As it happens, Irish Rail 223 was one of the first Irish locomotives I put on film.
I made this view at Tralee back in February 1998. Expose with a Nikon F3T on Fujichrome slide film.
Additional views of 223 were exposed digitally in recent weeks.
Irish Rail 223 leads the up IWT liner from Ballina at Islandbridge in Dublin on a August 2018 evening.The next day, 223 works the down IWT liner at Islandbridge Junction. One a locomotive is assigned to the IWT liner it often works if for several days in a row.
Comparatively little rolling stock in service back in 1998 remain active on Irish Rail today.
Who could have guessed that I’d be making photos of Irish Rail 223 more than 20 years after I caught it at Tralee on that cloudy Febraury morning!
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Michael Walsh
GREAT SHOTS! The one a Island Bridge Junction looks almost like it could be a model railroad scene.