Remember spending my childhood coming from Greenock spending my summer holidays at my granny's house on Broadway in Belfast during 70s-80s (yes holidays in a war zone !!) and remember getting the boat train late at night in Larne on these trains with nearly every window smashed , mental.
Just noticed the woman smoking out the window, there was nowt like having a smoke whilst looking out the window and the scenery going by, the last time I had a smoke on a train was the week before the smoking ban came into law in 2003,was on the cork to Dublin train,
Used to be great standing at the door having a smoke watching the countryside go by, plus the smell of the boiler in the guards van, the trains were a lot cozier especially when it was freezing cold outside, the carriages were comfortable ( the trains weren't as frequent as they are now but the seats were the couch type with the leather head rests,
Remember spending my childhood coming from Greenock spending my summer holidays at my granny's house on Broadway in Belfast during 70s-80s (yes holidays in a war zone !!) and remember getting the boat train late at night in Larne on these trains with nearly every window smashed , mental.
I remember talking a trip down to greystones on this train
The unit on the Greystones shuttle is 740-767-86 69 is with 772 and 735.
Why was there one on a Cobh service? never knew that had happened, must be incredibly rare wondered what the reason for it was.
Just noticed the woman smoking out the window, there was nowt like having a smoke whilst looking out the window and the scenery going by, the last time I had a smoke on a train was the week before the smoking ban came into law in 2003,was on the cork to Dublin train,
Used to be great standing at the door having a smoke watching the countryside go by, plus the smell of the boiler in the guards van, the trains were a lot cozier especially when it was freezing cold outside, the carriages were comfortable ( the trains weren't as frequent as they are now but the seats were the couch type with the leather head rests,
Are there any Irish Rail drivers still qualified to drive class 80's?
No, the last one was withdrawn from passenger service in 2011