Geoff kept calling the A55 diesel locomotive a carriage. It didn't look like Sean liked that as he kept calling it a carriage. Brilliant Museum and a wonderful gent.
If he stays close enough, that infernal beeping should give him enough time to leap back on. Probably landing in a heap on the floor with the door bouncing open off of a foot. Having never tried it, I presume the doors are like tube trains, if they meet resistance they open.
Looks amazing, must do some research to see if a day trip from Cork is possible, taking account of the bus times to get to and from Cork, otherwise there must be a B&B in Castlerea.
Is Hells Kitchen no longer a pub?? Used to be great to drop in for a beer...... and if lucky, get given the keys to walk through the A to view the collection...
You should have stopped at Westport, one of the best places in Ireland. The railway that went beyond the town headed out to Achill and is now the Great Western Greenway.
A front end about a foot deep would be very do-able ! Are they heading for the scrapyard anytime soon ? Do hope some will be preserved, remember they outlasted their design life a number of times !
That’s a lot of train memorabilia, impressive. Reminds me of the NY Transit Museum in Brooklyn, the NYC equivalent of the London Transport Museum. It has a big collection of very old subway cars and it feels like you’ve gone back in time. They still have the vintage ads in the interior of the trains. Nice cap, Vicki. And that is a cool bar
Only difference is, the NYC museum is in an old disused station... though the TFL museum has more space for things like old 2 level busses and trams that used to run in London. NYC museum has an old bus fleet, but you can only see them on special occasions.
Watching this particular video made me so happy. My family's from Castlerea and we would normally visit every year but haven't since before the pandemic. We should hopefully be back there in a little over a week and I'm definitely planning to go to the railway museum. So cool to see Geoff and Vicky there : )
Apart from the awesome duo that is (was😔) vicki and Geoff I absolutely love the music to these series. Hats off to the composer who has written a great piece. I especially love the little minor acccent at 7.33..(details details)..
I must say i am really enjoying all your videos each night about the railways here in Ireland, hope you are both having a good time here and it is great publicity for Ireland and it's railway system.
There's more than meets the eye at Claremorris Station (9:15 to 9:30). Claremorris is an important junction on the Dublin - Westport/Ballina line where there is a presently disused railway connection south to Galway via Tuam and Athenry. This is the subject of an ongoing campaign by West on Track to reopen the line as part of the Western Rail Corridor infrastructure. In former times Claremorris had a rail freight depot and was the main train staging point for pilgrimage passengers to connect to road services to Knock Shrine. A service on a reduced scale is still in place today. The reopening of the line is currently the subject of a government-funded review. There may be a few more to add to the 198 stations in the near future.
I travelled from Ballina to Dublin in 1987. The carriages are a lot nicer now. The thing I remember most back then was that most of the level crossings were manual, with a crossing attendant to open and close the gate.
You missed a castle in Tullamore called Charleville Castle which is about two miles from Tullamore Railway Station. At least you got to my hometown of Tullamore.
Vicki & Geoff, when are you coming back to my native Ireland? I’ve enjoyed this entire series so much that I’m rewatching it here in Manchester U.K., as the Irish government is planning increased investment in the Irish railways - we are hoping that they will extend the M3 Parkway line to Navan, so all they need now is to extend the LUAS Trams to the Irish Ferries & Stena Terminals at Dublin Port via Dublin Docklands Rail Station, which will make coming home to Ireland on SailRail via Holyhead so much easier 🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Manula Junction is also like Smallbrook Junction on the Isle of Wight. However, since you haven’t been there, it’s understandable that you didn’t mention it.
I had to rewind to confirm there was a Deutsche Bahn sign at 7:23. Sean has an extensive collection, but then he does have an entire carriage inside his bar.
Very entertaining video! It would be good if the line from Claremorris to Athenry could reopen. I wonder with Manulla Junction if it could appear as the least used station in Ireland is very few passengers buy a ticket to Manulla Junction? Good is see some freight traffic at Ballina!
And my husband's Grandfather was from Roscommon. Yes, we could have moved to Ireland if we had wanted to. Mind you, that was his mother's parents. The Harrigan side was Heinz 57 American. They came over a long time ago.
The railway didn't go further from Westport to Murrisk. It used to go in to Achill Sound, through Newport and Muranny. Pretty much the complete opposite side of the bay to what yerman was blathering about.
At Westport the old line continuing from the station used to lead to the quays, it's now a greenway. There's also another old line which heads north from the station up to Newport which is also now a greenway.
You should've made a detour to The Gardners Arms in Sompting (nearest stations East Worthing or Lancing) the other year. That pub has had a Pullmans style train carriage in it the the last 15-20 years.
A very brief visit to "my station" in Ireland, I as an idealist guard from Sweden was allowed during my visit long ago to assist with the evening shunting.Westport is the place.At that time there was an 071 class loco and a group of waggons in the trains.
Lovely railway museum at Castlerea with so much to see I’m glad Sean has the complete loco and not just a short section of it. Btw I’m no relation to Claremorris.
Also CIE is still the parent company of Irish Rail. CIE was the sole provider of all public transport until 1988 when it was divided into Irish Rail, Bus Eireann and Dublin Bus but the holding company is still the parent company of all 3
What you were looking at in Tullamore is the facade of the former jail. Most of it was knocked years ago and there is now a business park in behind it. There are still decorative axes on the railings outside, possibly because they used to execute people in there.
Right guys, the tourist you speak to at 1045 is wrong X 2. Train station is 10 mins walk from the town. The line user to travel to Westport harbour, but this is now a greenway. It never went to murrisk or Louisburgh. Best to ask locals not tourists for the correct information!
My hat off to Sean Browne, I could be lost for days in his museum ! I'll try to Google the loco and see if I was on the right track with the Bulleid connection. As a sidenote, are more viewers peeking at the timebar of the video when the credits start to roll ? Gives you a rough idea how many bloopers etc. the editor has in store for us ;-)
Loco has nothing to do with Bullied.... designed by Metropolitan Vickers of Gorton, Manchester and equipped with their own electrics and two stroke diesel power unit..... re-engined by CIE Inchicore in the early 70s using 12 cylinder 2 stroke GM 567 power unit....
It is a cab of a loco with a carriage coupled up to it! BTW - Interesting fact: Both Dovey Junction in Wales and Manulla Junction in Ireland are similar to Smallbrook Junction on the Island Line + Isle of Wight Steam Railway on the Isle of Wight. Kind regards, Peter Skuce. St Albans. Hertfordshire.
There is and always has been a street entrance at Dovey Junction, the idea that there is not is a silly urban myth www.google.com/maps/@52.554806,-3.9258577,3a,47.8y,25.13h,76.09t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sa8xWxz8eE3MOuuu0moLh-g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en
Westport just voted the most beautiful seaside town in Ireland, You would not know any of this from viewing this video, It seems all it has to offer is a Tesco supermarket.
CIÉ (Córas Iompair Éireann -- "the Irish transport system") still exists. It's the state-owned holding company for 1. Bus Átha Cliath (Dublin Bus), 2. Bus Éireann, and 3. Iarnród Éireann. My grandfather worked for the railway division of CIÉ from 1945 (and for 20 years before that, for Great Southern Railways; earlier still, for the Great Southern & Western Railway).
I was thinking that Westport is the most westerly mainline station in both Ireland and the UK - it is NOT! The most westerly mainline stations are (1) Tralee @ 9.698W and (2) Farranfore @ 9.553W. The next most westerly station is (3) Westport @ 9.509W just ahead of Killarney @ 9.502W.
Geoff kept calling the A55 diesel locomotive a carriage. It didn't look like Sean liked that as he kept calling it a carriage. Brilliant Museum and a wonderful gent.
I don’t know how it didn’t click it was a locomotive….2 cabs….not many windows…..and Sean constantly reminding them!
its prounounced CASTLE-RAY Vicki, but you're forgiven. exceptional
Am I the only person who gets nervous the doors will close every time Geoff jumps off to film each station.
Me too
Hope he pays attention.
If he stays close enough, that infernal beeping should give him enough time to leap back on. Probably landing in a heap on the floor with the door bouncing open off of a foot. Having never tried it, I presume the doors are like tube trains, if they meet resistance they open.
Causes delays if the doors reopen. But yes they should reopen, after getting a bit squashed. Depends how sensitive the sensors are.
But I prefer him actually TOUCHING the station instead of merely looking at it through the door, more authentic.
Castlerea Railway Museum ... what an absolute gem
Looks amazing, must do some research to see if a day trip from Cork is possible, taking account of the bus times to get to and from Cork, otherwise there must be a B&B in Castlerea.
@@tonys1636 Tullys Hotel is open in Castlerea!.
@@trainsinireland5063 Might give it a go over this Bank Holiday after some research into relevant time tables.
Is Hells Kitchen no longer a pub??
Used to be great to drop in for a beer...... and if lucky, get given the keys to walk through the A to view the collection...
Call Castlerea my home for 26+ years and I've never seen it once. I'm shocked..
The further you go on this gentle tour, the more fascinating it becomes. Great to meet the incredible Sean and his must-visit museum!
You should have stopped at Westport, one of the best places in Ireland. The railway that went beyond the town headed out to Achill and is now the Great Western Greenway.
I was waiting for the first "I like trains" of All the Stations! :D :D
Props for Fred's pronunciation of "Lidl".
Sean's The Star ,hope visitor numbers go through
the roof.
Chris Sassen I differently want to go and see the railway museum.
Sean/Shaun’s museum is amazing! I could easily get lost there for a day, if not two, taking it all in.
According to the Irish Rail map I printed, you have now been to every station Irish Rail serves directly from Dublin Heuston station. Congratulations!
Vicki should get a pacer in her back garden now
Yes
She doesn't have a garden!!
@@carolinegreenwell9086 in her house
A front end about a foot deep would be very do-able ! Are they heading for the scrapyard anytime soon ? Do hope some will be preserved, remember they outlasted their design life a number of times !
In a previous video wasn't it mentioned that there is an abandoned Pacer front end buried in a tunnel under Manchester Victoria station..........?
Love All the stations:Ireland Next geoff and vicki should do All the buses in great Britain and Ireland
That’s a lot of train memorabilia, impressive. Reminds me of the NY Transit Museum in Brooklyn, the NYC equivalent of the London Transport Museum. It has a big collection of very old subway cars and it feels like you’ve gone back in time. They still have the vintage ads in the interior of the trains. Nice cap, Vicki. And that is a cool bar
Avery Lopez-Baines haha
Only difference is, the NYC museum is in an old disused station... though the TFL museum has more space for things like old 2 level busses and trams that used to run in London. NYC museum has an old bus fleet, but you can only see them on special occasions.
Watching this particular video made me so happy. My family's from Castlerea and we would normally visit every year but haven't since before the pandemic. We should hopefully be back there in a little over a week and I'm definitely planning to go to the railway museum. So cool to see Geoff and Vicky there : )
The museum is incredible. Thanks for sharing with us
Apart from the awesome duo that is (was😔) vicki and Geoff I absolutely love the music to these series. Hats off to the composer who has written a great piece. I especially love the little minor acccent at 7.33..(details details)..
Well done!✔ Castlerea Railway Museum 👍 ...looking forward to Episode 13...Vicki & Geoff's name in lights...on a train! 😊...take care!
I must say i am really enjoying all your videos each night about the railways here in Ireland, hope you are both having a good time here and it is great publicity for Ireland and it's railway system.
Beautiful scenery to rival any previous video, then Mr. Sean Browne and his museum. Spectacular!
What a great little museum!!!!
“Rail enthusiast disease” 😝 great one Geoff and Vicky
Your "carriage" in the museum is a locomotive btw.
Wow!! What an amazing museum!!
My Dad is from Castlerea , I spent all my summers there , I've passed that museum many times , so glad to see you stop there!
This is the best part of this country, The Wesht asthey say over this way. Lovely.
what a great museum!
Wow another great episode guys!! Keep up the good work! And can’t believe Sean had a actual train carriage in his collection that’s insane!
Good video again and nice to see clara mention on a video doesn't happen very often. Also loved the museum somewhere I hope to visit one day.
There's more than meets the eye at Claremorris Station (9:15 to 9:30). Claremorris is an important junction on the Dublin - Westport/Ballina line where there is a presently disused railway connection south to Galway via Tuam and Athenry. This is the subject of an ongoing campaign by West on Track to reopen the line as part of the Western Rail Corridor infrastructure. In former times Claremorris had a rail freight depot and was the main train staging point for pilgrimage passengers to connect to road services to Knock Shrine. A service on a reduced scale is still in place today. The reopening of the line is currently the subject of a government-funded review. There may be a few more to add to the 198 stations in the near future.
I travelled from Ballina to Dublin in 1987. The carriages are a lot nicer now. The thing I remember most back then was that most of the level crossings were manual, with a crossing attendant to open and close the gate.
I seem to remember the level crossing at Foxford was manual at least until the early 2000nds
Excellent Video and Commentary Geoff and Vicki!😃.Castlerea is my Home Town.I know Sean Browne and Castlerea Railway Museum Very Well!.
That train carriage is so cool.
Geoff - A55 is (or was) a diesel 'A class' locomotive and not a carriage
You missed a castle in Tullamore called Charleville Castle which is about two miles from Tullamore Railway Station. At least you got to my hometown of Tullamore.
Sragh Castle is visible from the train.
Vicki & Geoff, when are you coming back to my native Ireland? I’ve enjoyed this entire series so much that I’m rewatching it here in Manchester U.K., as the Irish government is planning increased investment in the Irish railways - we are hoping that they will extend the M3 Parkway line to Navan, so all they need now is to extend the LUAS Trams to the Irish Ferries & Stena Terminals at Dublin Port via Dublin Docklands Rail Station, which will make coming home to Ireland on SailRail via Holyhead so much easier 🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wow, that museum is quite something, actually, its amazing. And a great use for an ex-CIE loco too.
2:09 I LIKE TRAINS
Vroooooomm 😂
That's an old jail in Tullamore. The court house was just down a the street a bit. Very impressive.
Great episode. That museum looks fantastic.
Was up with Sean many years ago will have to visit when Covid is over. Drove A55 (055) many times.
Loved the railway museum! With a full train car too!
Manula Junction is also like Smallbrook Junction on the Isle of Wight. However, since you haven’t been there, it’s understandable that you didn’t mention it.
Vicki looks fierce at the controls.
1,600 to buy the locomotive? And 40,000 to have it installed? Shawn is my kind of crazy.
I had to rewind to confirm there was a Deutsche Bahn sign at 7:23. Sean has an extensive collection, but then he does have an entire carriage inside his bar.
It's actually a locomotive, it's just had tables and chairs put in where the engine room is
Great video as always!
That Museum was just Nuts !
Sean is a Nice guy
Fred is brilliant! He would make an excellent sidekick for your future adventures.
Not really - his commentary on where the railway continued to was BS.
Very entertaining video! It would be good if the line from Claremorris to Athenry could reopen. I wonder with Manulla Junction if it could appear as the least used station in Ireland is very few passengers buy a ticket to Manulla Junction? Good is see some freight traffic at Ballina!
The Ballina line is Ireland’s most profitable freight line owing to the timber industry.
And the Dublin Port-Ballina Container Trains
Wow..the museum.
Sean got it a bit wrong, C.I.E. stands for Coming In Eventually.
Before the upgrading of the rolling stock and signalling it was 'Crawling In Eire'
@@viking1678 Nice to see Sean had some table wear with the famous CIE "Flying snail" logo!
CIE stands for
Coras
Imporair
Eireann
You should of stopped in Westport. Very beautiful town. It would of broken the Quaintometer tho.
10:46 looks like they could have done with the automatic wheelchair ramp.
And my husband's Grandfather was from Roscommon. Yes, we could have moved to Ireland if we had wanted to. Mind you, that was his mother's parents. The Harrigan side was Heinz 57 American. They came over a long time ago.
The railway didn't go further from Westport to Murrisk. It used to go in to Achill Sound, through Newport and Muranny. Pretty much the complete opposite side of the bay to what yerman was blathering about.
At Westport the old line continuing from the station used to lead to the quays, it's now a greenway. There's also another old line which heads north from the station up to Newport which is also now a greenway.
that was a very enjoyable episode
We have a historic Irish ALDI sign in Dallas too!
I saw Vicky’s twin on the train, just before they got off at Castlerea.
I thought the same thing.
There is actually a castle in Tullamore, but it's about 2km from the station, on the opposite part of town; it's called Charleville (Forest) Castle!
Geoff’s pronunciation of “Ballina” is spot-on.
Roscommon! Some of my ancestors emigrated to England from Roscommon in the 1850s :)
Sign for Balla at the Castlerea Museum. Great great grandfather was station master there. Have to take a trip up!!
Ballyhaunis is pronounced Bally Haw nis
That Denny ad!!
I suddenly don't feel as worried about coming across as a bit awkward tomorrow 😅
You'll need to go back and do Westport some point, esp Matt Molloy's pub on Bridge Street. The Mall will indeed break the Quaint-ometer though!
I think you both have "Railway Enthusiast Disease" (7.05). Oh well...!
I think I have Rail Enthusiast Disease 😂
You should've made a detour to The Gardners Arms in Sompting (nearest stations East Worthing or Lancing) the other year. That pub has had a Pullmans style train carriage in it the the last 15-20 years.
Lots of lovely things. Perhaps you will visit Westport on another trip.
A very brief visit to "my station" in Ireland, I as an idealist guard from Sweden was allowed during my visit long ago to assist with the evening shunting.Westport is the place.At that time there was an 071 class loco and a group of waggons in the trains.
7:05 🤣🤪 Oh shite I definitely am a carrier! ⭐️💚
Lovely railway museum at Castlerea with so much to see
I’m glad Sean has the complete loco and not just a short section of it.
Btw I’m no relation to Claremorris.
I love Sean
And Fred he's brilliant too
Also CIE is still the parent company of Irish Rail. CIE was the sole provider of all public transport until 1988 when it was divided into Irish Rail, Bus Eireann and Dublin Bus but the holding company is still the parent company of all 3
Smallbrook junction is another station that no public entrance and exit and is is only an interchange between two lines
What you were looking at in Tullamore is the facade of the former jail. Most of it was knocked years ago and there is now a business park in behind it. There are still decorative axes on the railings outside, possibly because they used to execute people in there.
A pity Seans' museum can't go on tour ... 'Nerdish Heaven' ... NRM Eirann
I'm waiting for All the Bahnhoefe series...
Right guys, the tourist you speak to at 1045 is wrong X 2. Train station is 10 mins walk from the town. The line user to travel to Westport harbour, but this is now a greenway. It never went to murrisk or Louisburgh. Best to ask locals not tourists for the correct information!
Closing dialogue should have went well like this:
GEOFF: Nice buffers.
VICKI: That's the end.
GEOFF: Of ?
VICKI: The line ... and this episode.
seen...tick
The peaked cap suits Vicki! :)
"Rail Enthusiasts Disease" oh f*ck, I tick all the boxes… I'm screwed, aren't I? [straightens up piles of rail magazines]
There is a class 37 cab in the car park of the Alexandra pub near Derby station. It seems there are fanatics everywhere!!
"Nice Buffers" lmao
Great vid guys
My hat off to Sean Browne, I could be lost for days in his museum ! I'll try to Google the loco and see if I was on the right track with the Bulleid connection.
As a sidenote, are more viewers peeking at the timebar of the video when the credits start to roll ? Gives you a rough idea how many bloopers etc. the editor has in store for us ;-)
Loco has nothing to do with Bullied.... designed by Metropolitan Vickers of Gorton, Manchester and equipped with their own electrics and two stroke diesel power unit..... re-engined by CIE Inchicore in the early 70s using 12 cylinder 2 stroke GM 567 power unit....
It is a cab of a loco with a carriage coupled up to it!
BTW - Interesting fact: Both Dovey Junction in Wales and Manulla Junction in Ireland are similar to Smallbrook Junction on the Island Line + Isle of Wight Steam Railway on the Isle of Wight.
Kind regards, Peter Skuce. St Albans. Hertfordshire.
There is and always has been a street entrance at Dovey Junction, the idea that there is not is a silly urban myth www.google.com/maps/@52.554806,-3.9258577,3a,47.8y,25.13h,76.09t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sa8xWxz8eE3MOuuu0moLh-g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en
Westport just voted the most beautiful seaside town in Ireland, You would not know any of this from viewing this video, It seems all it has to offer is a Tesco supermarket.
You guys should do the USA. It would only take a weekend, there cant be more than about 8 stations in the whole country...
we looked it up. would take 5 months. FIVE MONTHS. it's just too big ...
CIÉ (Córas Iompair Éireann -- "the Irish transport system") still exists.
It's the state-owned holding company for 1. Bus Átha Cliath (Dublin Bus), 2. Bus Éireann, and 3. Iarnród Éireann.
My grandfather worked for the railway division of CIÉ from 1945 (and for 20 years before that, for Great Southern Railways; earlier still, for the Great Southern & Western Railway).
Ynysmitwr is it same cie I see on tour coaches
@@s125ish Yes.
I was thinking that Westport is the most westerly mainline station in both Ireland and the UK - it is NOT! The most westerly mainline stations are (1) Tralee @ 9.698W and (2) Farranfore @ 9.553W. The next most westerly station is (3) Westport @ 9.509W just ahead of Killarney @ 9.502W.
The cie teapot and milk jug in Michael's museum. I must have them
In 2024, Geoff has now corrected himself and the reports out there, you can in fact access Dovey Junction in Wales from the road
Expected to see Will Hay any minute..
It's an old gaol, but there are two castles in Tullamore, one visible from the track.
And hi Autumn! I know him, slightly.
I'm hoping you'll give at least a mention to Ireland's broad gauge at some point.
Michael Portillo's train always pulls in behind him just as he does his piece to camera. Always, without fail! Is that a BBC thing?