The trains of Dublin, Ireland. July 2023

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Жыл бұрын

We witness action at both Dublin Heuston Station and Dublin Connolly Station. You see pretty much every kind of Irish Rail locomotives and DMU’s/EMU’s that go in and out of the city. Both stations see heavy action. My personal favorites are the Class 201 GM built diesels and the GEC/Linke Hofmann Busch Class 8100 EMU’s. The motors on those bring back memories of long gone classic MU’s like the Lackawanna MU’s and PRR/LIRR MP54’s to name a few. Glad I could see and hear them as they will soon be gradually phased out.

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@ariesarethebest271 Жыл бұрын

Very cool. Nice to watch trains from other countries. Even better to have you commentating. Enjoy your trip, Tim. Look forward to more videos of Ireland.

@njdevilman Жыл бұрын

Enjoy your videos and glad you're in Ireland. Two trip suggestions: DART to Greystones, arguably one of the most scenic commuter rail rides, Bray to Greystones. Also, ride the Green Luas from City Centre in Dublin to the end of the line at Broombridge and back into town on a commuter service. You can also ride a couple of stops west to Ashtown, which has manually operated grade crossing gates ("level crossing"). Be sure to get a scoop of Guiness at Mulligans, near Tara Street Station!

@AA_8184_1 Жыл бұрын

Glad you’re enjoying your trip!! Look forward to more Ireland content!!

@scottyerkes1867 Жыл бұрын

Great action at both Dublin stations!! Nice variety of equipment!! Thanks Tim💚🍀

@robertcantore330 Жыл бұрын

So awesome to see trains in other countries!!! Hope your having a fun trip!!!🍀

@andrewboland1062 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video, love trains, hope you enjoyed Ireland

@de-fault_de-fault Жыл бұрын

I rode DART from Pearse Street up to Howth when I last visited Dublin in 2005. It was mostly a joyride to check out the train itself, but Howth was so scenic and peaceful that I ended up staying for lunch and spending most of the day enjoying the views. Somewhere I have some nice pictures of the town and the 8100s I rode to get there. I think I might have ridden back on the 8500s but I found them less interesting, more like the UK trains I had (at the time) ridden recently.

@Tomm9y 10 ай бұрын

Before the CAF/Linke Hofmann Busch Class 8100 EMU, pre 1984 there were diesel engines pulling old wagons on the Dublin commuter lines. The only seating was orange hard plastic seats bolted around the edge of the wagon, the rest was standing space, to pack in the commuters.

@tonymento7460 Жыл бұрын

Cool video of the commuter rail service in Ireland I love how those trains pick up speed when leaving the station

@Fcutdlady Ай бұрын

8209 is one of the 201 class that is owned by translink of nothern ireland for use on the Enterprise

@kevinmonroe Жыл бұрын

Great Video!!

@dawdawes Жыл бұрын

Been around the places you did on this video, good stuff, more please 😊

@Fcutdlady Ай бұрын

Translink is the transport company of Northern Ireland. They run the Enterprise in conjunction with Irish Rail . (You do know Northern ireland is governed from the uk, so it is technically a separate country to the Republic of Ireland. They use the Brittish pound as currency , where we use the Euro, they are outside the European Union, we are in it )

@NeedtoSpeak Жыл бұрын

Whole different perspective of Ireland!

@twofoottaylor1 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for this great video, and thanks very much for your professtional commentary as well, not familiar with any of these trains, but I really enjoyed watching the video and being educated about the trains that run through Dublin ... watching from London, Ontario, Canada.

@3985uprr 6 ай бұрын

Some of those locomotives were built right in your own backyard

@twofoottaylor1 6 ай бұрын

@@3985uprr Wow, that's interesting ... yes we had a GM locomotive manufacturing company out in the east end of London, Ontario, but it's closed now, the building is still there. Thanks again for the great video and information.

@DKS225 Жыл бұрын

Technically The Enterprise service is an International service as Ireland and Northern Ireland are weirdly two countries. Northern Ireland still remains part of The British Commonwealth whereas Ireland gained independence from the former. This is some fantastic filmwork Tim. Fun Fact The carriages used on The Enterprise Trains are non-articulated versions of what is used on The Class 373 Series I Eurostar sets that run between London and Paris and London and Brussels with subtle differences.

@trainsinireland5063 11 ай бұрын

Great Collection of Shots!😃.

@frankmcdonough3351 Жыл бұрын

Took the train to Killarney from Dublin a few years ago, a nice ride with one changeover. It wont get dark over there until half eleven.

@Jeremydequinaf14tomcat Жыл бұрын

I love the class 22000 those dmu trains are amazing and they have great sound feel like your riding the lirr again

@Jeremydequinaf14tomcat Жыл бұрын

I wish the lirr if they have a class 22000 dmu trains

@Nurvington Жыл бұрын

This is really interesting!!

@Fcutdlady Ай бұрын

The 8100 dart electric multiple unit railcar was built by linke hoffman busche in Germany circa1983 and started working when the Bray to Howth dart line was first opened in 1984 . Refurbished by Siemens around 2007 . I call them the comfy darts .

@3985uprr Ай бұрын

Loved them and their motors

@craigcohen3682 Жыл бұрын

I see the 2 tone green with yellow trains get from overhead

@johnburke1317 Жыл бұрын

Nice video 👋

@user-cb5ic4gv2y 12 күн бұрын

Does anyone know the names of camera drivers used to check passengers before closing doors. They are mostly used by dart train drivers

@JoeyLovesTrains Жыл бұрын

3:34 was not expecting a multi tone horn

@3985uprr Жыл бұрын

Still a far cry from stuff that I dig!!!

@tokugawa12able Жыл бұрын

Bejeezis!!! Keep the Ireland content comin’ me old son…..and ye be right about the dearth of K5LLA’s.😊

@3985uprr Жыл бұрын

There’s more coming

@roberttapken1139 Жыл бұрын

Aren't you jet lagged? LIRR should look how clean those cars are!

@3985uprr Жыл бұрын

I’m fighting jet lag with pure adrenaline. I hope I don’t lose!!!

@LeoR11 4 ай бұрын

You should check out Scotlands railways 🚃

@adamokane3666 11 ай бұрын

@08:45 They dont announce the DARTs the same as Commuter/Suburban trains as its a given the DART services all stations to their destinations. Suburban/DART services overlap in parts and not all stations on the overlapping routes are serviced by Suburban/Commuter trains

@carlossanchez-kz4wh Жыл бұрын

Hey Tim maybe conductor Paul could get a job over there! hahaha

@3985uprr Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t count on it. He loves Florida too much. He can have it. 😀😀

@carlossanchez-kz4wh Жыл бұрын

@@3985uprr I have something in common with him I love Florida too 😆😆

@3985uprr Жыл бұрын

It’s nice there in March and April. The rest of the year especially summer, is useless. I’m enjoying the cool weather up here much much more.

@carlossanchez-kz4wh Жыл бұрын

@@3985uprr Enjoy!

@patrickscott838 Жыл бұрын

North east corridor would be Dublin Belfast route!

@3985uprr Жыл бұрын

Dublin to Cork is more frequent.

@MelGibsonFan Жыл бұрын

Looks like you're going island hopping, who knows, maybe we can look forward to rail fanning in Taiwan and Japan.

@donkauke2372 Жыл бұрын

How are EMUs powered, don’t see pantograph top connection

@3985uprr Жыл бұрын

They have pantographs

@roxxma 9 ай бұрын

Any idea why the NIR Class 4000 was in Dublin?

@3985uprr 9 ай бұрын

Surprised to see that

@AlanKSimulations 7 ай бұрын

It was operating an Enterprise service. There is only 4 Enterprise push pull consists in the fleet, 2 owned by Irish Rail and 2 owned by Northern Ireland Railways in a joint cross border agreement. When one of the Enterprise Consists is unavailable NIR will put a CAF 4000 DMU up to operate and Irish Rail usually put up Class 22000 DMU'S if required.

@3985uprr 7 ай бұрын

@@AlanKSimulationsAhhh good to know thanks. I love the GM diesels.

@Irish_Transport Жыл бұрын

Are ye still in Ireland?

@OldsVistaCruiser Жыл бұрын

Just being goofy to give you a laugh, Tim, but doesn't DART own some Hyundai-Rotem cars? (Kidding about DelDOT owning several SEPTA Silverliner V cars)

@3985uprr Жыл бұрын

Yes they do

@bfapple 7 ай бұрын

What’s a Translink unit doing in Dublin?

@3985uprr 7 ай бұрын

It was being borrowed to replace an Enterprise locomotive consist.

@ericshetley1282 Жыл бұрын

engine with auto trans.

@arniegreenberg2719 Жыл бұрын

Great Vlog going international to Dublin Ireland. I would think that a small country would have electrified their railway. BTW what gauge do they use in Ireland? Looks like standard.

@andrewpal4874 Жыл бұрын

1600mm (5ft 3in) broad gauge: same as in the then colony, now Australian state of Victoria, metro Adelaide, in the state of South Australia and the southern part of the state of New South Wales (lines going across the border to Victorian ports, primarily used for wheat and rice)

@3985uprr Жыл бұрын

5 feet 3 inches

@DKS225 Жыл бұрын

@@andrewpal4874 Victoria laid more of The 5ft 3in Broad Gauge than The Irish did themselves oddly enough.

@bahnspotterEU Жыл бұрын

Ireland‘s railways are quite lacklustre unfortunately. Only the DART suburban lines are electrified, many cross-country lines have been cut back so that service is almost entirely centred on Dublin these days and a lot of places still only receive a few trains a day. Very poor by European standards.

@3985uprr Жыл бұрын

@@bahnspotterEU Since it was my first visit there, the service seemed satisfactory since I can’t compare it to anything there before. The Dart lines are cool and the Class 8100’s are nostalgic to Americans into old traction. The towns on the Dart are quite beautiful

@craigcohen3682 Жыл бұрын

What powers these trains. I dont see a 3rd rail and it doesnt look like they are getting from overhezd

@3985uprr Жыл бұрын

DART is overhead and the rest are diesel powered. The Kaiser self-propelled, and they have locomotives on the Cork and Belfast trains