The Wanderer's 2023 photos

[Thewanderer]

The November Gallery kicks off with:

Wednesday 1st November 2023:
A trip down to Cork to meet up with Tony Miles and explore some of the East Cork Commuter routes before heading back to Dublin.

Thursday 2nd November 2023:
The more was spent at Inchicore Works for the CME Strategy Day before returning to Thurles later in the afternoon.

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[Thewanderer]

Evening all,

Photos from the past week have now been uploaded to the website at https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2023-photos/November-2023/i-xNMfZ5d

Saturday 4th November 2023:
During the first week of November the Nenagh Branch received the new NTA funded wayfinding signage. I popped into Nenagh Station on Saturday to view the new improved signage.

Wednesday 8th November 2023:
Pictures from Thurles and Portlaoise.

Thursday 9th November 2023:L
Pictures today come from Ballybrophy, Portlaoise, Heuston, LUAS Red Line at Rialto, plus Blackrock.

 

[D6130]

Great photos as usual! Thanks for posting.

 

[Thewanderer]

Great photos as usual! Thanks for posting.

Thank you Sir!

 

[Thewanderer]

Saturday 11th November 2023:
A Saturday afternoon spent in the Cratloe area which afforded some pictures of Western Rail Corridor services between Limerick and Ennis at Cratloe and Sixmilebridge.

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[Thewanderer]

Monday 13th & Tuesday 14th November 2023:
A busy two days of travelling to Dublin, Cork and Limerick. Travel plans on the Monday were somewhat disrupted by Storm Debi but the highlight was seeing Ballast Cleaner 781 leaving Limerick Jct. for Kildare.

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[lostwin(m)]

Saturday 11th November 2023:
A Saturday afternoon spent in the Cratloe area which afforded some pictures of Western Rail Corridor services between Limerick and Ennis at Cratloe and Sixmilebridge.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2023-photos/November-2023/i-JF4pt4r to view.

Autumn colours have been slow to come this year, but you've captured some beautifully on a few of these recent pictures. I like the shots of passengers awaiting and boarding the services as well. Excellent!

 

[Thewanderer]

Evening all,

The November gallery has been updated with:

Wednesday 15th November 2023:
The new Track Recording Vehicle 701 travelled on the Nenagh Branch on Tuesday and Wednesday and I photographed it passing Nenagh on Wednesday morning.

Thursday 16th November 2023:
Loco 218 has been converted to run on Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as part of a trial to reduce carbon emissions and after a number of trials on non-passenger work it was released to work passenger trains from Thursday 16th November 2023 where I managed to catch up with it at Thurles in the afternoon.

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[Thewanderer]

Autumn colours have been slow to come this year, but you've captured some beautifully on a few of these recent pictures. I like the shots of passengers awaiting and boarding the services as well. Excellent!

Thanks Sir!

 

[Thewanderer]

The November gallery has been updated with:

Friday 17th November 2023:
While in Galway for the night, I stopped off at Oranmore to see the 1305 Galway - Heuston passing through non-stop.

Saturday 18th November 2023:
After a lovely evening in Leenan in the wilds of Connemara, we decided to head over to Westport to spend a few hours in the town and at Westport House which I had never been to before. Later in the afternoon while heading back to North Tipperary, I stopped off at Manulla Jct. and Balla to view the 1245 Heuston - Westport passing.

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[Thewanderer]

Latest photos from the week so far are now online at https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2023-photos/November-2023/i-RBkZqR3

Tuesday 21st November 2023:
Pictures come from Ballybrophy, Portlaoise, Limerick Jct. and Limerick.

Wednesday 22nd Novemeber 2023:
Pictures today come from Thurles, Portlaoise, Heuston and Abbey Street.

 

[D6130]

Latest photos from the week so far are now online at https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2023-photos/November-2023/i-RBkZqR3

Tuesday 21st November 2023:
Pictures come from Ballybrophy, Portlaoise, Limerick Jct. and Limerick.

Wednesday 22nd Novemeber 2023:
Pictures today come from Thurles, Portlaoise, Heuston and Abbey Street.

Excellent photos, despite the Irish weather....or maybe because of it! Thanks for posting.

 

[Thewanderer]

Excellent photos, despite the Irish weather....or maybe because of it! Thanks for posting.

Dreary November! Can't do much about it!

 

[D6130]

Dreary November! Can't do much about it!

In many ways it enhances the atmosphere and tests the skill of the photographer. You passed with flying colours!

 

[Thewanderer]

The November gallery comes to an close with images around Nenagh and a 3 day visit to Dublin.

Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th November:
Images around Nenagh.

Monday 27th - Wednesday 29th November 2023:
November comes to an end with 3 days in Dublin. Photos come from:
* Thurles
* Inchicore
* Heuston
* LUAS
* Pearse
* Tara Street
* Clontarf Road & Fairview
* Bray

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Also while at Inchicore I took a look at the DART+ mockup. The new DART+ fleet is being built by Alstom in Poland to the X'trapolis design.
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[Thewanderer]

The December gallery has been updated with:

Wednesday 6th and 12th December 2023:
Views of Laois Depot where a trio of the new ICR B2 cars have visited for modification work to be carried out on the vehicles. To shunt the vehicles in the yard, an 071 class locomotive was provided, an unusual sight in a DMU depot.

Saturday 16th December 2023:
A day spent in Dublin to photograph and travel on the RPSI Santa Specials between Connolly and Maynooth.

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[Thewanderer]

Evening all,

Pictures from around Dublin and Thurles during an overnight trip to the capital city.

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[Thewanderer]

Afternoon all,

Two updates to the website this afternoon.

The main one concerns the Foynes Line rebuilding in Co. Limerick and features photos from between Ballingrane and Patrickswell showing the latest progress on the work to reopen the railway for Freight to Foynes Port.
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/Officialevents/2023/Foynes-Line-Reconstruction-/i-ThN4SZF

The 2nd update is in the December gallery with two pictures from Killarney during a visit to the station to drop a person off.
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[Thewanderer]

My 2023 Year in Review Gallery has now been published. Containing over 500 photos from throughout 2023.

The highlights from the year in review contain:
* Limerick station refurbishment and new bus station.
* Views of NIR.
* Visit to Downpatrick & Co. Down Railway for their diesel gala
* Trials and re-entry to service of MTU stage v powerpack and ZF transmission set 22063.
* Connemara Railway at Maam Cross.
* Tegral Branch at Athy being converted into the Athy bypass.
* ICR B2 car trials.
* Loco hauled ICR B Car transfers.
* RPSI, IRRS and Talite Railtours in 2024.
* IRRS visits to the new National Train Control Centre & ICR B2 vehicles.
* Railtours Ireland Emerald Isle Express charter.
* MKIV coach 4114 dumped at Mallow after suffering a seized axle.
* Loco 218 running on HVO fuel.
* DART+ mockup at Inchicore.
* Foynes line rebuilding.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/FeaturedGallery/2023-A-year-in-Review/ to view.

 

[Thewanderer]

The January 2024 gallery kicks off with:

Thursday 4th January 2024:
Pictures from Nenagh of 3ICR 22060 working the evening branch service.

Friday 5th January 2024:
Pictures from between Nenagh and Belfast.

Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th January 2024:
A weekend in Belfast with visits to Derry, Portrush, Coleraine, Bangor, Lisburn, City Hospital and Titanic Quarter.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/January-2024/i-6WL5J8C to view.