Oops ! Earth fault on the 3ft gauge no.3.
Taken 30.09.1992.
The third shot in a sequence shows our loco LM250 (Hunslet 6329/1965) standing blocking the mainline while out of shot behind me re-railing of our railcar takes place. Despite only blocking the line for less than 30 minutes we soon had a queue of peat trains lined up on the mainline to Lanesborough Power Station (three in this shot alone see note). The nearest to the camera is Moundillon allocated LM247 (Hunslet 6326/1965). This section of line between Derryarouge and Lanesborough is a pinch point and trains converge here less than a mile from the power station having arrived from the 13 bogs south of the River Shannon. Before our derailment the plan had been to cross onto the relief line and allow the peat trains to pass. This system is a 24hr Energy peat site. It covers a large slice of Co.Longford serving 22 bogs with workshops at Mountdillon south east of Lanesborough village on the North Western edge of the Bog of Allen.
Oops ! Earth fault on the 3ft gauge no.3.
Taken 30.09.1992.
The third shot in a sequence shows our loco LM250 (Hunslet 6329/1965) standing blocking the mainline while out of shot behind me re-railing of our railcar takes place. Despite only blocking the line for less than 30 minutes we soon had a queue of peat trains lined up on the mainline to Lanesborough Power Station (three in this shot alone see note). The nearest to the camera is Moundillon allocated LM247 (Hunslet 6326/1965). This section of line between Derryarouge and Lanesborough is a pinch point and trains converge here less than a mile from the power station having arrived from the 13 bogs south of the River Shannon. Before our derailment the plan had been to cross onto the relief line and allow the peat trains to pass. This system is a 24hr Energy peat site. It covers a large slice of Co.Longford serving 22 bogs with workshops at Mountdillon south east of Lanesborough village on the North Western edge of the Bog of Allen.