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There hasn't many updates lately due to other commitments but I've been managing to snap the odd photo here and there. The November and December galleries have been updated with images from Portlaoise Dublin Heuston Tara Street Dublin Pearse LUAS in Dublin City Centre including images of the...

The November gallery is updated with images from around the Dublin DART area on Wednesday night and Portlaoise on Friday day. Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/November-2025/i-C9m65Pd to view.

Hi all, The October and November galleries have been updated: October: October was a quiet month for photography due to other life pressures but the gallery rounds out with some images from the Westport route and at Dublin Heuston. Click...

While out for a Sunday drive I finally visited the long closed railway station at Fermoy in Co. Cork. While the station building is intact, most of the railway alignment through the town is now roads. Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/October-2025/i-V6Mp6XJ to view.

A very overdue website update has finally occurred today with pictures from the past month. - September 2025 gallery has images from Portlaoise, Cork, Limerick, Heuston, Rathmore, Killarney, Mallow, Cobh, Midleton, Galway, Portarlington. Click...

Last Saturday the Irish Railway Records Society organizsed a day trip to the Waterford and Suir Valley Railway. The charter the railway ran for us covered the full length of their railway to the Bilberry halt on the outskirts of Waterford City, close to the site of the long closed Waterford...

The September gallery gets off the ground with: Thursday 4th September 2025: A ramble around the heartlands of Ireland by local link bus and rail. Wednesday 10th September 2025: Pictures from Cork Station. Friday 12th September 2025: Pictures from Killarney and Rathmore Station, the new...

The August gallery has been updated with images from: * Bray * Borris featuring the disused viaduct on the Bagnalstown to Palace East railway which closed in 1963. * Thurles * Inchicore One of the highlights of the month so far was the transfer of the last remaining 2700 Class vehicle from...

Woodbrook Station opens on 10th August 2025. Woodbrook Station, which is located between Bray and Shankill, will serve the existing and new communities of Woodbrook and Shanganagh. It is the 147th Station on the Iarnrod Eireann network. The station was officially opened last Sunday morning by...

The next July update comes with the rest of the pictures for the month in the Irish gallery with images from Thurles, Heuston, Tara Street, Connolly, Drumcondra and the Dublin LUAS tram system. Also featured is the new modification to the 29000 Class fit with a bike space area. 5 seats have been...

Between the 12th -15th July I was in London and Birmingham for a few days city break but still managed to fit in several transport related topics including: * The Rail 200 Inspiration train at London Euston. * The 1938 Tube Stock Tour on the Piccadilly Line. * Hidden London tour of the disused...

The July gallery has been updated with a few images from earlier tonight. The 1925 Cork - Heuston service was cancelled on Wednesday evening after the set failed pre departure. Recovery was arranged for Friday with 076 working the train back to Dublin. Unfortunately this also ran into trouble...

The July gallery has been updated with new images after short stay in Co. Wexford which just happened to coincide with the annual visit of the weedspray train to the mothballed South Wexford railway. Tuesday 8th July 2025: Pictures from Wexford and Rosslare Strand. Highlights include seeing the...

The July Gallery has been started with images from: Saturday 5th July 2025: Pictures from the Thurles area on Saturday morning showing the process of trains heading to Dublin from Cork due to Cork playing Dublin in the GAA All Ireland Hurling Semi-Final. The railway company ran 5 specials in...

An outing has been arranged to travel to Waterford to visit the Waterford & Suir Valley Railway on Saturday 13th September 2025. The outing will travel from Dublin Heuston to Waterford via Kilkenny on Iarnród Éireann service train and between Waterford & Kilmeaden via private coach. Our return...

Saturday 21st June 2025: A selection of images from between Thurles and Lisduff on the longest day of the year. Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/June-2025/i-2CzdjCH to view all the images.

Evening all, The June gallery has been updated with images from this week in Dublin and Thurles. Highlight capturing 218 hauling a failed MK4 set from Cork to Inchicore on Thursday lunchtime. Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2025-Photos/June-2025/i-dFXXm2x to view.

Last week, between the 1st and 6th June, Railtours Ireland, in conjunction with the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland operated another of their Emerald Pullman charters around Ireland. The last number of years have used a Iarnrod Eireann 22000 Class unit (a 3ICR set) but for 2025 the...

Thursday 5th June 2025: A lunchtime visit to Loughmore to photograph retro liveried 220 passing the ruined castle. This shot has been on my bucket list for a number of weeks. Also captured passing was the 1325 Cork - Heuston with 6ICRPC set 22040. Click...

The June gallery has been updated with some images from today. A quick trip down to Limerick Jct. to view the Railtours Ireland "Emerald Isle Pullman" operated by the RPSI, which was heading from Killarney to Galway today. After dropping the guests off at Galway the set operated empty to...