Antonov-124 flies 201 GM EMD Class Locomotive Arrival at Dublin Airport.
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- Опубликовано: 27 окт 2017
- 201 GM EMD 12-710G3B. JT42HCW Class Locomotive Arrival at Dublin Airport. 9/6/1994. Arrived from London Canada in a Antonov. AN - 124 - 100 Aircraft. Video features unloading at Dublin airport and transportation to Inchicore Works. Test Run. Dublin Port arrival of more 201 by Ship.
To allow clearance tests and driver training to commence in advance of the delivery of the main order of 201s, it was decided to transport the first locomotive, number 201, to Dublin by air. An Antonov An-124 was used to transport the locomotive from London, Ontario to Dublin Airport, arriving on 9 June 1994.
Included at end of video is the loading and of the locomotive in London Canada
I worked for GM and watched this being loaded in London and then the take-off. Can't believe it made it off the ground.
Pity that it's been left to rot at Inchicore now.
PS: Fantastic bit of history saved on film. Thank you. Great to have this.
Lovely job
Excellent Footage Gerry!😃.Well Filmed!.
1976: 071 delivered
Used to love that EI B747. Shame we ever let her go.
I also watched it take off from London Air Port ..amazing
Nice that you also captured other air traffic at DUB . I have seen this video before. 🤔
Nice seeing the Aer Lingus 747s
Terrible to think that the earlier locos of the 201 class are in storage at Inchicore for the last few years
Bigfoot was the first Connolly based Locomotive Driver to Work 201 Class Locomotives.
And after all the effort to fly this engine over, and take it by road into Dublin, it ended up in storage 15 years later along with nine others (202, 203, 204, 205, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214) because they're not push/pull capable so cannot be used on the Intercity Mk4 or Enterprise.
I remember John McCarthy was Chief Mechanical Engineer of Iarnrod Eireann at that time
Great video ! Nice channel ! 5ubscribed
Excellent video. Gas looking at all the excited suits with their one day ramp passes. Not a high vis jacket in sight. :) Its a national scandal that half of these locos were left to rot in the rust line at Inchicore when there were only 15 years old, and the 071s being overhauled and kept in service after 45 years to haul the freight traffic. Irish Rail's policy of 22k DMUs puts an end to the era of proper intercity service. As soon as the CAF mk4 sets are retired business travellers will switch back to the new faster motorways or air. The 22k trams don't cut the mustard for quality intercity travel.
Have footage of 201 in Cork 26th June 1994 on a Sunday when it worked the Ammonia train to Shelton seen at
How I wish Aer Lingus brought back the 747s
Fantastic look back in time. I had no idea Aer Lingus operated 747s. May I have your permission to share this video on social media?
Great Question for a pub quiz.... What year did the first train arrive at Dublin Airport? ---- that'll wreck some heads. (Even if it was, technically, just a locomotive....)