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thewanderersfotopic		#41	[-]
Posts: 641 (08/01/09 18:16:53) Full Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The Cork based Push / Pull set returned to Heuston on Thursday 8th January. "Coffee - the finest organic suspension ever devised."
Railcargricer1		#42	[-]
Posts: 452 (02/02/09 14:00:43) Full Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	6105 worked the 0810 Heuston-Tralee and 1745 Tralee-Heuston yesterday. C.A.R.Ts- Comfortable And Reliable Trains
thewanderersfotopic		#43	[-]
Posts: 705 (02/03/09 19:33:57) Full Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Monday 02nd March: The last remaining MKIII Push/Pull set in traffic is currently formed of: 6101 6304 6318 6312 6314 6319. It worked the 1710 Heuston - Athlone this evening. Vehicles 6105, 6303 and 6402 are currently stabled at Heuston. "Coffee - the finest organic suspension ever devised."
MidlandDeltic		#44	[-]
Posts: 563 (09/03/09 20:20:24) Full Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	1750 was worked by a PP set this evening, hauled by 217. Set was 6105 6304 6318 6312 6314 6319. Was this a one off, or have the diagrams changed again? As an aside, I had forgotten just how well the drivung cars ride with the extra weight over a standard mark 3 - it's the smoothest ride out of Heuston I've had (Mk3, Mk 4 or 22K) for some time! Sean
MidlandDeltic		#45	[-]
Posts: 565 (10/03/09 20:32:13) Full Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	10/9/09 Same set and loco on the 1750 again tonight. Sean
Railcargricer1		#46	[-]
Posts: 470 (12/03/09 09:01:36) Full Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I've often noticed that MD the control cars do ride exceptionally well. I recall my father being very impressed on a trip to Waterford on 6105 some years ago he performed the tea test, basically the tea didn't spill despite being quite full!! The same test on a MK4 and the cup didn't even survive let alone the tea!
UKTrainSpotter		#47	[-]
Posts: 87 (12/03/09 21:06:49) Full Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Railcargricer1 wrote: I've often noticed that MD the control cars do ride exceptionally well. I recall my father being very impressed on a trip to Waterford on 6105 some years ago he performed the tea test, basically the tea didn't spill despite being quite full!! The same test on a MK4 and the cup didn't even survive let alone the tea! My experiences of the PP driving trailers were a little mixed. Yes they were comfortable, but when being pulled (rather than pushed!) at 50 mph in a fully laden state with standing pax, they had a habit of yawing from side to side. Other than that, they were perfect !! Recession......what recession? Pass me my cigars and brandy there like a nice chap!
thewanderersfotopic		#48	[-]
Posts: 738 (24/03/09 23:43:52) Full Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	24/03/09 The Push/Pull set formed of 6105 6304 6318 6312 6314 6319 worked the 1750 Heuston - Galway & 2145 Galway - Athlone instead of the 1710 Heuston - Athlone tonight. "Here's to the next generation."
thewanderersfotopic		#49	[-]
Posts: 745 (27/03/09 20:50:10) Full Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	26/03/09: 6314 and 6319 have both been removed from the Push / Pull set following a graffiti attack on them, most likely overnight in Athlone. 6402 has made a welcome return to traffic after being spare since the middle of January along with 6303, which had also been spare since its return from Cork in early January. The set is now formed as such: 6105 6304 6318 6312 6303 6402 and worked the 1710 Heuston - Athlone with 234. On Friday 27/03/09 it worked the 1750 Heuston - Galway instead of the 1710. "You can't be afraid of the wind."
EdEMD		#50	[-]
Posts: 258 (31/03/09 09:59:15) Full Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	6101 is now laid up in Heuston. These are the first trains that I remember as brand new and Ive outlived them after a (relatively) short working life of 21 years. Anyone remember them when they were new on a RTE science programme called Zero? Rumors are like pigeon racing, you set them off and see how long they take to come back to you..... http://www.modelrailways.ie http://eds.fotopic.net
FedFrank2		#51	[-]
Posts: 275 (09/05/09 18:16:25) Full Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	09/05/09: 6101 was in the siding beside P8 at Heuston today, 6105 was in the carriage sidings behind various other mk3 stock
thewanderersfotopic		#52	[-]
Posts: 789 (09/05/09 20:01:37) Full Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	6105 is now stopped at Heuston. 6101 is spare along with 6402. 6104 returned to traffic after a period in store with the 1750 Heuston - Galway on Thursday 7th May. It was formed of 6104, 6314, 6319, 6303. 6312 was added to the set on Friday and formed the 1710 Heuston - Athlone. The Wanderer. "Damn it man, I'm a doctor, not a physicist!"
ttc0169		#53	[-]
Posts: 316 (21/05/09 21:23:52) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	21/05/09, 6101 is coupled to 082 in Athlone,the leading wheel on the bogie has been put on a wheel cradle-due to a problem with the bogie,it is due to depart Athlone for Inchicore tomorrow.
thewanderersfotopic		#54	[-]
Posts: 801 (28/05/09 23:54:52) Full Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	28/05/09: 6101 still reported to be stabled in Athlone on the wheel cradle. In other news it is expected that this weekend will be the last weekend of MK3 Push / Pull stock on IE metals. Its replacement being the first standard class 6 car set 22041, which is scheduled to enter traffic next week. "Out of the chair."
secondlaststop		#55	[-]
Posts: 734 (30/05/09 00:00:23) Full Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	They gave great service. They will be missed. DSE
UKTrainSpotter		#56	[-]
Posts: 101 (30/05/09 13:43:46) Full Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Agreed. Once the backbone of the Northern Commuter fleet, now sadly no more. RIP. Forget the cigars and the brandy...where's my shooting stick ?
Csalem		#57	[-]
Posts: 932 (30/05/09 21:08:17) Full Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I've scanned in a handful of shots of the 6100 over the years into Rail Scan. Linky. Rail Scene Ireland - Come and see 162 in 2009 Balbriggan! *"Are you willing to settle for an ordinary life? Or do you think you were meant for something better? Something special?"*
MidlandDeltic		#58	[-]
Posts: 596 (31/05/09 15:14:29) Full Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Anyone know what the last working will be - I presume 0930 Galway - Heuston one day, with the 1710 being unit that evening.... Sean
Drimnagh Road		#59	[-]
Posts: 500 (31/05/09 17:02:12) Full Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	From what i've heard its been withdrawn tomorrow (Monday), and that the 17:10 Athlone / 09:15 ex Galway goes over to 22000 on Tuesday. I am unsure whether that means the last working out is tomorrow and back Tuesday then withdrawn. 16:15 FO Ballina and 17:50 Galway go over to units at the start of July. Don't take above as concrete, as usual with IE we'll just have to wait and see. Dublin Bus VLs 1997-2009, R.I.P.
Losty Dublin		#60	[-]
Posts: 404 (01/06/09 13:01:21) Full Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Drimnagh Road wrote: From what i've heard its been withdrawn tomorrow (Monday), and that the 17:10 Athlone / 09:15 ex Galway goes over to 22000 on Tuesday. I am unsure whether that means the last working out is tomorrow and back Tuesday then withdrawn. 16:15 FO Ballina and 17:50 Galway go over to units at the start of July. Don't take above as concrete, as usual with IE we'll just have to wait and see. There is no 9:30 ex Galway or a 17:10 service today as it's a Public Holiday. To facilitate the Galway Yacht Race, there are two late specials from Galway to Athlone; 21:45 and 23:15 so if the last 6100 run will be anywhere, it could be on this special link. It will be sad to see them go not from the point of view of losing a loco hauled service but from the fact that they were very much an invention of Irish Rail management and ingenuity and something that was built and funded mainly in house by the skilled men in Inchicore. Indeed they were probably the last massive assembly project from the Carriage Builders in the Works. To their credit, they also single handedly extended the live of some of the 121 class, the push pull idea being developed to complement the single cab design of the "Yanks". While never as well remembered as Cravens or their older Mark 3 brothers, they certainly should take a proud place in terms of successful rolling stock. www.heritagerailway.ie/

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