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Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail RPSI Munster Double Railtour 071 Locomotives 071 amp 073
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On Saturday 14 October 2017 the RPSI with the cooperation of Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail operated the first ever double header 071 railtour. Until October 2017 the 071 class diesel locomotives were not permitted to run in multiple. In the past one of the two locomotives would have had its engine shut down. All funds raised from the railtour went towards the restoration of the 121 class diesel locomotive 134. 071 and 073 were the locomotives that operated the tour. At the time of the tour 071 was painted in the CIE Retro livery celebrating 40 years of the 071 class and 073 was painted in the Iarnród Éireann Retro livery to mark 25 years of the formation of the company. The railtour operated from Dublin Connolly to Cork via the Phoenix Park tunnel making pick ups at Portarlington and Mallow. A photostop was made at Thurles. The train then ran around the craven carriages at Cork Kent station. The staff at Cork Kent updated the PIS - Passenger Information Screen on Platform 4 for the special. The train operated to Killarney where it propelled out of the station in reverse and continued its journey to Tralee. The final leg of the journey was from Tralee to Dublin Connolly. • Date: 14 October 2017 • Service: 08:05 Dublin Connolly to Cork • Service: 11:50 Cork to Tralee • Service: 15:50 Tralee to Dublin Connolly. • • I hope you enjoy this European Rail HD video! • Follow us on Google Plus ►https://plus.google.com/+EuropeanRailHD • Follow us on Twitter ► / europeanrailhd • Like us on Facebook ► / europeanrailhd • The Córas Iompair Éireann 071 Class locomotives were the principal passenger locomotives on the Irish railway network for twenty years from their introduction in the late 1970s. They displaced the older CIÉ 001 Class and NIR 101 Class locomotives and were themselves replaced in turn by the new 201 Class locomotives. • Currently all the CIÉ locomotives remain in service, but are used on freight and permanent way trains. NIR 112 was on long term loan to Iarnród Éireann from April 2003 until September 2006 but has since returned to Northern Ireland Railways. • In November 2006, IÉ began an overhaul programme of twelve units only, leaving the fate of their remaining six units in doubt. By 2009 fourteen 071s had received the new 'Freight Livery’ however not all had received an overhaul. Those that received a re-paint into the new livery were: Nos. 071, 072, 073, 074, 075, 076, 079, 080, 081, 082, 083, 085, 086 and 088. On 14 and 15 November 2009 075 and a Tara Mines train was used in testing of the new bridge at Malahide. • In 2013 an overhaul programme started for all eighteen class members which includes an engine rebuild, refurbished bogies, new panels, new cabs and a new slate grey livery complete with European numbering. As of May 2016 locos 071, 076, 077, 078, 084, 085, 087, 088 have been refurbished. Class members that had been out of use for a number of years have been reinstated into service after overhaul. • In 2016, several members of the class received a commemorative plaque beneath their handbrakes in recognition of their 40 years of service with CIÉ and Iarnród Éireann. Loco 071 was repainted back to its original CIÉ Supertrain livery of black and orange in May 2016, with its first working thereafter being the RPSI diesel tour from Dublin to Waterford and Limerick Junction.
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