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The Wanderer's 2024 Photos

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Evening all,

Pictures from the past week have now been uploaded to the June gallery at Sunday 9th June 2024 https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/June-2024/i-h44857S

Sunday 9th June 2024:
A few pictures from Thurles while at the station during the Munster Hurling Final.

Monday 10th June 2024:
Pictures from Nenagh, Ballybrophy, Portlaoise, Limerick Jct. and Mallow.

Tuesday 11th June 2024:
Pictures from the East Cork Commuter network showing the trusty 30 year old 2600 Class DMU's hard at work. Pictures to be uploaded shortly.

Wednesday 12th June 2024:
MPV 790 was out on the Kerry Line on weedspraying duties and I managed to get several pictures of it around the Killarney area.





 
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The backlog of images from the weekend of 15th and 16th of June have now been cleared of the in tray and can be viewed at

201 at 30 railtour: A railtour to celebrate 30 years of the 201 diesel locomotives in Ireland bringing a member of the class to a location rarely visited by them - Rosslare.
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/RailtoursPreservedRailways/2024/RPSI-201-30-tour to view.

June gallery has been updated with images from Saturday 15th from Heuston, Bray, Enniscorthy and LUAS trams.
On Sunday I had to head back from Dublin to Killarney and elected to go an hour earlier than required and travel via Cork as I knew 26001 (2601 + 2602) were due to be part of the 1450 Cork - Tralee service. It also meant the mad scramble for seats at Mallow would be avoided. Later in the evening I got the 2600's returning from Tralee to Cork outside Killarney.

It would also appear some earlier updates from June weren't posted due to an error so these are now included.
Sunday 9th June 2024:
A few pictures from Thurles while at the station during the Munster Hurling Final.

Monday 10th June 2024:
Pictures from Nenagh, Ballybrophy, Portlaoise, Limerick Jct. and Mallow.

Tuesday 11th June 2024:
Pictures from the East Cork Commuter network showing the trusty 30 year old 2600 Class DMU's hard at work. Pictures to be uploaded shortly.

Wednesday 12th June 2024:
MPV 790 was out on the Kerry Line on weedspraying duties and I managed to get several pictures of it around the Killarney area.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/June-2024/i-h44857S to view all the images.



 
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Saturday 29th June 2024:
After an impromptu meet up with a friend for a late lunch in Limerick, the journey home was at the same time as the evening branch train from Limerick to Balllybrophy so I managed to get photos of it at several locations between Killonan Jct and Nenagh:
* Lisnagry
* Birdhill
* Cappadine
* Capparoe

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/June-2024/i-nt2w2gm to view all the images.

 
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The July gallery ahs been updated with a bumper selection of images from July with images from:

- Limerick
- Limerick Wagon Works
- Ennis
- Athenry
- Galway including views of the major station redevelopment ongoing.
- Portarington
- Portlaoise
- Nenagh
- Ballybrophy
- Laois Traincare Depot showing unit 22051 being reformed from a 3ICR to 6ICRHC set.
- Heuston.
- Connolly.
- Dun-Laoghaire
- Seapoint
- Lansdowne Road.
- Grand Canal Dock - including the DART40 liveried unit.
- Clondalkin / Fonthill
- Mallow
- Killarney.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/July-2024/i-PWRSWJf to view all the images.

The Foynes rebuilding gallery has also gotten a small update with images from Limerick Check and between Ballingraine and Adare.
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/Officialevents/2024/Foynes-Line-Reconstruction-/i-5RP6QxS










 
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The August gallery is updated with images from Borris-in-Ossory of the Nenagh Branch train and Laois Depot had a visitor in the form of 073 delivering ICR B2 vehicles 22525 & 22520 to the depot from Inchicore. The loco then had to rush back to Kildare to take over the 1125 Waterford - Ballina XPO Liner.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/August-2024/i-W8wbn4h to view all the images.

 
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The August and September Galleries have been updated with the latest batch of pictures.

August 2024 Gallery:
Tuesday 27th August 2024:
Views of one of the electric buses in Athlone and the White Bridge which carries the Galway and Westport railway over the River Shannon.

We also catch up with 22023 on the 445 Heuston - Westport. viewed from the River Shannon.

Saturday 31st August 2024:
Locallink bus 867 at Carrick-on-Shannon.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/August-2024/i-sDQgNJx to view.

September 2024 Gallery:
Sunday 1st September 2024:
Pictures from Drumsna Railway Bridge of the 0905 Connolly - Sligo passing.

Monday 2nd September 2024:
A view of the White Bridge in Athlone viewed from the River. Unfortunately I was about 10 minutes too late for the Up IWT Liner.

Thursday 12th September 2024:
A day trip from Nenagh to Cork via Limerick.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/September-2024 to view.






 
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The September gallery has been updated with images from this week.

Tuesday 17th September 2024:
Pictures from around Dublin (Heuston & Red Line LUAS) plus Thurles.

Wednesday 18th September 2024:
The National Ploughing Championships took place between Tuesday and Thursday this week near Portlaoise. The event generates significant extra traffic and this can be seen by the scenes at Nenagh as passengers disembark the 1905 Ballybrophy - Limerick. 124 passengers departed Ballybrophy on the service with 90 leaving the train at Nenagh.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/September-2024/i-vdZVKxn to view.



 
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Afternoon folks,

Two updates to the website today with images of the RPSI Croagh Patrick Railtour on Saturday 12th October. The tour travelled from Dublin Heuston to Westport and Ballina. Loco 079 worked the first leg of the tour from Heuston to Westport and Claremorris where 084 took over for part 2 of the day into Ballina and back to Dublin Heuston.
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/RailtoursPreservedRailways/2024/RPSI-Croagh-Patrick-Railtour to view all the images from the day.

The 2nd update is to the October gallery and mainly features other images from yesterday of travelling from Mallow to Portarlington to meet the tour and then he journey back to Mallow late on Saturday night onboard a Rugby Spl.
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/October-2024/i-K5jhCcL to view all the other images.



 
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The October gallery is updated with:

Wednesday 16th October 2024:
In Dublin for an Irish Railway Record Society talk with a few pictures from Heuston and Abbey Street.

Thursday 17th October 2024:
A quick sortie to Cork today with a trip to Midleton to see the initial progress on the project to redouble the track on the single line branch.

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The October gallery has been updated with:

Tuesday 22nd October 2024:
Photos from a day trip starting in Nenagh to Dublin and then down to Limerick and a very much a sneak peek of new rolling stock fresh off the boat from Poland.

Wednesday 23rd October:
Just one photo today from Limerick Jct.

Thursday 24th October 2024:
Photos from around Limerick Station.

Friday 25th October 2024:
While on a road trip from Tipperary to Donegal, passing Knockcroghery at the right time to photo the 1445 Heuston - Westport passing the level crossing and former station.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/October-2024/i-x9Kxb26 to view all the images



 
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Rail services commenced at the new Belfast Grand Central Station on Sunday 13th October. Unfortunately I haven't had an opportunity to get up to Belfast yet due to a large number of personal and professional commitments lately. So with thanks to Belfast based enthusiast, Matthew Wilson, he has kindly allowed use of a selection of his photos to record this historic event. Belfast Grand Central replaced the adjacent Great Victoria Street Station which closed last May.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.c...lfast-Grand-Central-opening-13th-October-2024 to view the images.

 
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Life has gotten in the way of late so there hasn't been too much activity in updating the website for the past month but I've finally cleared the backlog of photos from November to mid-December.

November gallery: https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/November-2024/i-sRgxNwJ
A handful of photos from the latter part of November featuring Killarney, Thurles and Heuston.

December gallery: https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2024-Photos/December-2024
Sunday 1st December 2024:
Pictures from the Mallow - Tralee line with images from Killarney, Banteer (to see the new footbridge) and between Mallow and Banteer.

Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th December:
Images from around the Dublin area while on a visit to the Capital to sample the RPSI Santa Steam Train Specials.

Friday 13th Decmeber:
A short hop from Thurles to Limerick Jct. to meet family travelling up on the 1425 Cork - Heuston service and later in the evening a visit to Clonmel to view the 1625 Waterford - Limerick Jct.

Tuesday 17th & Wednesday 18th December 2024:
Images of LUAS trams in Dublin City.

London trip: 20th to 23rd November 2024: https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/International/2024/UK-Trip-20th-23rd-November-2024
Four days in London where I managed to cram a lot in. Highlights being a visit to Strawberry Hill to visit the good folks in SETG looking after the 4VEP 3417 and travelling around on Class 455's as they enter their final months of service.









 
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