were to resume from Sligo to Waterford, I expect 201 class would be frequent visitors there.
I've asked this question a few times and no one can give me a straight answer, why do some of them make the noise observed in this shot @5.20 ( That long continous drone almost air horn like)I thought was a loading issue at first but have heard it on various videos of loaded and empty trains noticed one or two, in particular, make it and not them all. Are one or two of them running a different variant engine on some units?
@@johnnywoodentouch1266 As far as I know it has to do with the mechanically assisted turbocharger that uses a centrifugal clutch meaning at low engine revs it acts like a supercharger as the exhaust gas won’t be enough to spool up the turbine while at higher revs it is a fully exhaust blown turbo. In situations where more power is demanded the turbo goes back to acting like a supercharger hence the howl at high engine speed.
![[Gegagedigedagedago] NEW Help Gegagedigedagedago Nugget escape from Nikocado Avocado Challenge](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hJWnwRC2Fz8/mqdefault.jpg)
![일상 속 기분 좋음 [Proto disco meme]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/DwmEIaZ7XGQ/mqdefault.jpg)
I must say, as an American, it gives me an immense sense of pride to travel the world and no matter where I go, the sound of full throttle 12-645s and 16-645s reverberates across all lands.
Canadian built machines (for CIE at least) but as a world renowned American company I fully understand your sense of pride. GM LaGrange in the US built an identical version only shorter in length with 567s for motive power. In fact our first diesel locos in the 50s were built in UK and caused endless problems. They ended up having GM re engine and they have built every diesel loco on Irish railways ever since.
@@anthonyclarke4016 Only the 201s are Canadian-built. All the rest are US-built
Great compilation of 071 action. I am reminded of when the (NIR) 111 class locos were in action on the Dublin - Belfast line in the 1990s.
I lived in Dunluce Street Belfast in the early 90s close by the Belfast/Dublin mainline and I heard these big locos powering up from Botanic and I'll always love that sound. Always. Bring back real locomotion to Irish Rail I say. Proper Trains.
Fantastic footage. You were lucky to capture these when you did. Only for the 071 in Newer Freight Livery; I'd swear that this was shot in the 90's as it captures the essence of those glorious days rather well. Sadly just a year or two after 2007 both the Mk3's and Mk2's were gone......
Thanks Damocles178, I'm glad you like it. That was a good time along the Cork line as the prep work for the KRP cleared a good view from the up side. I never thought the MK3s would be withdrawn like they were. They were good for another couple of decades with a mid life refurb but thats another story.
The Mk3's were scrapped in 2013 & 14. I had the misfortune of seeing the ones in Waterford being ripped apart in 2014 on a few occasions when I was driving past.
Some Mk3's went to Britain for an overhaul and came back to form a luxury train called the Belmond Grand Hibernian. Loco 216 was given a new blue livery to match the livery of the Grand Hibernian but it was often hauled by an 071 in freight livery. Unfortunately Belmond is moving the Grand Hibernian to Europe.
EMD'GM roar now common place in the UK with the 66s still heard and saw it first in Ireland when I was a kid in the late 70s magic times.
Ireland's 201 Class locos sound more like the UK 66s than the 071 Class in this video. The 201s also look similar too.
th-cam.com/video/DUlNhJHsXgk/w-d-xo.html
I love these locos I wish they would get rid of the 22000 and bring these back to be honest
Anything but the 22000
That's such an amazing video. Always killed me that it was the only Irish gm train I never got a cab ride in.
superb video. it is the best 071 video out there and I have watched a lot of them
Gosh! I really miss that sound! Great vid! remember those on the rosslare route!
Apart from the Mk4 and Enterprise, it's all 22000 Class on Intercity routes now. And there's a lot of 22000 Class on the Commuter routes too.
Ya know they still run the 071 but it does cargo these days you'll see them passing by rush and lusk train station on a Monday to Friday
Some mighty action packed stuff there!
Thanks Finbarr.
Brilliant Brilliant. More! More! Nice video - thumbs up x10!
Thank you!
Good video & with some excellent thrash too!
Love the thrash from the 071's. Anyone know why the 201's were never used much between Connolly - Sligo....nearly always the 071's hauling.
Ned,
The 201s were usually on the routes radiating out of Heuston station, plus the enterprise to Belfast.
Sligo line and Rosslare line were not usually operated by 201s. In the case of the Rosslare route, I think they were allowed north of Arklow. There was probably a bridge with a weight restriction further south.
Similarly on the Sligo route, the bridge over the river Shannon was rebuilt about ten years ago. Since then 201 locos are probably safe all the way to Sligo, but the passenger trains are now operated by 22 class IC railcars and Sligo now has no freight.
If timber trains were to resume from Sligo to Waterford, I expect 201 class would be frequent visitors there.
Very enjoyable
Thanks.
SAVAGE!!!
Stacumny lane
Between Adamstown and Celbridge
Great set, at least the 4:3 doesn't affect the audio :-)
nice video ;)
5:22 oh yess
I've asked this question a few times and no one can give me a straight answer, why do some of them make the noise observed in this shot @5.20 ( That long continous drone almost air horn like)I thought was a loading issue at first but have heard it on various videos of loaded and empty trains noticed one or two, in particular, make it and not them all.
Are one or two of them running a different variant engine on some units?
@@johnnywoodentouch1266 Good question, not sure to be honest. Id guess that it has to do with the exhaust config (loco 078 & 082 in particular).
@@johnnywoodentouch1266 As far as I know it has to do with the mechanically assisted turbocharger that uses a centrifugal clutch meaning at low engine revs it acts like a supercharger as the exhaust gas won’t be enough to spool up the turbine while at higher revs it is a fully exhaust blown turbo. In situations where more power is demanded the turbo goes back to acting like a supercharger hence the howl at high engine speed.
Is this the Dublin-Belfast line or the line that runs west from Dublin?
Keith Ode This is MP9 on the Dublin-Cork line running through west Dublin.
Ah, good to know thank you. The one time I was in Eire in late 2009, there was so much snow and ice I never got a chance to railfan.