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The Wanderer's Photos - 2026

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The January 2026 gallery kicks off with:

A Saturday evening wander from Thurles to Limerick and Ballybrophy. Just before Christmas, 3ICR 22063 re-entered passenger service after a long period of being out of service for conversion to a hybrid train with battery packs. In the latter part of 2025, the train successfully undertook trials from Laois Traincare Depot to Ballybrophy and Thurles/Limerick Jct. The batteries have been removed for its passenger reintroduction and will be refitted at a later stage in the project. 22063 is confined to the Limerick area for the time being and the set tonight was being used on the Nenagh Branch for the annual Limerick-on-Ice rail trip by the North Tipperary Rail Partnership to Limerick.

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* Thurles
* Limerick Jct.
* Limerick
* Castleconnell
* Nenagh
* Ballybrophy

 
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The January gallery has been updated with images from the past week:

Saturday 17th January 2026:
With a free day, I decided to take a ramble around the network with a trip from Thurles to Limerick Jct., Limerick, Athenry, Athlone, Manulla Jct, Westport, Portarlington and Portlaoise. I had planned to also visit Galway but due to line closure after an incident on Saturday morning bus transfers were in force up to mid afternoon.

Wednesday 21st January 2026:
The 1225 Cork - Heuston arriving at Templmore with MK4 set 4004 and Loco 221.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2026-Photos/Janaury-2026/i-zRD7qBM to view.

 
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Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum is situated in Cultra, Northern Ireland. It comprises two separate museums, the Folk Museum and the Transport Museum. The Folk Museum endeavors to illustrate the way of life and traditions of the people in Northern Ireland, past and present, while the Transport Museum explores and exhibits methods of transport by land, sea and air, past and present on the island of Ireland.

During my visit to Belfast I managed to pay a visit to the museum. Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.c...ster-Folk-and-Transport-Museum-Cultra-Co-Down to view.





 
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The first RPSI railtour of 2026 saw them operate a day trip from Dublin Connolly to Thurles and Limerick on Saturday 28th February 2026.

The train was hauled by No. 171 from Dublin Connolly to Thurles, and then on to Limerick by 071 Class diesel locomotive No. 088.

Overall a very enjoyable day with some fantastic running from loco 171. There was last minute issues with the allocated 071 Class loco when it was discovered that the Limerick based loco would not start on Saturday morning. Quick thinking by the depot supervisor saw him borrow an PWD allocated locomotive from Portlaoise with a Limerick Driver dispatched poste-haste to Portlaoise on the 0855 Limerick - Heuston to collect it and bring it to Thurles.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/RailtoursHeritageRailways/2026/RPSI-An-Sáirséal/i-5Xj3dk7 to view all the images.



 
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The website has been updated with new images from:

Wednesday 4th March 2026:
Pictures from Dublin Connolly, Drogheda and Heuston LUAS Stop. The Drogheda images show the new OHLE installed at the station for fast charging the BEMU fleet.
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2026-Photos/March-2026/i-xHfnrkH

Castlerea Railway Museum.
A vast collection of rail memorabilia celebrating the history of railway in Ireland. The museum holds the largest private collection of rail memorabilia in Ireland, and work to preserve and promote the importance of this history. The highlight has to be locomotive A55 as the centerpiece of the museum and the adjoining pub and restaurant!
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/RailtoursHeritageRailways/2026/Castlerea-Railway-Museum



 
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The March gallery is updated with:

Monday 16th March 2026:
Evening time at Thurles with the 1925 Cork - Heuston calling at the station.

Tuesday 17th March 2026:
St. Patrick's Day sees pictures from Limerick jct. and also Ballinroad Level Crossing on the former Mallow to Waterford Railway Line. The Crossing Keepers Cottage has been converted into a cafe on the popular Waterford Greenway near Dungarvan.

Wednesday 18th March 2026:
LUAS & Bus images from Heuston Station and Parkgate Street.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2026-Photos/March-2026/i-8XFTSq6 to view.

 
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The April gallery has been updated with images from Galway Station which last Saturday saw new platforms 3 and 4 commissioned to join platform 5, which had opened a number of weeks ago. Platforms 1 and 2 (the old 1 and 2 respectively) remain closed for rebuilding. Passengers also got to experience the new roof constructed over the train shed and the new southern concourse was also opened on the same day. Galway is undergoing a 1980's "Liverpool Street" rebuild to make it fit for the expansion of rail services in the region. Once completed the stations platforms will be able to hold the following train sizes:
P1 - 6ICR / 6DMU
P2 - 7ICR / 8DMU
P3 - 6ICR / 6DMU
P4 - 4ICR / 4DMU
P5 - 4ICR / 4DMU

Also included in the gallery is pictures from a trip to Sligo, with various images from Heuston, Connolly, Edgeworthstown, Dromod, Boyle and Sligo.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2026-Photos/April-2026/i-9n7NJnM to view.

 
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Evening all,

Two updates to the website today.

- The June gallery has new pictures from Thurles, Limerick Jct., Limerick, Athlone and Portarlington featuring Enterprise locos on the Dublin - Cork service and various 071's on the XPO liner and a Ballast Train. Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2026-Photos/June-2026/i-m7Qf9MM to view.

- Also on Wednesday, I travelled on the Railtours Ireland "Emerald Pullman" from Limerick Jct. to Athlone which was operated by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland with Irish Rail locos 082 and 071 in its retro CIE livery featuring. Between Sunday 7th June and Friday 12th June, the Charter operated from Dublin Connolly to Waterford, Killarney, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Athlone and Westport. Of note on Wednesday, the charter train became the first locomotive hauled train to visit the rebuilt Galway Station arriving at the new platform 3.
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.c...ilways/2026/Railtours-Ireland-Emerald-Pullman to view.





 
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The latest update for June sees two new additions.

June gallery: Images from around Limerick and Limerick Jct. Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2026-Photos/June-2026/i-89CjVfd to view.

The Foynes Line: A full review of the latest progress on the Foynes line rebuild with 100+ photos, considering it is about 15 months since my last update on the project. All track work is completed, much of the level crossing and signaling infrastructure work is well on the way to be completed. Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/Officialevents/2026/Foynes-Line-Reconstruction/i-QgbSZCK to view.



 
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The July gallery starts off with:

Friday 3rd July 2026:
Pictures from Killarney and Mallow.

Monday 6th July 2026:
Pictures from Thurles, Mallow, Killarney, Stagmount and Mallow Viaduct.

Saturday 11th July 2026:
A ramble around Dubin's Northside featuring photos from the railways and canals of the area. Featuring Heuston Station, Blessington Street Basin, Glasnevin and Cross Guns Lock with the Tyrone Star boat passing through.

Sunday 12th July 2026:
Pictures from Thurles and Heuston.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2026-Photos/July-2026 to view.



 
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Good morning folks,

Saturday 25th July 2026 - a ramble by train and bus exploring some of the rural bus routes in Ireland which have been introduced in the last few years under the Connecting Ireland program. Today's adventure saw me travel from Thurles to Ennis via train and then local bus services in east Clare to bring me to Killaloe and then a short hop up the east side of Lough Derg to the small village of Portroe in Co. Tipperary, all using new bus services introduced in recent years.

Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2026-Photos/July-2026/i-wLTL4kv to view from the start.



 
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Been clearing out the backlog of images taken over the past couple of weeks and finally got them uploaded to the website.

July 2026 - All Ireland Football Final Day at Dublin Heuston, plus a trip into the Phoenix Park on Dublin Bus route 99 which did not go as planned.
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2026-Photos/July-2026/i-f48q235

August 2026 - The latest photos have images from Thurles, Limerick, Galway. Athenry, Gort.
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/2026-Photos/August-2026

Headhunters - The World’s Only Barber Shop & Railway Museum!
A visit to this fantastic railway museum in Enniskillen.
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/RailtoursHeritageRailways/2026/Headhunters

RPSI: Cú na Mara
The RPSI operated another one of their fantastic diesel railtours on Saturday 8th August from Dublin to Galway and Ennis featuring CIE liveried loco 071.
Click https://thewandererphotos.smugmug.com/RailtoursHeritageRailways/2026/RPSI-Cú-na-Mara







 
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