071 Class

Built: 1976 by GM, La Grange Illinois works USA.
18 of these Co-Co locomotives were delivered to CIE carrying the 1970s black & orange 'Super Train' livery, and entered service on principal routes of the Irish Rail system to Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Galway, displacing many first generation 001 Class locos.
The 071 Class themselves are now principally freight locomotives, and have a new livery of black & silver, having been displaced from their one time passenger services by the 201 Class locos and diesel railcars.
The 071 Class still however operate some passengers specials, mainly those organised by the RPSI. Freight services include liner container, timber and Tara Mines ore trains.

Max Speed: 90mph Weight: 99tons Length: 17.47m
Fitted for multiple operation with other GM locos (uncommon)
Seen over at the south eastern line platforms at Dublin's Connolly Station in 2002, No.071 is seen preparing to leave for a service to Rosslare. In October 2004, No.071 arrives at Edgeworthstown with an afternoon service from Sligo to Dublin, consisting of the 1970s era Mk2 coaching stock. No.071 powers north through Carlow Station with an empty timber train for Ballina, Co.Mayo. This freight service from Waterford is still in operation. Now in the black & silver livery, No.071 is seen taking the curve through Clonsilla, west Dublin, while heading the Waterford to Sligo empty timber train.
No.071, complete with warning panels, approaches Beauparc Station on the freight only Drogheda to Navan branchline, hauling the Irish Rail weed spraying train. No.071 rounds the curve at Islandbridge Jct in west Dublin City with the morning North Wall to Ballina IWT freight train, which includes two pocket style container wagons. No.071 is seen again on weed spraying duties passing the harbour just north of Dun Laoghaire, south Dublin, while en route from to Enniscorthy. No.071 is seen approaching the new station at Clongriffin, north Co.Dublin, with a loaded rake of ore wagons from the Tara Mines near Navan, to Dublin Port.
No.071 glides past Hybla Bridge near Monasterevin with the empty Waterford to Ballina timber train. No.071 approaches the road overbridge at Kilmullen, east of Portarlington, with the Waterford to Ballina DFDS container train. No.071 is seen north of Kilberry on the Waterford line with the 'down' DFDS freightliner from Ballina. A freshly painted No.072 stands at Wexford Station with a Dublin to Rosslare Harbour service. This service is now operated by diesel railcars.
No.072 is seen again on the Rosslare line, this time at Bray Station with a train from Dublin consisting of the Mk2 coaching stock which have since been withdrawn from Irish Rail service. No.072 stands at the west end of Maynooth Station with an afternoon Dublin to Sligo service. These trains are also nowadays operated by diesel railcars. No.072 climbs up to road level on the Alexandra Road tramway in Dublin Port with a loaded ore train from the Tara Mines near Navan. No.072 heads through Ashtown, west Dublin, with the loaded timber train from Sligo to Dublin's North Wall yard.
No.072 is now seen at Ballina Station, Co.Mayo, at the head of an afternoon branchline service to Manulla Junction, consisting of the 1960s era Craven built stock. No.072 makes the ground rumble as it heads north through Clontarf Rd in north Dublin City with an empty ore train to Navan. Seen shortly after its repaint into the current black & silver livery, No.072 runs alongside the Ardgillan Estate just north of Skerries, Co.Dublin, with the empty Alexandra Rd to Tara Mines ore train. No.072 moves a rake of withdrawn Mk3 coaching stock out of the sidings at East Wall yard , bound for Inchicore Works on the west side of the city. The Mk3s were largely displaced by the 22000 Class diesel railcars.
Seen at Dublin's Connolly Station complete with the IRRS headboard, No.072 stands at the with an Irish Railway Record Society special to Limerick. No.072 brings the Ballina to Waterford DFDS freight train out of Kildare, having run around at the station before resumming its journey south. No.072 hauls sister loco No.073 past Hybla with two empty timber wagons in tow, operating a transfer working from Limerick to North Walll in Dublin. No.072 is seen back on the Tara Mines workings, approaching the station at Gormanston with an empty train from Dublin Port.
In 2003, No.073 stands at the head of an evening Sligo service at Dublin's Connolly Station. The Sligo line is the demain of diesel railcars nowadays. No.073 accelerates through Castleknock Station, west Dublin, with a Dublin to Sligo service. No.073 speeds through the then recently opened station at Phoenix Park, west Dublin, with the empty North Wall to Sligo timber train. No.073 approaches Donabate Station, north Dublin, with the loaded Tara Mines to Alexandra Rd ore train.
No.073 has arrived into Kildare Station with an empty rake of flat wagons from Waterford, bound for the Irish Rail permanent way depot at Portlaoise. With the headquarters of the Irish Railway Record Society visible in the background, No.073 is seen by the site of the old military platform at Dublin's Heuston Station while on 'taxi duties' to Inchicore Works. No.073 descends the gradient into North Wall from West Road Jct on the Sligo line with the 'up' IWT freightliner from Ballina to Dublin. Above the train is the bridge carrying the main Dublin to Belfast line. No.073 emerges slowly from the loop at the north end of Sallins Station with its morning freight train from North Wall to Ballina, consisting of loaded container pocket wagons
No.073 is viewed from the new road bridge adjacent to the former Wicklow Jct, while operating the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland's 'Best of Both' railtour to Arklow. A little later from the previous photo, No.073 now pauses at the former up platform at Enfield Station en route to Mullingar with the 'Best of Both' railtour. No.073 stands at the north end of Howth Jct, north Dublin City, with a train load of concrete sleepers bound for Platin on the Navan branch near Drogheda. No.073 is seen in charge of short emply ballast train returning from Drogheda to Dublin's North Wall yard, having been involved in engineering work again on the Navan branchline near Drogheda.
No.073 hauls sister locomotive No.084 through Howth Jct on a short ore train from the Tara Mines to Dublin through Howth Jct. No.084 had failed earlier with the train near Drogheda. No.073 is seen at milepost 17 north of Sallins with a permanent way train from Dublin to Portlaoise, consisting of two empty bogey flats and six loaded 4-wheel spoil wagons. No.073 is seen shunting a rake of bogey flat wagons in East Wall yard, Dublin, having been collected from the wagon repair shop visible in the background. Seen standing at the single platform station at the Ballina branch terminus is No.074, preparing to leave for Manulla Junction.
In July 2004, No.074, is seen ticking away at the freight terminal at Sligo Quay. Today the Irish Rail freight terminal here is disused with the loss of container and timber traffic. No.074 stands at Westport Station, Co.Mayo, at the head of an Irish Railway Record Society special to Athlone, prior to the replacement of semaphore signalling on the Mayo lines. With the stadium of Croke Park in the background No.074 with its faded numbers, leads the Sligo bound empty timber wagons through Drumcondra, north Dublin City, on a miserable morning. No.074 takes the 1977 built bogey bulk cement wagons from Platin through Malahide, north Co.Dublin. These wagons also worked to Tullamore until the service was withdrawn in 2009.
No.074 is seen at the north end of Skerries Station, north Co.Dublin, with the loaded ore train from the Tara Mines, while sister loco No.084 awaits the road north to Drogheda with its empty ore wagons from Dublin Port. No.074 is now seen in the then new black & silver livery, as it passes the site of Baldoyle Station, north Dublin, with the empty Alexandra Rd to Tara Mines ore train. No.074 is now climbing up from Monasterevin at Hybla as it heads the Ballina to Waterford DFDS liner. The train would shortly pass Cherryville Jct, then arrive into Kildare to run around before heading south to Waterford. The large freight yard at Ennis Station, Co.Clare, is no longer used by trains, however No.074 is seen stabled there with a rake of bogey flat wagons while engaged in engineering work.
Locomotives are often stabled on the Navan branchline at the south end of Drogheda Station, where No.075 is seen parked in 2002. A rather clean looking No.075 hauls a loaded timber train out of the Crossmolina Siding at the north end of Ballina Station, Co.Mayo. No.075 is seen stabled in the former freight yard on the up side of Mallow Station, Co.Cork, while operating the Dublin to North Esk (Cork) freight service. No.075 trundles across the viaduct north of Malahide with the heavily loaded ore train from the Tara Mines to Dublin Port. No.075 has yet to have its front end Irish Rail logos applied.
Having just rounded the long curve away from Skerries on a much brighter day than the previous photo, No.075 approaches Baldongan, north Co.Dublin, with a loaded ore train from Tara Mines to Dublin Port. Having received a green signal for the road north, No.075 accelerates through the train shed at Pearse Station, with three bogey flat wagons en route from Dublin to Portlaoise. No.075 has brought a DFDS freightliner train from Ballina into Kildare Station, consisting of a mixture of container and tanks. The loco was shortly detached and then operated light engine to Inchicore Works, Dublin. On a dull day at Islandbridge Jct, west Dublin, No.075 heads a ballast train from the North Wall yards, probably bound for the permanent way depot at Portlaoise.
No.075 is seen again on ballast duties, this time running along the 'down fast' line at Stacumny near Hazelhatch, west Co.Dublin. No.075 takes a rake of empty bogey flat wagons past Hybla, while operating from Portlaoise to Waterford. The train would return the following the day with new rails landed at Waterford Port. No.075 is now seen approaching the tall overbridge between Cherryville Jct and Kildare, with the new rails en route from Waterford to Portlaoise. Rounding the curve on the approach to Druncondra, north Dublin, in the morning sun is No.076, leading a Sligo to Dublin service on its last leg of its journey into the city.
Seen shortly before all Sligo line services were taken over by diesel railcars, No.076 arrives into the up platform at Maynooth Station with a morning Sligo to Dublin service. No.076 stands at the down platform at Maynooth Station while awaiting the road west to Enfield with the morning Dublin North Wall to Sligo empty timber train. No.076 is seen at Drumcondra, bringing up the empty timber wagons from Waterford to North Wall yard, where the loco would run around the train and continue towards Sligo. Now on the ex Great Northern Railway's main line, No.076 accelerates through Malahide Station with the 50 ton bogey bulk cement wagons, heading from the cement works at Platin to Dublin's North Wall yard.
No.076 is seen again at Malahide, this time bringing a rake of 1960s vintage 4-wheel bulk cement wagons from Platin to Dublin. This cement traffic has since been withdrawn and the nicknamed 'bubble' wagons scrapped. No.076 is now taking the curve through Rush & Lusk Station, north Co.Dublin, with the loaded zinc ore wagons from the Tara Mines to Dublin Port. The footbridge above the train has since been removed. No.076 is seen in charge of a rake of Railway Preservation Society of Ireland coaches at Connolly Station, Dublin. The Victorian carriage behind the loco is No.1142, built in 1921 by the Great Southern & Western Railway at Inchicore Works. Having received a clear signal, No.076 pulls its train onto the viaduct across the fast flowing Broadmeadow Estuary north of Malahide, since collapsed and rebuilt.
No.076, complete with IWT stickers, begins its long journey to Co.Mayo as it is entrusted with hauling the first Dublin to Ballina IWT freightliner service, seen approaching Ossory Rd near North Wall, Dublin City. No.076 is seen at Drumcondra, Dublin, again in charge of the IWT (International Warehousing & Transport) freight container train heading from Dublin to Ballina in Co.Mayo, which commenced operation in August 2009. No.076 is seen again at Drumcondra, this time approaching Claude Rd footbridge with the return working of the IWT freight service from Ballina. No.076 heads a permanent way train past Islandbridge Jct, consisting of track panels and the 1966 vintage 4-wheeled spoil wagons, once used for the bartyes traffic between Silvermines and Foynes in Co.Limerick.
No.076 and its IWT freight train is now seen outside the Dublin area, as it brings the 'up' Ballina to Dublin working through Sallins Station. No.076 brings a rake of ex CIE vintage coaching stock into Dublin's Connolly Station, which would later form a steam hauled excursion to Bray. These coaches are owned and operated by the RPSI. The evening sun shines on No.076 as it brings an empty rake of pocket container wagons along Alexandra Road in Dublin Port. No.076 has a long rake of bogey flat wagons in tow as it passes beneath the twin Collins Avenue road overbridges at Killester, north Dublin City, en route to Platin.
No.076 approaches the M7 motorway bridge near Cherryville Junction, Co.Kildare, with the Waterford to Ballina empty timber train. No.076 takes the midday loaded ore train from the Tara Mines to Dublin Port through the quiet station at Gormanston, between Laytown and Balbriggan. No.076 has light work with the Ballina to Waterford DFDS liner train as it approaches the road overbridge at Cush, south of Kildangan village, Co.Kildare. No.076 is just west of Drumcondra Station, north Dublin City, as it works a rake of empty Craven coaches from Connolly to Inchicore which had earlier formed an RPSI 'Mystery Train' railtour.
In 2002, No.077 stands at the north end of Connolly Station, Dubllin, having arrived with a service from Rosslare. The loco is seen been uncoupled from its Mk2 coaching stock prior to stabling in the locomotive shed. No.077 is seen leading a loaded timber train through Drumcondra, Dublin. This timber traffic originated in Sligo, and would travel south to Waterford. No.077 is seen accelerating on the approach to Castleknock Station, west Dublin, with the morning North Wall to Sligo empty timber train. No.077 leads a rake of empty 4-wheel hopper wagons, used for conveying ballast, through Malahide Station. These trains were usually accompanied by the yellow painted guards vans seen here.
No.077 is at the buffer stops within the train shed at Connolly Station, Dublin, with Mk3 coaching stock, which would form an IRRS special to Limerick. No.077, still in the older orange & black livery, is seen powering the southbound loaded ore train from the Tara Mines at Beaverstown Bridge, north of Donabate. No.077 storms through Kildare on the southern approach to the station with a train load of concrete sleepers from Portlaoise to Dublin's North Wall yard. 078 stands at Connolly Station's platform No.3, prior to forming an evening Dublin to Sligo service.
No.078 arrives at the wayside station at Templemore on a southbound train consisting of the 1970s built Mk2 stock. No.078 pauses at Ashtown, west Dublin, as it awaits the station level crossing gates to be closed to road traffic prior to proceeding to Sligo with its empty timber train from North Wall. Approaching the level crossing at the west end of Athenry Station, No.078 is seen in charge of the 9:15am Galway to Dublin service. No.078 approaches Raheny Station, north Dublin, with the empty rake of ore wagons from Dublin Port, bound for the Tara Mines near Navan.
No.078 enters Howth Junction from the north as it nears the end of its journey with the loaded ore train from the Tara Mines to Dublin Port. No.078 is at Connolly Station's platform No.3 as it awaits departure time with the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland's 'Comeragh Railtour' from Dublin to Waterford. No.078 is again on railtour duties, this time with an Irish Traction Group special from Sligo, seen awaiting the road east towards Dublin at Edgeworthstown Station. No.078 storms west past Cherryville Junction with the Dublin North Wall to Ballina IWT liner, consisting entirely of pocket container wagons.
No.078 takes the Irish Rail weed spraying train past Islandbridge Junction, Dublin City, as it heads west for Portlaoise. In late 2000, a clean looking No.079 departs south from Enniscorthy Station, Co.Wexford, with a Dublin to Rosslare Harbour service. In October 2003, No.079 stands at Longford Station having arrived with a morning Sligo to Dublin service, formed of the 1970s Mk2 stock. On a darker day, No.079 stands at Dromod Station, again in 2003 with the morning Sligo to Dublin service.
No.079 is seen complete with the Irish Traction Group's headboard at the north end of Connolly Station, prior to departing the with second leg of the 'Docklands Pioneer' railtour, which in the event No.079 did not haul. No.079 stands at Boyle Station, operated an evening Dublin to Sligo service, which nowadays is railcar operated. Shortly before the 071 Class locos and Mk2 coaching stock were withdrawn from Sligo line services, No.079 departs Maynooth with a morning service to Dublin. With the 'Off' signal visible to the driver, No.079 prepares to depart Dublin's Heuston Station with an evening service to Ballina, formed of MK3 coaching stock. These services are now handled by the 22000 Class diiesel railcars.
Driver Darren Jones of Waterford commands locomotive No.079 on the DFDS Liner at Kildare Station. The loco would soon detach from its liner train prior to running around and heading to off to Waterford. A rather noisey No.079 is seen heading the morning Dublin (North Wall) to Ballina freight liner train at Newbridge Station, Co.Kildare. No.079 exits Dublin Port along the Alexandra Rd tramway having had its IWT freight train loaded prior to travelling to Ballina the following morning. No.079 is at Claude Rd, north Dublin City, heading a trainload of concrete sleepers from Portlaoise to Platin near Drogheda. The train would run around in the North Wall yard before proceeding north to Drogheda.
No.079 leads the Irish Rail weed spraying down the quayside south of Wexford Station, en route to Waterford via the 'South Wexford' line. No.079 is seen again on weed spraying duties, this time running alongside the Royal Canal on the Sligo line at Leixlip Confey, west Co.Dublin. No.079 works a loaded ballast train on the southern approach to Killester, north Dublin City, heading from North Wall to Drogheda. No.079 is captured again, this time with a half empty rake of ballast wagons at Beaverstown north of Donabate, en route from Skerries to Dublin.
No.080 is not long on its journey as it speeds past the derelict station at Ballysadare with an afternoon Sligo to Dublin service. No.080 is now on freight duties, seen heading across the minor road adjacent to Beauparc Station with a loaded ore train from the Tara Mines near Navan to Dublin Port. No.080 is seen on a timber train in Waterford West yard. Timber traffic from Ballina, Co.Mayo, is unloaded at the terminal here for Coillte forestry. No.080 is captured shortly after its repaint into the black & silver livery, heading the morning North Wall to Sligo empty timber train on the approach to Ashtown, west Dublin.
No.080 leads a train of 1960s vintage bulk cement wagons on the approach to Donabate, north Co.Dublin. These wagons were returning loaded from the cement factory at Platin near Drogheda. No.080 is seen again on the Great Northern mainline, this time at Malahide with the Platin to North Wall bulk cement train. Cement traffic on Irish Rail has since ceased. No.080 rolls through Balbriggan Station, north Co.Dublin, with the loaded Tara Mines ore train from Navan to Dublin Port. No.080 is running down the gradient from Cherryville Junction just south of Kildare at the head of an empty steel train from Portlaoise, bound for Waterford.
No.080 leads a rake of empty bogey flat wagons from Portaloise to Waterford past Oghill, just south of Cherryville Jct. This train usually returns loaded with rails delivered at Belview Port near Waterford. No.080 is seen again in the same area, slowing on the southern approach to Cherryville Jct heading the Waterford to Ballina DFDS liner. Every 071 Class loco has had a stint on the Tara Mines workings, here No.080 has arrived into East Wall, Dublin, with the loaded ore train from Navan. No.080 approaches the County Bridge south of Balbriggan, Co.Dublin, with a ballast working returning to Dublin's North Wall yard.
No.080 is captured again on ballast duties, crossing the Rogerstown Estuary north of Donabate while working back to Dublin. No.080 works an RPSI 'Mystery Train' railtour past Islandbridge Junction, formed of the 1960s built Craven coaches. No.081 speeds through Ashtown Station, west Dublin, with an evening loco hauled train from Dublin to Sligo. No.081 heads a rake of loaded spoil wagons through Kildare Station, en route from Dublin North Wall to Portlaoise permanent way depot.
Approaching Kildare from the south, No.081 is seen hauling the lightly loaded Waterford to Ballina DFDS freight liner train. In May 2010, the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland operated a special to south Wexford, hauled by No.081. The special is seen here having arrived at Gorey on its way to Rosslare. Another railtour is entrusted to No.081, seen at Banteer Station, Co.Cork, operating a Modern Railway Society of Ireland special to Tralee. No.081 enters Kildare Station on the middle road with Irish Rail's weed spraying train from Portlaoise.
Another view of No.081 at Kildare, now complete with warning boards having reversed at the station in order to proceed south to Waterford. No.081 is again on permanent way work, this time taking a loaded ballast train through Killester Station, heading for Drogheda. No.081 approaches the County Bridge, south of Balbriggan in north Co.Dublin, with the loaded Tara Mines to Alexandra Rd ore train. In better conditions, No.081 heads the well loaded DFDS Ballina to Waterford liner past Cherryville Junction, south of Kildare.
Two trains cross at Enniscorthy; with No.082 arriving with a southbound Dublin to Rosslare Harbour service in this early 2000s view. A grubby looking No.082 is seen working the Sligo line service, awaiting departure time at Dublin's Connolly Station in 2003. The loco carries a nameplate for 'The Institute of Engineers of Ireland'. No.082 awaits the road to Longford with a service from Dublin to Sligo at Edgeworthstown Station. Behind can be seen the now demolished signal cabin. Seen recently repainted into the black & silver livery, No.082 stands within the bright train shed at Connolly Station having brought in a morning Sligo to Dublin train.
No.082 rumbles through Drumcondra Stationb, north Dublin City, with the North Wall to Sligo empty timber train. No.082 has just left the Navan branch at the south end of Drogheda Station, en route to Alexandra Rd in Dublin Port with its loaded Tara Mines train. No.082 is captured working the loaded Limerick to Waterford cement train at Carrick-on-Suir. This traffic has since ceased. No.082 heads through the wide cutting between Cherryville Jct and Kildare with the Waterford to Ballina DFDS liner train.
No.082 is caught again on a DFDS freight working, this time heading south away from Kildare Station en route to Ballina. No.082 enters Raheny, north Dublin, with a morning engineering train consisting of the Donelli relaying gantry, heading from Portlaoise to Platin, near Drogheda. No.083 speeds through the station at Leixlip Confey, west Dublin, with the morning North Wall to Sligo empty timber train. No.083, complete with IRRS headboard, stands at Gort Station with an Irish Railway Record Society special from Limerick to Athenry, formed of Mk3 coaching stock.
No.083 is seen later in the evening having returned to Dublin on the IRRS special from Limerick and Athenry. The train would shortly depart for Inchicore on the west side of the city. No.083 has just two carriages in tow as it approaches Drumcondra Station from Mullingar. The two ex CIE carriages, one a Craven bar No.1514, are owned by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland. No.083 hauls three bogey flat wagons, one of which loaded with a 40ft container, out of Dublin's East Wall yard on a gauging trial for the Dublin to Cork mainline. No.083 heads across the flat terrain of the Curragh, Co.Kildare, with the morning Dublin to Ballina IWT freightliner.
No.084 takes the curve through Ashtown Station with the morning North Wall to Sligo empty timber train. No.084 heads east away from Navan with the loaded Tara Mines train, bound for the Alexandra Rd ore terminal in Dublin Port. No.084 approaches Gormanston Station from the south with an empty rake of 'bubble' cement wagons from Dublin's North Wall yard to Platin. No.084 is seen with the larger bogey bulk cement wagons, heading south away from Drogheda Station en route from Platin to Dublin.
No.084 is crossing the viaduct at the south end of Balbriggan Station as it leads a rake of the 4-wheel 'bubble' cement wagons for Platin. Just before cement traffic on Irish Rail ceased, No.084 takes a long rake of the 'bubble' cement wagons through Killester, bound for the cement factory at Platin near Drogheda. No.084 runs through the loop at Skerries and past the disused signal cabin at the north end of station while operating the midday loaded Tara Mines to Dublin Port ore train. Grange plays to No.084 on engineering duties, as it propels a loaded ballast train through the one time station on the Waterford to Limerick line.
No.084 passes Cherryville Junction with an empty ballast train from Carlow on the Waterford line. No.084 would shortly reverse at Kildare Station in order to head west. No.084 brings the the empty ore wagons from Alexandra Rd to Tara Mines through the suburban station at Killester in north Dublin. No.084 has a light load as it heads away from Kildare with a single Tara Mines wagon in tow, en route from Dublin to Limerick for servicing. No.084 is captured again at Killester, this time hauling a loaded ballast train from Dublin to Drogheda.
No.084 nears the former Lucan South Station, west Dublin, as it runs along the 'up slow' line with a trainload of new concrete sleepers from Portloaise. The following day, No.084 shunts the now empty flat wagons in Dublin's East Wall yard, while No.080 below awaits the road to the Alexandra Rd tramway. No.084 approaches the County Bridge, south of Balbriggan in north Co.Dublin, with an empty ballast train from Drogheda to North Wall. No.085 is photographed stabled at the north end of Dundalk Station, Co.Louth, in early 2002. In the background is the now demolished 'Dundalk North' signal cabin.
A tired looking No.085 brings a Tara Mines train for Dublin Port through Clontarf Rd Station. No.085 arrives into Athenry Station on the 9:15am Galway to Dublin service, formed of Mk3 coaching stock. Although looking like a rural setting, No.085 approaches Coolmine Station in west Dublin with the morning North Wall to Sligo empty timber train. No.085 coasts through Harmonstown Station, north Dublin City, with a loaded rake of Tara Mines wagons for Dublin Port.
No.085 passes through Donabate, north Co.Dublin, with the bogey bulk cement wagons from Platin to North Wall yard. No.085 brings the Dublin to Ballina IWT freightliner train past Hybla, east of Monasterevin. No.085 approaches Clongriffin Station, north Co.Dublin, with an empty ballast train from Skerries to North Wall. In the CIE 'Supertrain' livery, No.086 passes the Rathpeacon Sidings as nears the end of its journey from Dublin to Cork with a GAA special in 1987. ©Jonathan M.Allen
No.086 prepares to depart Kilkenny with an evening Waterford to Dublin service in 2002. No.086 pauses at the former station at Beauparc, Co.Meath, on the freight only branch from Navan to Drogheda with a loaded Tara Mines train. No.086 is acting as Connolly Station's pilot loco, shunting the RPSI's ex British Rail built Mk2 coaching stock prior to forming a special to Belfast. No.086 emerges from the down loop at the south end of Pearse Station with a DART bogey transfer from Fairview Depot on the northside of Dublin City.
No.086 approaches the up platform at Clontarf Rd Station as it nears North Wall with the loaded ore train from the Tara Mines to Dublin Port. No.086 is engaged in a crew change at Kildare Station, as 22000 Class railcar No.22242 eases off with its northbound service to Dublin. No.086 nears the end of its journey as it works the Ballina to Dublin IWT freight train past Claude Rd footbridge near Drumcondra, north Dublin City. No.086 is seen shunting more RPSI vehicles at Dublin's Connolly Station following an Irish Traction Group special from Sligo.
No.086 crosses the busy East Wall Road outside Dublin Port as it hauls loaded ore wagons to the Tara Mines terminal on the Alexandra Rd tramway. No.087 prepares to depart Carrick-on-Suir, with a Mk2 loco hauled service from Dublin to Sligo. Before the Mk2 coaching stock was withdrawn, No.087 brings a Limerick to Dublin service into Templemore Station. No.087 approaches Portmarnock, north Co.Dublin, with the loaded Tara Mines to Alexandra Rd ore train.
No.087 takes a rake of 'bubble' cement wagons through Balbriggan Station, north Co.Dublin, en route from North Wall to the cement works at Platin near Drogheda. No.087 enters Kildare Station with the Waterford to Ballina DFDS liner train, loaded mainly of ISO liquid tanks. No.087 is captured again on the Ballina bound DFDS liner from Waterford, seen traversing the junction at Cherryville south of Kildare. No.087 prepares to take of an empty rake of pocket wagons from North Wall yard in Dublin to Alexandra Rd for loading for the following morning's IWT liner.
No.087 passes the former army barracks adjacent to Islandbridge Jct, west Dublin City, with a rake of bogey flat wagons bound for North Wall yard. On a dullish day, No.087 approaches Beauparc with the day's 2nd loaded ore working from the Tara Mines to Dublin Port. The following day in brighter conditions, No.087 takes the loaded Tara Mines train across the East Wall Road level crossing outside Dublin Port. The last member of the 071 Class locos to be built, No.088, prepares to depart the station at Mullingar with a Dublin to Sligo service.
No.088 looks well at Sligo as it shunts out the Mk2 coaching stock from the station which had formed a service from Dublin. Every 071 Class loco has long worked a Tara Mines train, here No.088 is stabled for the weekend on the Navan branchline at Drogheda Station. Before the four tracks to Hazelhatch were installed, No.088 approaches the then new station at Adamstown, west Dublin, with a Mk3 hauled train. No.088 is seen unloading a timber train in the freight yard at Waterford, located west of the passenger station.
No.088 approaches Killester Station with the midday empty Alexandra Rd to Tara Mines train. Seen again at Killester, No.088 this time approaches the station from north with a bulk cement train from Platin to North Wall yard. Now in the black & silver livery, No.088 is seen departing East Wall yard with a rake of 'bubble' cement wagons in tow for Platin. No.088 complete with teddy, is seen passing Islandbridge Jct while employed on the Heuston to Inchicore taxi duties.
No.088 is stabled with a ballast train at the ballast loading point at the north end of Mallow Station, Co.Cork. No.088 brings a train loaded with track panels through Killester Station, north Dublin, while en route from Portlaoise to Platin. No.088 runs along the 'down slow' line at Stacumny Bridge, north of Hazelhatch, as it returns some flat wagons to Portlaoise. No.088 is seen again at Killester, with another permanent way train from Portlaoise, heading for Platin on the Navan branchline near Drogheda.
Northern Ireland Railway's No.111 is seen at Dublin's Connolly Station while operating on the ITG 'Cross-Border' railtour from Belfast. A little later from the previous photo, No.111 heads north through Clontarf Rd Station with the returning ITG special from Dublin to Belfast. No.112 approaches Sallins Station at speed with a rake of 1960s built Craven coaches as it heads a southbound service from Dublin. No.112 is seen stabled outside the locomotive shed at Connolly Station, having worked light engine from Belfast on a test run following an overhaul.
No.112 prepares to depart Connolly Station with a morning replacement 'Enterprise' service to Belfast, formed of the ex British Rail Gatwick Mk2 coaches. No.112 is seen on the down side of Dundalk's island platform with a rake of Craven coaches operated by the RPSI during the 'Dundalk 50th' specials. Irish Rail employs NIR's No.112 on a loaded Tara Mines to Alexandra Rd ore train, seen approaching Clontarf Rd. No.112 is seen again at Clontarf Rd Station, heading a Modern Railway Society of Ireland special from Belfast to Tralee, formed of the RPSI's Mk2 stock.
Later that evening, No.112 speeds through Killester Station with the return MRSI railtour from Tralee to Belfast. No.8113 shunts the ex Gatwick Mk2 coaches out of Bangor Station, north Belfast, while operating on Ian Walsh's 'Blue Thunderer' railtour. No.8113 approaches Malahide, north Co.Dublin, with an RPSI special from Belfast to Dublin. No.8113 is seen again on RPSI railtour duties, this time as its speeds through Clongriffin Station, north Dublin, with the return special to Belfast.
No.8113 hauls a 'dead' 201 Class loco, No.217, from Belfast across the twin arched bridge at Clontarf Rd, north Dublin City.