Birdhill Signal Box
The GS&WR 1860 built Nenagh & Limerick Branch Birdhill signal box situated by the passing loop at Birdhill station.
Captured as we pass by onboard the H401 15.25 Limerick-Ballybrophy leg of the 'Branchline Wanderer'
Organised by the 'Railway Preservation Society of Ireland' (RPSI) this tour had visited Waterford, Limerick, Ballybrophy, Thurles and back to Dublin Connolly.
071 Dublin-Waterford 116 miles
074 Waterford-Limerick 76 miles
086 Limerick-Ballybrophy-Thurles-Dublin 163 miles
giving 355 miles of 071 class haulage.
This 52 mile section of line from Killonan Junc to Ballybrophy know as the 'Nenagh Branch', has been under real threat of closure for a number of years now, with it's current 2 trains a day (2018) in each direction one, how long will it last?, so ride it while you can.
7th April 2018
Birdhill Signal Box
The GS&WR 1860 built Nenagh & Limerick Branch Birdhill signal box situated by the passing loop at Birdhill station.
Captured as we pass by onboard the H401 15.25 Limerick-Ballybrophy leg of the 'Branchline Wanderer'
Organised by the 'Railway Preservation Society of Ireland' (RPSI) this tour had visited Waterford, Limerick, Ballybrophy, Thurles and back to Dublin Connolly.
071 Dublin-Waterford 116 miles
074 Waterford-Limerick 76 miles
086 Limerick-Ballybrophy-Thurles-Dublin 163 miles
giving 355 miles of 071 class haulage.
This 52 mile section of line from Killonan Junc to Ballybrophy know as the 'Nenagh Branch', has been under real threat of closure for a number of years now, with it's current 2 trains a day (2018) in each direction one, how long will it last?, so ride it while you can.
7th April 2018