24th - 25th March 2012

Railway Preservation Society of Ireland
The Spare Link

Locos Used IE 217 & steam: 461
Stock Used 3185+1506+1523+1541+1522+1514+1505+1532

Route :

Date Loco(s) Route
24/03 461 Dublin Connolly [P4] - Drumcondra - Clonsilla - Clonsilla Jn - Dunboyne - M3 Parkway (2)
24/03 461 M3 Parkway - Dunboyne - Clonsilla Jn - Clonsilla - Drumcondra - Dublin Connolly - Greystones - Gorey - Wexford - Rosslare Strand (3)
24/03 461 Rosslare Strand - Wexford
25/03 461 Wexford - Gorey - Greystones - Dublin Connolly - Howth
25/03 217 Howth - Dublin Connolly

Notes :
(1) This tour was run to commemorate the retirement of steam driver Dan Renehan.
(2) This was the first time a passenger train used the run-round facility at M3 Parkway.
(3) 461 ran light engine from Rosslare Strand to Rosslare Europort and back to turn on the turntable.
(4) This was the first visit of a steam locomotive to the Howth branch since 1979. It was also the first visit of a loco hauled passenger train since the ITG 'Southern Comfort' tour in October 2003. It also marked the first time a 201 class locomotive worked a train on the branch.
(5) 217 followed the tour light engine from Dublin Connolly to Howth, likewise 461 followed the tour light engine from Howth to Dublin Connolly

Source : Neil Brennan

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