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Ireland: Video of Great Northern's Bundoran Express (Dublin-Bundoran), 1954

Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Oct 12 04:07:25 2017

This train ran from 1947 to 1957, when the through railroads into Northern Ireland were closed except for the Dublin-Belfast line. Locomotive is S-class 4-4-0 number 171 "Slieve Gullion", built by Beyer Peacock in 1913 and rebuilt in 1938; CIE would retire this one in 1965 and it's still around today thanks to the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, although it last ran in 2002.

The train ran directly north out of Amiens Street Station (today Connolly Station) to Dundalk, then would change direction to go west via Clones and Enniskillen to reach the former Enniskillen and Bundoran Railway.

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Re: Ireland: Video of Great Northern's Bundoran Express (Dublin-Bundoran), 1954

Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Oct 12 04:14:05 2017, in response to Ireland: Video of Great Northern's Bundoran Express (Dublin-Bundoran), 1954, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Oct 12 04:07:25 2017.

The thumbnail loco is the Great Northern's U-class 4-4-0 205, which was also built by Beyer Peacock. Interestingly enough, the first five U-class locos were built in 1915, but the second set of five were built in 1948, making them the last all-inside-cylinder steam locos to be built on the planet.

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