IWT Liners, Timber Liners & Permanent way trains in Counties Offaly, Laois & Kildare

On Monday the 8th of October 2018, I made a trip out to the Kildare / Portarlington area.

Skip to 14:03 to hear 082 at full notch 8 thrashing as it climbs out of Portarlington.

The video features two IWT liners, two Timber trains, Ballast Regulator, TRV & HOBS.

0:00 - 0:41, First we head to Ballymorris, Co. Laois, just outside Portarlington where we see 071 class locomotive number 081 passing with a rake of HOBS running from Portarlington - Mallow.

0:41 - 1:10, Next we see the Irish Rail Ballast Regulator passing the main road bridge at Portarlington station.

1:10 - 2:22, Next we head to the site of the former Geashill Station, Co. Offaly where we see 201 class locomotive number 234 passing with the 09.35 North Wall - Ballina IWT Liner.

2:22 - 4:28, Next we head to Rathevan Heights, Co. Laois where we see the Irish Rail Track Recording Vehicle (TRV) passing while also seeing a Mark 4 Intercity train on a Cork - Heuston service.

4:28 - 7:11, Next we head to Hybla, Co. Kildare where we see Irish Rail 071 class loco number 078 passing with a Ballina - North Wall IWT Liner, next we see retro liveried 071 number 071 passing with a Westport bound Timber.

7:11 - 13:21, Next we head back to Portarlington station where we see 082 arriving into the loop on a Waterford bound Timber train while retro liveried 071 heads towards Westport with a Timber train.

13:21 - 16:33, Next we head to Tirhogar Drive, Co. Laois, where we see an Intercity Mark 4 train passing on a Cork - Heuston while 082 departs Portarlington Loop in full thrash, notch 8 passing as it makes it's way to Kildare.

16:33 - 17:45, Oghill, Co. Kildare, next we see 082 passing with the heavily delayed Kildare - Waterford Timber train.

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