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461 EMERALD ISLE EXPLORER
Semaphore signalling and manually operated crossing gates still hold sway at Tipperary on the Limerick Junction - Waterford line, where long single line sections exist between passing places. Having taken water here, GSR(I) K2 2-6-0 461 restarts the Steam Dreams 'Emerald Isle Explorer' on the Killarney - Waterford leg of the railtour 23/6/2015. 461 took over haulage of the railtour at Limerick Junction from GNR(I) V Class 4-4-0 85 Merlin, which had brought the train in from Killarney.
461 EMERALD ISLE EXPLORER
Semaphore signalling and manually operated crossing gates still hold sway at Tipperary on the Limerick Junction - Waterford line, where long single line sections exist between passing places. Having taken water here, GSR(I) K2 2-6-0 461 restarts the Steam Dreams 'Emerald Isle Explorer' on the Killarney - Waterford leg of the railtour 23/6/2015. 461 took over haulage of the railtour at Limerick Junction from GNR(I) V Class 4-4-0 85 Merlin, which had brought the train in from Killarney.