Ireland: Dublin Connolly, a Northern Ireland Railways Class 80 DEMU departs on a service to Belfast
1.8 هزار بار بازدید -
3 سال پیش
-
Ireland: At Dublin Connolly, a
Ireland: At Dublin Connolly, a Northern Ireland Railways Class 80 'Thumper' DEMU departs on the 2045 service to Belfast. Recorded 14 May 2004.
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Connolly station (Irish: Stáisiún Uí Chonghaile) or Dublin Connolly is the busiest railway station in Dublin and Ireland, and is a focal point in the Irish route network. On the North side of the River Liffey, it provides InterCity, Enterprise and commuter services to the north, north-west, south-east and south-west. The North-South Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) and Luas light rail services also pass through the station. The station offices are the headquarters of Irish Rail, Iarnród Éireann. Opened in 1844 as Dublin Station, the ornate facade has a distinctive Italianate tower at its centre.
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Iarnród Éireann (English: Irish Rail) is the national railway system
operator of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ). It operates all internal intercity, commuter and freight railway services in the Republic of Ireland, and, jointly with Northern Ireland Railways, the Enterprise service between Dublin and Belfast. In 2009, Iarnród Éireann carried 38.8 million passengers, down from 43.3 million in 2008.
At the time of its establishment Iarnród Éireann referred to itself as Irish Rail, and introduced the four rails IR logo. The company gradually brought the Irish form of its name to the fore, ultimately introducing IÉ corporate branding and logo in 1994. The Irish word iarnród (alternately rendered "bóthar iarainn") translates into English as iron road, or railway. While the name "Irish Rail" did not appear in that logo, it remained part of the official company name ("Iarnród Éireann – Irish Rail") and reappeared in the new bi-lingual logo introduced in 2013.
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
The Class 80 is a type of diesel electric multiple unit formerly used by Northern Ireland Railways. They were affectionately nicknamed 'Thumpers' by rail enthusiasts due to the thumping noise their engines produced.
By the early 1970s the MEDs and units inherited from the Great Northern Railway (GNR) had been in service for 20 years, and the MPDs for 10 years. To replace these increasingly life-expired units, Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) placed an order with British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) for 9 new DMUs. These were to be built as four 3-car and five 2-car sets and were delivered in 1974/75. Structurally, the new trains were based on the British Rail Mark 2b bodyshell, which NIR was already using for the Enterprise service. The new trains were classified as the Class 80.
In 2011, the entire Class 450 fleet, together with the remaining Class 80 units, was listed by NI Railways for disposal and the final Class 80 units were withdrawn from passenger service on Sunday 25 September 2011.
On Tuesday 27 March 2018, the Downpatrick and County Down Railway announced it was to preserve four 80 Class vehicles, consisting of two power cars 69 and 90, and two driving trailers 749 and 752. 69 and 749 have been painted in the original, as-delivered maroon and blue livery. In April it emerged that the campaign was endorsed by Pete Waterman, one of the most notable individuals in the world of railway preservation and owner of several locomotives, including at one point No. 4472 ''Flying Scotsman''. 69 is particularly notable for having worked the last Peace Train in 1995, an accolade which made it the subject of an episode of Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways in 2019.
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
@FrontCompVids - Follow us on Twitter!
More FrontCompVids clips are regularly added to so don't forget to Like and Subscribe!
Click frontcompvids for more details :-)
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Connolly station (Irish: Stáisiún Uí Chonghaile) or Dublin Connolly is the busiest railway station in Dublin and Ireland, and is a focal point in the Irish route network. On the North side of the River Liffey, it provides InterCity, Enterprise and commuter services to the north, north-west, south-east and south-west. The North-South Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) and Luas light rail services also pass through the station. The station offices are the headquarters of Irish Rail, Iarnród Éireann. Opened in 1844 as Dublin Station, the ornate facade has a distinctive Italianate tower at its centre.
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Iarnród Éireann (English: Irish Rail) is the national railway system
operator of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ). It operates all internal intercity, commuter and freight railway services in the Republic of Ireland, and, jointly with Northern Ireland Railways, the Enterprise service between Dublin and Belfast. In 2009, Iarnród Éireann carried 38.8 million passengers, down from 43.3 million in 2008.
At the time of its establishment Iarnród Éireann referred to itself as Irish Rail, and introduced the four rails IR logo. The company gradually brought the Irish form of its name to the fore, ultimately introducing IÉ corporate branding and logo in 1994. The Irish word iarnród (alternately rendered "bóthar iarainn") translates into English as iron road, or railway. While the name "Irish Rail" did not appear in that logo, it remained part of the official company name ("Iarnród Éireann – Irish Rail") and reappeared in the new bi-lingual logo introduced in 2013.
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
The Class 80 is a type of diesel electric multiple unit formerly used by Northern Ireland Railways. They were affectionately nicknamed 'Thumpers' by rail enthusiasts due to the thumping noise their engines produced.
By the early 1970s the MEDs and units inherited from the Great Northern Railway (GNR) had been in service for 20 years, and the MPDs for 10 years. To replace these increasingly life-expired units, Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) placed an order with British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) for 9 new DMUs. These were to be built as four 3-car and five 2-car sets and were delivered in 1974/75. Structurally, the new trains were based on the British Rail Mark 2b bodyshell, which NIR was already using for the Enterprise service. The new trains were classified as the Class 80.
In 2011, the entire Class 450 fleet, together with the remaining Class 80 units, was listed by NI Railways for disposal and the final Class 80 units were withdrawn from passenger service on Sunday 25 September 2011.
On Tuesday 27 March 2018, the Downpatrick and County Down Railway announced it was to preserve four 80 Class vehicles, consisting of two power cars 69 and 90, and two driving trailers 749 and 752. 69 and 749 have been painted in the original, as-delivered maroon and blue livery. In April it emerged that the campaign was endorsed by Pete Waterman, one of the most notable individuals in the world of railway preservation and owner of several locomotives, including at one point No. 4472 ''Flying Scotsman''. 69 is particularly notable for having worked the last Peace Train in 1995, an accolade which made it the subject of an episode of Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways in 2019.
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
@FrontCompVids - Follow us on Twitter!
More FrontCompVids clips are regularly added to so don't forget to Like and Subscribe!
Click frontcompvids for more details :-)
3 سال پیش
در تاریخ 1400/05/26 منتشر شده
است.
1,879
بـار بازدید شده