Irish Rail - BELL Liners A Class/GM trains

[@josefstadt80]

A great reminder of the trains we had and have now lost. Great video Colm O'Callaghan and thanks to Eiretrains for posting it!

[@JamesRobinson-gv4ux]

Great stuff eiretrains. Love the sound of the A working hard in the second clip. Also, quite a sprightly performance running round. Driver must have been enjoying himself!

[@Eiretrains]

Thx James, yes the A Class sound great at full throttle! I don't know the timetables of the time, but in the days before the Lavistown Curve, the freights may have had quick turn arounds to avoid blocking up the section in Kilkenny.

[@markitg1972]

Keen/rough shunt..... :-D

[@TheIrishMainline]

Almost brings a tear to my eye watching this :'( I only began filming around there in October of that year, just as the last of the A class was withdrawn so never got them on film. Super footage, keep 'em coming Ciarán :))

[@Eiretrains]

Thx Danny, hope this brought back good memories, although I probably saw them I was too young to take in any A Class traction, or Bell liners for that matter, so it's just as well yourself and others took the time to record it all for our posterity!

[@DJOC-pt9wj]

+The Irish Mainline Hi Danny. Hows things? These're good golden oldies! Are there any 071s @ all in this video or're they 141s, 181s, 121s & 001s? D.

[@TheIrishMainline]

+D. J. O'C Hi Daniel, I'm alright, not been filming much lately but got myself a new cam to try and get me back in the spirit, have a few vids to upload in the next few days. Not a '71 to be seen in that vid, they were the mainstay of the passenger services then prior to the 201s arriving on the scene.

[@DJOC-pt9wj]

The Irish Mainline I see!

[@LDEGM]

Wonderful old images with trains! Great video! Thumbs Up Greetings from Romania Andrew

[@Eiretrains]

Thx Andrew, glad you liked it.

[@mccarronfamily]

Hard to fathom that's 20 years ago now!! Brilliant captures!

[@Eiretrains]

Glad you liked them!

[@TomCosgrave]

Idly watching videos of the Irish diesel locomotives of my youth for no particular reason, then suddenly realise I am watching this one precisely 30 years after some of it was filmed, 26 February 2024. Wow!

[@Isochest]

Thanks for sharing Ciarán

[@irishrailtrains]

Nice one Ciaran, well put together.

[@Eiretrains]

Thx Stephen, there'll be more to come :)

[@MetroVick]

Very nice.

[@jonathanphelan7650]

wow... i can barely remember kilkenny station like the way it was.... a real nice look back on it

[@Eiretrains]

Thx Jonathan, I remember the old station like that myself in 2002, didn't think the whole place would end up the way it is now!

[@jonathanphelan7650]

I think it had more class or a sense of what a real station should be back then.... the feness and history is gone out of it now unfortunately

[@Eiretrains]

Jonathan Phelan Yes the stations are very clinical looking nowadays sadly!

[@jonathanphelan7650]

Eiretrains I couldn't have said it better myself

[@myscene2010]

Lovely. Thank you for sharing.

[@Eiretrains]

Thx glad you liked it.

[@IrishModelRail]

Amazing footage Ciarán:)

[@Eiretrains]

Glad you liked it Seán, wasn't myself who shot all this though, I wasn't on the scene for a good while yet :)

[@supafuckinmingster]

Eiretrains Thank you Eiretrains. I feckin loved that loco as a child and watching, and just as importantly, listening to it now is surreal.

[@Eiretrains]

supafuckinmingster Thanks, but I didn't film this, someone else did (see credit at end), I was 5 at the time :)

[@GreatIndianRailways]

nice video..

[@tallyhochaps3216]

Grand job there!

[@Eiretrains]

[@noelraymond5599]

GOOD STUFF

[@IrishRail123]

Why is that bell going via kilkenny? great footage!

[@colmocallaghan6626]

IrishRail123 The Bell is going via Kilkenny because the because the Lavistown curve didn't exist at the time, I cursed that Lavistown curve IrishRail123, it was always a nice chase, getting the Bell on ether side of Kilkenny, but when the Lavistown curve opened, the Bell liners ran direct without going into Kilkenny.

[@Mason58654]

Shame 😢that the dismantling and closures on Ireland’s railways were less merciful than that in Britain. I’m more of a steam fan, but I like the colors of these diesels. 👍