Marooned

the ash train returns empty to load again.

a loaded 16-car train with ~100 tons of peat for the power station stumbles over the switches in the inbound Yard.

waiting for the next call to duty

another load of peat for the power plant at Edenderry

peat loading equipment (right) and peat transporting equipment (left). Unloading of the cars is by simply turning them around...

reserve

The peat hauling trains predominantly run in two. Just before sunset, two trains are leaving Edenderry power station for the bog at the distance of sight.

LM 355 brings the empty ash-train back to the power station at Shannonbridge. With these cars, each of them carries two covered moulds ("fly"-ash!), the ash is brought to an empty bog fo... (more)

LM 342 is basically a 1972-built Hunslet (GB-Leeds), which has just been rebuilt in Bord na Mona's Blackwater Workshops: new cab, new Cummin's diesel, new paint. Good for many more years of work i... (more)

LM 406 (LM=locomotive) brings in another load of peat for the power Station at Shannonbridge, one of three in Ireland which fires peat to produce electricity. The locomotive has around 10... (more)

LM 396 (LM=locomotive) brings in another load of peat for the power Station at Shannonbridge, one of three in Ireland which fires peat to produce electricity. The locomotive has around 10... (more)

Track layer RL3 is ready to return to work in the Bloomhill bogs of Co. Offaly. The extra-wide tracks on the crane are necessary to distribute its weight and prevent it from sinking into the bog..... (more)

The sun does, in fact, occasionally shine in Ireland. About halfway through the unloading process at West Offaly Power Station's tippler, LM405 catches some rays. At right, a second rake has arr... (more)