Fallen Sparrow.
Nicknamed the Spanish 'Sparrows’, Irish Rail/Iarnród Éireann DMU class 2700 2726 DMU set looks rather forlorn on the the storage sidings at Inchicore Works Dublin. (May 2022)
The 2700 Class units were 2-car sets; 25 cars were built by GEC Alstom Barcelona in 1997 and 1998, and began entering service in December 1998. Each car weighed 38 long tons (39 t; 43 short tons) and was fitted with a 350 hp (260 kW) underfloor Cummins engine with a maximum service speed of 110 km/h (68 mph).
They had relatively short working lives of just 14 years., the last of the class being withdrawn in 2012. Plans to refurbish the units in 2016 amounted to nothing and I believe the units have now been taken off the rails in 2023.
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Fallen Sparrow.
Nicknamed the Spanish 'Sparrows’, Irish Rail/Iarnród Éireann DMU class 2700 2726 DMU set looks rather forlorn on the the storage sidings at Inchicore Works Dublin. (May 2022)
The 2700 Class units were 2-car sets; 25 cars were built by GEC Alstom Barcelona in 1997 and 1998, and began entering service in December 1998. Each car weighed 38 long tons (39 t; 43 short tons) and was fitted with a 350 hp (260 kW) underfloor Cummins engine with a maximum service speed of 110 km/h (68 mph).
They had relatively short working lives of just 14 years., the last of the class being withdrawn in 2012. Plans to refurbish the units in 2016 amounted to nothing and I believe the units have now been taken off the rails in 2023.
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