RPSI Marble City Steam Railtour at Carlow & Kilkenny (25-8-2013)

Some footage of the 2013 RPSI Marble City Steam Railtour to Kilkenny.
1: At Carlow station loco 461 (Beyer Peacock class K2, 2-6-0) heads a rake of RPSI Cravens coaches on the outward journey from Dublin Connolly to Kilkenny.
2: 461 & the Cravens arrive in Kilkenny station (1:09)
3: GM 071 class no. 081 arrives to shunt release the coaches (3:06)
4: 461 then leaves for the Lavistown Loop to reverse (4:44)
5: 2x3 ICR set headed by no. 22346 arrives & departs on a Dublin-bound service (6:45)
6: 461 returns from Lavistown & parks in the head shunt where it's firebox is emptied & restarted before recoupling to the Cravens (7:50)
7: On the return journey to Dublin Connolly, the railtour passes Blanchvilleskill bridge near Gowran, 6 miles east of Kilkenny City (9:09)

[@itfcsam]

Superb compilation, did consider coming back for that

[@TheIrishMainline]

Blimey, I'd hate to miss out on that! Looks like a little trip west will be in the offing soon :)

[@irelandbloke]

Fantastic video !

[@TheIrishMainline]

True there's very little of it, will make the trip sometime soon...

[@irishrailtrains]

Lovely Shots !

[@TheIrishMainline]

Cheers Sam :) There'll be plenty more coming up. You'd need to be booking well in advance though as they sell out in double quick time.

[@TheIrishMainline]

Cheers Peter glad you like it. Pleasure meeting you too :) I'll check out your vid soon. No doubt we'll meet up again whether it be around here or down in the People's Republic :D

[@EuropeanRailChannel]

Great video

[@TheIrishMainline]

Thanks m8, the HOBs are leaving tonight, probably for Portlaoise as they're still empty and no loader is in the yard.

[@TheIrishMainline]

Matter of time m8, they're getting scarce now. Just a handful between Thomastown & Waterford. A number of gatekeepers are basicly on a week-to-week contract at present, nice redundancy package at the end of it for them though at least.

[@TheIrishMainline]

It surely has, Waterford still just about clinging on to the old system!

[@TheIrishMainline]

I know it's frustrating m8 :( I checked the circular yesterday & there's no mention of any HOBs movements around Dublin this week. If you were able to get to Kildare you'd have a chance with the odd working between Carlow & Portlaoise.

[@TheIrishMainline]

Cheers m8, glad u liked it :)

[@TheIrishMainline]

Oh right! I didn't think there were any semaphores left over there. Do you know what stations are still mechanically controlled?

[@TheIrishMainline]

Appreciated m8 tks :)

[@TheIrishMainline]

Thanks for watching IB :)

[@TheIrishMainline]

It won't be long before they're gone down here too sadly :(

[@TheIrishMainline]

Nah, was hoping they'd head down my way but to no avail as yet :(

[@bencripps1472]

461 looks a tiny bit like a GCR Pom Pom

[@TheIrishMainline]

They'll eventually all be LED, use less power, better visibility in daylight hours & have a much longer lifespan than ordinary bulbs.

[@TheIrishMainline]

A friendly gatekeeper ;)

[@bencripps1472]

Ah (embarrassment) - just noticed its got a pony truck lol!

[@TheIrishMainline]

That's right, 461 is a 2-6-0. Other than that they're not too dissimilar in appearance it has to be said.