Shannon & Suir Railtour (2017)

Thursday 4th May: (85) Whitehead - Belfast - Dublin. Friday 5th May: (GM) Dublin - Killarney - Dublin. Saturday 6th May: (4) Dublin - Athlone - Athenry - Gort - Limerick. Sunday 7th May: (4) Limerick - Clonmel - Waterford - Kilkenny - Dublin Connolly. Monday 8th May: (4) Dublin - Belfast (Central) - Whitehead.

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4/5/2017: No.85 takes water from Lisburn's tank before drawing into the station. (B. Gibbs)

4/5/2017: Great interest in No.85 "Merlin" at the first stop for water on the way to Dublin - Lisburn.

4/5/2017: No.85 and train at Lisburn's Down platform. (R. Joanes)

4/5/2017: No.85 crosses the Castletown River on the approach to Dundalk. (D. Rafferty)

4/5/2017: Halfway to Dublin and the traditional shot of the locomotive taking water.

4/5/2017: No.85 departing Drogheda. (A. Gray)

5/5/2017: It's now Friday and the "South Kerry" diesel railtour to Killarney, seen here at Templemore.

5/5/2017: At Mallow and ready for the Kerry Road.

5/5/2017: 086 uncoupled to swap ends at Killarney. (B. Gibbs)

5/5/2017: 086 and Cravens on the return Killarney to Dublin cross the Quagmire Viaduct. (A. Gray)

6/5/2017: On Saturday morning, passengers make their way along Platform 3 at Dublin Connolly. (R. Allender)

6/5/2017: No.4 at the first photo stop - Portarlington.

6/5/2017: Taking water at Athenry before hitting the Western Rail Corridor. (J.A. Cassells)

6/5/2017: The location of the water hydrant in Athenry was just a little bit inconvenient. (R. Mellish)

6/5/2017: Athenry's cabin attracted a lot of interest. (R. Mellish)

6/5/2017: Our volunteer friends in Dublin Civil Defence are helping us out by providing the locomotive with water at Gort.

6/5/2017: No.4 at Gort.

6/5/2017: No.4 passing Cratloe on the Dublin to Limerick leg of the tour. (A. Gray)

7/5/2017: On Sunday, No.4 is at Limerick, ready to run bunker-first to Waterford.

7/5/2017: Volunteers Michael and Bill are happy in their work, tending to No.4 at Tipperary.

7/5/2017: Peter Emmett gives No.4 a bit of attention at Clonmel. (B. Gibbs)

7/5/2017: The Carrick-on-Suir photo stop. (B. Gibbs)

7/5/2017: Inspector Lar Griffin and driver Ken Fox at Carrick-on-Suir. (M. Faulkner)

7/5/2017: No.4 propels the empty train out of Waterford's single platform to allow running round in the yard.

7/5/2017: No.4 runs to Waterford's well-ballasted yard to be serviced after the run from Limerick. (J.A. Cassells)

7/5/2017: No.4 rests beside its carriages before the shunt back into Waterford station. (N. Cox)

7/5/2017: A fine panoramic view of Waterford yard as No.4 propels the train back to the station. (S. Rogers)

7/5/2017: No.4 reversing out to take water at Kilkenny.

7/5/2017: No.4 behind the signal cabin at Kilkenny. (B. Gibbs)

7/5/2017: No.4 passes over the Barrow viaduct near Bagenalstown. (A. Gray)

7/5/2017: Athy - last water stop before Dublin.

8/5/2017: On Monday, the train was heading for Belfast and Whitehead. No.4 is pictured at Donabate. (J. Stanley)

8/5/2017: A fabulous photo of No.4 passing under OBB91 in County Louth heading back to Whitehead. (B. Murphy)

8/5/2017: Lisburn, the last water stop of the tour. (R. Putley)