RPSI 131 on 'The Marble City' Railtour to Kilkenny - 18th August 2024

[@ldegmtrainspotter]

Awesome captures and lovely landscapes! Good work my friend! Thumbs Up All the best from Romania Andrew

[@stevenbalderston2711]

Amazing captures and amazing as always to see this 4-4-0 cracking along!

[@barrymoon4069]

Great footage of 131, really impressive how she’s practically flying with the rail-tour in these shots

[@toyotaprius79]

Finely tuned. 131 seems to run better than Merlin.

[@barrymoon4069]

@@toyotaprius79 Indeed, 131 hasn’t had as many breakdowns as Merlin and seems to be a more reliable runner

[@COLLOONEYJUNCTION]

Top notch as usual!

[@irishrailtrains]

@@COLLOONEYJUNCTION Thank you 👍

[@Drumm3rB0y]

I was on the footplate during the turning at lavistown I’m in hi viz @3:20

[@RailsandSky]

Excellent video, especially the drone footage.

[@OscarOSullivan]

Wish I could have been there

[@GhastsLover]

Good shots, i was at Lavistown aswell, i was also at Kilkenny station and Gowran for it!

[@irishrailtrains]

@GhastsLover Thank you, very good, there was quite the crowd at Lavistown crossing.

[@GhastsLover]

@@irishrailtrains yea

[@lincolnarmasols283]

We had problems lowering the barriers there someone inside them delayed the run round

[@thatoneexplorer_]

Nice shots!

[@irishrailtrains]

@@thatoneexplorer_ Thank you 👍

[@fundthenine]

A shame Northern Ireland may never see a steam railtour again! 😅

[@OscarOSullivan]

What do you mean?

[@fundthenine]

​@@OscarOSullivan Due to the passing of Northern Ireland's only steam engine qualified driver, Noel Playfair, there hasn't been a steam railtour in Northern Ireland for almost two years now. At the same time, NIR are in the midst of a major modernisation programme which is slated to last some 10 years, with the aim of expanding parts of the railway network, and increasing service frequency to their maximum across the board. Because of these changes, it is unlikely that NIR will allow steam services on their network again as they take up valuable slots on the timetable and, when they break down, they cause massive headaches and delays across the network.

[@MU-2]

My grandfather was a steam man who retired in 1956, following forty plus years of trips to the West and south to Cork. Can anyone tell me what model 131 is and approximately what years it was in service? I’d like to pass a bit of family history on to my grandchildren. Many thanks.

[@OscarOSullivan]

GNRI Q class.

[@BruunMedia]

Looks faster than some of todays DMU’s

[@irishrailtrains]

@BruunMedia It was certainly hard to keep up with. Only two shots could be got each direction