Cork. Cobh & Midleton Trains - 19-05-2015
A visit to meet Queen Mary 2 to see relatives travelling gave the opportunity to cover the East Cork commuter lines I had not previously travelled on - and to re-qcquaint myself with the 2600 class railcars which I had not travelled on since they were new 21 years ago!
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Midleton, 19-05-2015
Given the main use of the line by units, there are no points to allow a run round by loco hauled services. However, the main platform headshut has is sufficient to accomodate such services, and the signalling designed to allow a loco to follow a train down and return it to Cork. This facility has beed used by IRRS and RPSI specials (both steam and diesel). Will the tracks ever be extended back to Youghal? Only time will tell!
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