Love Tralee

Ah - the unmistakable sounds of the GM's

I live next to the line pretty much if the wind was blowing right I could just hear these idling at Lea Green and hear them accelerating towards us (can hear 185s too) by far the loudest locos that passed when they were on Chat Moss recorded one at 95dB the industry limit is 87dB they were nearly loud enough to start hurting.

thanks for compiling this , great work and great shots

This is a lovely recording, but the rhythm in bar 13 of my score is different and then bars 14-17 (where the tenors and basses should sing "for He that is mighty hath magnified me, and holy is His name") are missing altogether from the recording.

I THOUGHT THERE TRAIN HORNS WENT POTATO!

At around 9:30 I done that exact trip up front in the cab, I was only a kid and the driver asked me if I wanted to come up front and take that small trip to Cobh for the turn around. Never forget it 😍

Two tone horn's fantastic

Did anyone ever follow up on “the noisiest house in England” next to the track near Prestwich since the track was made continuous welded and the trams replaced the Class 504s?

9:50 - would that be the old Runcorn Gap Railway that crosses over this line?

You’re not allowed unto the platforms in Connolly or Houston anymore. The likes of Limerick/Limerick Junction or any of the local stations between Dublin Cork or Dublin Belfast is not to bad. The Waterford platform at the junction is gone,many happy memories getting the train to Cahir after disembarking from the Cork train.

Where are all the Park Royals and their steam vans now???

I was stranded on Rosslare pier for 12 hours in August 1986..hurricane Charley.Passenger facilities were basic to say the least!!The departure lounge resembled a cattle shed.There was a separate cafe bar serving ham or cheese sandwiches, washed down with a cup of instant coffee!!The owners must have made a fortune that day..talk about a captive audience!!

Thats what happened at St. Davids. It may have said 15mph. at the bottom of the bank, but you got the road, had right away, and you got going. You didnt wait until the last set of wheels started the climb. Thats what has to happen these days of course, and thats how come perfectly capable steam locos appear to have so much difficulty with the climb.

Must have been filmed some years ago this as when the train approaches St Helens Junction you can see where the old St Helens Central to St Helens Junction link which closed in 1989 joins the Liverpool to Manchester line and you can see Bold Power Station which was closed in 1991 and was demolished along with the cooling towers a year later.

Great day's

Well done for capturing this amazing railway heritage, now sadly gone. Beautiful trains and carriages, awesome sounds and leaving the current rolling stock and railway experience in the shadows. Thank you.

What a transformation contrast against a lovely summer's day and walking the dog it's unbelievable what a storm surge and a high tide can do to totally change the landscape in less than a day Its awesome great footage thanks for braving it and to showcasing it

This is great footage, I love the tide meeting around the fort, this is how I remember it from the 1970's, our family got cut off and we had to drive the car up into the fort gate way, it was very exciting, I think I was about 11 years old 😊 I am 58 now.

Great video

Good video. Thanks for posting. This was the Hunslet Farewell tour in 21/04/90. But it was not the last Hunslet on a passenger train. That was six years later, on the Yankee Explorer tour that had Hunslet 102 from Belfast Great Victoria Street to Belfast Central. There are two KZbin videos of that tour, but sadly no video of the Hunslet. Of course, I also did a "Hunslet" much more recently when M42 001 worked a PTG tour in Sopron, Hungary.

Lovely to watch.

Was the morrisons and home Bargains flooded out ?? Very impressive bid,ive walked that promenade millions of time as a kid with my folks.😊

Fantastic video. Brings back childhood memories of the bouncy ride, clickity clack and traction motor whine. Love the door opening and shut chimes. Lovely to see. 😊

Impressive, John. I think I'll take the dog all the way down to the beach today and see how many sand dunes Formby has left.

nearly fourty years ago I was a nurse working for the National Dock Labour board at the timber birth in Seaforth. This was the view from my Portacabin Medical Centre Which I never tired of seeing of New Brighton. How I loved it. Thank you for reliving this memory for me.

Thanks John, great Video.

It needed a good scrub down

I'll be fishing there in the morning 👌🏻

A marvelous record of a bygone era showing the proud diesel locomotive age in Ireland and marvelous people skills in a truly evocative style. Thank you John Hewitt, you have done your country and our railway men and women of past generations, of which we can be proud, great service.

Shay checking in from dublin Ireland thank you ❤❤❤❤

Shay checking in from dublin Ireland thank you ❤❤❤

Shay checking in from dublin thank you ❤❤

Great video. 5:16 Lovely to see the train propelled into Rosslare Harbour Pier which closed quite early on. A mate and I cleared Iarnrod Eireann in a four day holiday, having already completed Sligo and Ballina on the Balligo Divider tour. We had an A Class 001 to Rosslare Harbour Mainland, and we were catching the train to Limerick which started from the Pier station. Not wishing to miss out, and seeing no other pedestrian route, we naughtily walked down the track. The driver of the Limerick train watching our trespass. He understandably wanted to know WTF we thought we were doing ! So I replied that we were catching the train to Limerick. He replied that his train was stopping at Mainland so we need not have walked along the track. I said "I know it does, but we wanted to catch the train from the Pier station as we were covering all Ireland's railways and we were keen not to miss a bit". The Dublin Rosslare line is in our opinion, the most beautiful in Ireland. Very scenic and we loved the street running section in Wexford. Thanks for posting.

Always loved the Limerick Ballybrophy train. One loco, one coach, one steam gen. What more do you want ?! Back in Blighty, it would be a rancid Class 153 !

Great video. Thanks for posting.

Thanks for a great video. Liked the Park Royals on the Ballina shuttle and the Limerick shuttle, and A Class 014 on a rake of Cravens probably doing a Maynooth. Great views of the former track layout at Limerick Junction. Alas no video of the Limerick Rosslare doing a 5 point turn !

Great video. Capturing steam heat Cravens and 141s to Cobh etc.

Sorry about using a comment instead of an email, but I couldn't find your email address anywhere. Please may I use some content from a video of yours?

I’d love a steam heated Craven right now rather then this cold EV bus I’m on ⛄️

I wonder why the 071’s rev up as they come to a halt?

Just love this! Used to stick my head out the window on the way to school and wherever else I could. The feel of the chill morning air. The sound of the steam leaks. That very particular long metalic chime from the Park Royal bogies. The huge comfort and width of their seats. And the glorious crescendo of a whole train braking, squealing, shuddering and clanging to a gentle stop!

Some great old Desial train footage!

hard to believe CIE was something the irish could once have been proud of. Now its the most disorganised pthetic rail network in all of Europe. Shame on the directors and CEO's, they killed rail travel in Ireland just like Beeching done in England

This is great footage I used to travel from England to Ireland in 80s to see my grandparents and loved the Irish trains and hospitality great times and miss them wish I had a time machine.

Beautiful

Great footage regardless, thanks for sharing.

I remember the locomotive run around at Kilkenny railway station

These trains are deadly please bring them back

The fucking reves of the locomotive fucking deafin ya