Ah, the nostalgia this compilation evokes! 1950's childhood train journeys. Brings to mind Robert Louis Stevenson's (he of 'Treasure Island' fame) poem 'From a Railway Carriage' From (1885) "Faster than fairies, faster than witches, Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches; And charging along like troops in a battle, All through the meadows the horses and cattle:..."
@Noel Ryan Me too Noel.We used to get the train from Amiens Street station to Belfast to visit our cousins for 2 weeks in the Summer. Then they'd return with us for another 2 weeks. We used to run down the platform to admire the loco and chat to the driver who always had time to answer the many questions of train-mad young boys. Magic memories.
@@bahoonies You'd be warned not to poke your head out the window in transit for fear you'd get sparks and smut in your eyes and your face blackened with soot. The scariest experience was travelling through the very long tunnel (just over one mile long) in or out of Cork. (2013 video - ua-cam.com/video/LhmycDkvMOU/v-deo.html)
It is unbelievable that the British ,Irish and Scot still love their steam traction while a country like India had switched over to the electric traction long back.We see steam engines only in museums!The huffing and puffing of these steam engines seen in my childhood days still haunt me yet and I hear the whistles and steam horns still in my ears.Long live the British inventors of steam engine though dead!
Amazing rail movie! Awesome images with Steam Locomotivs in action! Beautiful palces and landscapes! Good work! Thumbs Up All the best from Romania Andrew
The content here seems so raw, it's almost like steam is just still in regular service. The way the trains are running at a good clip, and they don't even bother turning them around to look pretty. They just run tender forward if necessary
@@irishrailtrains You're very welcome. Those Irish steam engines are colorful. I am looking forward to seeing more footage of them, so keep up the excellent work!
Great video ,love It. Find them fascinating because they look so English but her so Irish. The coaches look like BR Mk 1 and they look like B4 bogies. The tank engine looks like an ex LMS Stannier loco. Nice to see that Ireland uses Broad gauge.
a few of our trains were built by British manufacturers, the v class in the first clip was built in Manchester and you're right, the tank engine is an ex LMS loco. A lot of mechanical engineers would move between Irish and British rail companies, so yours and our trains are pretty similar. there were a few Irish engineers that helped design trains for BR and brought there design idea's back to Ireland.
I knew the man that did the fastest time from Belfast to Dublin on the Merlin 85, just to get news reel in time for the news on rte TV. Many Many moons ago
I never knew Ireland had their own locomotives! I would have thought you guys used BR hand-me-downs or something like that. Does Ireland have the same loading gauge restrictions as the UK? Very cool, and excellent video.
@@Frserthegreenengine The usual term is « Broad Gauge » ie « wider » [ your word ] than Standard Gauge ie 4’ 8 1/2 » and less wide [ to use your reference term...] aka gauges are « Narrow Gauges ». A common Narrow Gauge is 3’ 6 » and the « widest » ie Broadest. Broad Gauge in Britain was double this width at 7’ favoured by the great railway, ship, tunnel and bridge building engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel who however lost his battle for his Broad Gauge of eighty-four inches and made to convert his Great Western rails to Standard Gauge. Thank goodness he wasn’t made to go down to Narrow Gauge of half the width of his commendation....!
oh yea my grandad remembers the steam train that use to come in to oldcastle at i think was oldcastle creamery its now a co-op the last original shed and feed silo went up in smoke halloween i think 2 years back but the train came in from dublin theres still the old small crane there and theres picture around it of when they were there
Very few steam locomotives were bought second-hand from Britain. During the age of steam, Irish railways either built their own locomotives or bought them new from manufacturers (mostly) in Britain. Also, many chief mechanical engineers (the people responsible for designing locomotives) moved between British and Irish railway companies. That's why our steam locomotives look very familiar to British eyes. Irish railways use Irish gauge which is 1600mm (5' 3"). It's a broad gauge and is wider than those used in the UK and most of Europe. At one time a very extensive network existed. Thats been cut back since the 1960s but there are still rail connections between Dublin and the major population centres across the island (with the exception of the northwest). At one time Ireland also had an extensive 3' narrow gauge network too but today Bord na Mona's industrial railways and a few heritage railways are all that remains.
I’d suggest it isn’t, but looks close to the sea, where the salt water air is attacking the iron. The top of the rail head would indicate wear through use. Certainly the state of the ballast and top don’t suggest rare use.
Great video. Great to see them in such fine fettle! Never knew about this.....Do they get one day out a year or how does it work? Would love to get to see one in action some time if they come down around Carlow etc... I’ve subscribed 👍🏻
Thank you very bud, they get out at least 15 times a year. There is usually a tour every month, to keep up with the latest trips visit their website, Railway Preservation Society of Ireland to keep up with the latest developments. They're amazing machines to see in action!
@@upthereds4939 No Worries. Just to note there is no railtours happening this year due to the Coronavirus outbreak, so once that blows over things should get back to normal.
Very good! And even better with these locos WITHOUT smoke deflectors! And not even those German ones either! At speeds allowed at present for steam in Britain why the need for SDs....they’re just a fetish eg in France on preserved steam big tanks running at modest speeds they use them!! [ mark you They might have an excuse with their lousy briquettes of coal! A tight unholy stink they make when standing still at station platforms!]
On this episode of reasons to love Ireland...
Blessings from an American who visited Ireland a long time ago (and loved it).
Ah, the nostalgia this compilation evokes! 1950's childhood train journeys. Brings to mind Robert Louis Stevenson's (he of 'Treasure Island' fame) poem 'From a Railway Carriage' From (1885)
"Faster than fairies, faster than witches,
Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;
And charging along like troops in a battle,
All through the meadows the horses and cattle:..."
@Noel Ryan Me too Noel.We used to get the train from Amiens Street station to Belfast to visit our cousins for 2 weeks in the Summer. Then they'd return with us for another 2 weeks. We used to run down the platform to admire the loco and chat to the driver who always had time to answer the many questions of train-mad young boys. Magic memories.
@@bahoonies You'd be warned not to poke your head out the window in transit for fear you'd get sparks and smut in your eyes and your face blackened with soot. The scariest experience was travelling through the very long tunnel (just over one mile long) in or out of Cork. (2013 video - ua-cam.com/video/LhmycDkvMOU/v-deo.html)
I just realised that by watching the opening sequence at 1.25× speed we get to see what Merlin would look like doing 75mph 😄😄😄
It is unbelievable that the British ,Irish and Scot still love their steam traction while a country like India had switched over to the electric traction long back.We see steam engines only in museums!The huffing and puffing of these steam engines seen in my childhood days still haunt me yet and I hear the whistles and steam horns still in my ears.Long live the British inventors of steam engine though dead!
Amazing rail movie! Awesome images with Steam Locomotivs in action! Beautiful palces and landscapes! Good work! Thumbs Up
All the best from Romania
Andrew
The content here seems so raw, it's almost like steam is just still in regular service. The way the trains are running at a good clip, and they don't even bother turning them around to look pretty. They just run tender forward if necessary
The reason the tender engines are run tender first is the lack of turntables on the network these days.
@@OscarOSullivan yeah I've heard that before, moment of silence for the guys who turned them around all day 💯 rip their jobs
Efficient locomotives running at a good speed. Thank you for the video.
You're very welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it 👍
As fun as watching British steam engines. Nice highlights!
Greetings from the United States!
Thank you very much for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it 👍
@@irishrailtrains You're very welcome. Those Irish steam engines are colorful. I am looking forward to seeing more footage of them, so keep up the excellent work!
Nice video, loving the engine noise and whistles
2:31 that tank engine is really going flat out
And pulling a long load of modern carriages behind it too. Steam Power!
Exactly Noel
Great video ,love It.
Find them fascinating because they look so English but her so Irish.
The coaches look like BR Mk 1 and they look like B4 bogies.
The tank engine looks like an ex LMS Stannier loco.
Nice to see that Ireland uses Broad gauge.
a few of our trains were built by British manufacturers, the v class in the first clip was built in Manchester and you're right, the tank engine is an ex LMS loco. A lot of mechanical engineers would move between Irish and British rail companies, so yours and our trains are pretty similar. there were a few Irish engineers that helped design trains for BR and brought there design idea's back to Ireland.
@@flyingturtle4313 well let's. Not forget Richard Maunsel who was Irish and was CME of the southern. Railway
So noble and majestic looking. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
WOW!! Steam & Speed! Excellent footage!
Thanks Pat. I'm glad you liked it!
Brilliant video Stephen ! :)
Thanks Rob!
It's great I love trains and I really whot to go to Ireland to see them
Nice train with steam & speed! Best Regards from Germany, Railherbie
Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Never knew that there were steam locomotives in Ireland. This is awesome!
0:08 merlin is really shifting abit Stephen
2:57 northbound at Irishtown railway overbridge, adjacent to Gormanston aerodrome. 8:32 southbound through Gormanston railway station.
Thomas and the magic railroad called, Lady wants her whistle back!. 2:36
Wonderful Scenes Stephen!😃.
Thank you very much!
Good to see Merlin (?) in fine fettle and driven with such vigour.
Indeed. Merlin is a brilliant loco.
I knew the man that did the fastest time from Belfast to Dublin on the Merlin 85, just to get news reel in time for the news on rte TV. Many Many moons ago
Jesus, what a few extra centimeters in gauge can do... These things look MASSIVE
Merlin's whistle sounds like a GWR King or Castle
All aboard!
Very nice and enjoyable Stephen
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it 👍
Damn! These incredible machines, even backwards, are travelling at twice the speed of the average diesel/electric here in Canada. Envious!
Oh boy! They are not holding anything back.
I never knew Ireland had their own locomotives! I would have thought you guys used BR hand-me-downs or something like that.
Does Ireland have the same loading gauge restrictions as the UK?
Very cool, and excellent video.
Ireland uses a different gauge altogether. Irish tracks are wider than British and most European tracks.
@@Frserthegreenengine The usual term is « Broad Gauge » ie « wider » [ your word ] than Standard Gauge ie 4’ 8 1/2 » and less wide [ to use your reference term...] aka gauges are « Narrow Gauges ». A common Narrow Gauge is 3’ 6 » and the « widest » ie Broadest. Broad Gauge in Britain was double this width at 7’ favoured by the great railway, ship, tunnel and bridge building engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel who however lost his battle for his Broad Gauge of eighty-four inches and made to convert his Great Western rails to Standard Gauge. Thank goodness he wasn’t made to go down to Narrow Gauge of half the width of his commendation....!
oh yea my grandad remembers the steam train that use to come in to oldcastle at i think was oldcastle creamery its now a co-op the last original shed and feed silo went up in smoke halloween i think 2 years back but the train came in from dublin theres still the old small crane there and theres picture around it of when they were there
Very few steam locomotives were bought second-hand from Britain. During the age of steam, Irish railways either built their own locomotives or bought them new from manufacturers (mostly) in Britain. Also, many chief mechanical engineers (the people responsible for designing locomotives) moved between British and Irish railway companies. That's why our steam locomotives look very familiar to British eyes. Irish railways use Irish gauge which is 1600mm (5' 3"). It's a broad gauge and is wider than those used in the UK and most of Europe. At one time a very extensive network existed. Thats been cut back since the 1960s but there are still rail connections between Dublin and the major population centres across the island (with the exception of the northwest). At one time Ireland also had an extensive 3' narrow gauge network too but today Bord na Mona's industrial railways and a few heritage railways are all that remains.
how come the rails around 1.50 -2.00 are so rusted is that an unused line ?
I’d suggest it isn’t, but looks close to the sea, where the salt water air is attacking the iron. The top of the rail head would indicate wear through use. Certainly the state of the ballast and top don’t suggest rare use.
Awesome sause stuff ste
Thanks Joe!
Am loving this channel thanks for the uploads 🙌🏻
No problem. I'm glad you like it!
I am Hateing this video and no thank you for uploads
Great shots Stephen :)
Thanks Cian!
1:55 I see why they call it the emerald isle
great video thanks😊😊
Magnum sequence
Gnri class v reminds me of edward from thomas the tank engine
Can I use some of your footage for a non-commercial project, with full credit of course. The Geography is out, but on the right Island.
Brilliant video Stephen
Gerry
Thank you very much Gerry!
Don't forget to think about the most beautiful and famous steam locomotive in the world that will turn 100 next year 🚂💯
1: Scotsman is ugly
2: scotsman is overrated
3: how is this related
Fantastic
Thank you!
Escelent.
The 186 steam train is also still operational to my knowledge
also forgot to include the ‘no.461 she’s also still in service preserves by the rpsi
Great video btw
I, for some reason, didn't think Ireland had trains
We do alright, just not to the extent as England
Highpower horse
Great video. Great to see them in such fine fettle! Never knew about this.....Do they get one day out a year or how does it work? Would love to get to see one in action some time if they come down around Carlow etc... I’ve subscribed 👍🏻
Thank you very bud, they get out at least 15 times a year. There is usually a tour every month, to keep up with the latest trips visit their website, Railway Preservation Society of Ireland to keep up with the latest developments. They're amazing machines to see in action!
Irish Rail Trains thanks very much I’ll have a look 👍🏻
@@upthereds4939 No Worries. Just to note there is no railtours happening this year due to the Coronavirus outbreak, so once that blows over things should get back to normal.
brilliant 😁
Thank you 👍
Irish ☘️ Gauge 5’3”. @1:17 @2:27 @6:24
You pads need Maedb back in steam
« On the East coast »...Don’t think they had any rails on the west coast, did they?
we did and we still do
that looks like one of the engines in thomas the tank engine
Like 76 , nice video
Thank you!
@@irishrailtrains look to my channel.
Where did you see this train Stephen just wondering
That depends on what clip your referring to, there is a mixture of line in the video.
Hi Guys! A silly question, why the locomotive reversing back with the full load?
Most of the time where they go there is no turntable to turn around the locomotive so instead they have to run round and travel back tender first.
@@irishrailtrains thank you !
@@akaive3262 that’s what tank engines were built for they can go just as well backwards as forwards
Oh never mind just realised you were on about merlin the blue tender engine
That’s just a 4mt a British steam engine a British coach is there only one Irish steam engine?
Edward is that you?
2:40 "AAAAAAAAH"
Oh wow where in Ireland is this?
Mostly along the east coast of the island
Yes awful I know
That's Edward!
Very good! And even better with these locos WITHOUT smoke deflectors! And not even those German ones either! At speeds allowed at present for steam in Britain why the need for SDs....they’re just a fetish eg in France on preserved steam big tanks running at modest speeds they use them!! [ mark you They might have an excuse with their lousy briquettes of coal! A tight unholy stink they make when standing still at station platforms!]
Gorden in a nutshell