IRRS Journal 211 + Outings/Railtours

IRRS JOURNAL 211

Our latest Journal, No. 211 (June 2023), has been published and dispatched to the membership;

Contents include:

Ancestry and the IRRS Archives, Rhona Murray
A Second Station at Limerick Junction, Ernie Shepherd
William Dargan’s English Railways – The Liverpool & Bury Railway, Robert Hartley
Derry Pilgrimages Trains, 1952
A Decade of Change, 1953 – 1963 – Part 1, Dan Renehan
Connolly Railcar Links, Barry Carse
Irish Railway News

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OUTINGS / RAILTOURS (2023)

Details for our upcoming outings and railtour below are now available – please see Upcoming Outings page.

National Train Control Centre & Heuston Valeting Plant (re-run) – 19 August 2023
“The Token Exchange” Railtour – 23 September 2023
Annual Dinner (Wynns Hotel) – 27 November 2023

Photos from our first visit to the National Train Control Centre & Heuston Valeting Plant on 17 June 2023 (click here for complete gallery):

The revised cab display and layout in set 22001 which is the head of series prototype fitment. The set will start trials next week on the Howth Branch. Sat 17.06.23

Stephen Campbell, ICR Project Manager explains to the group about the B2 cars and the differences between these vehicles and the original build. An interesting Q&A then ensured about service introduction and how we have managed to release sets for the commissioning trials to take place. Sat 17.06.23

To manage numbers, the IRRS visit was split into two groups. Group 1 poses outside the NTCC building after their tour of the facility. Sat 17.06.23

View from the 4th floor of the NTCC over Heuston Station. Sat 17.06.23

IRRS DUBLIN AREA MEETINGS (2023/24):

Our forthcoming programme of meetings for the Dublin Area of the Society is also now available. Click here for the Dublin 2023/24 programme. Please also check the relevant page for each branch (London/Manchester/Cork) on this website for further meetings.

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