Geoff kept calling the A55 diesel locomotive a carriage. It didn't look like Sean liked that as he kept calling it a carriage. Brilliant Museum and a wonderful gent.

@retrocd7991

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know how it didn’t click it was a locomotive….2 cabs….not many windows…..and Sean constantly reminding them!

Am I the only person who gets nervous the doors will close every time Geoff jumps off to film each station.

@fuzzy1237

5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@milkandduckrailway323

5 жыл бұрын

Hope he pays attention.

@tonys1636

5 жыл бұрын

If he stays close enough, that infernal beeping should give him enough time to leap back on. Probably landing in a heap on the floor with the door bouncing open off of a foot. Having never tried it, I presume the doors are like tube trains, if they meet resistance they open.

@milkandduckrailway323

5 жыл бұрын

Causes delays if the doors reopen. But yes they should reopen, after getting a bit squashed. Depends how sensitive the sensors are.

@natehill8069

5 жыл бұрын

But I prefer him actually TOUCHING the station instead of merely looking at it through the door, more authentic.

You should have stopped at Westport, one of the best places in Ireland. The railway that went beyond the town headed out to Achill and is now the Great Western Greenway.

Props for Fred's pronunciation of "Lidl".

Vicki should get a pacer in her back garden now

@LukeAlfordUKsteam

5 жыл бұрын

Yes

@carolinegreenwell9086

5 жыл бұрын

She doesn't have a garden!!

@LukeAlfordUKsteam

5 жыл бұрын

@@carolinegreenwell9086 in her house

@LeoStarrenburg

5 жыл бұрын

A front end about a foot deep would be very do-able ! Are they heading for the scrapyard anytime soon ? Do hope some will be preserved, remember they outlasted their design life a number of times !

@musicgarryj

5 жыл бұрын

In a previous video wasn't it mentioned that there is an abandoned Pacer front end buried in a tunnel under Manchester Victoria station..........?

Castlerea Railway Museum ... what an absolute gem

@tonys1636

5 жыл бұрын

Looks amazing, must do some research to see if a day trip from Cork is possible, taking account of the bus times to get to and from Cork, otherwise there must be a B&B in Castlerea.

@trainsinireland5063

5 жыл бұрын

@@tonys1636 Tullys Hotel is open in Castlerea!.

@tonys1636

5 жыл бұрын

@@trainsinireland5063 Might give it a go over this Bank Holiday after some research into relevant time tables.

@ianhudson9398

4 жыл бұрын

Is Hells Kitchen no longer a pub?? Used to be great to drop in for a beer...... and if lucky, get given the keys to walk through the A to view the collection...

@paulhester1675

4 жыл бұрын

Call Castlerea my home for 26+ years and I've never seen it once. I'm shocked..

According to the Irish Rail map I printed, you have now been to every station Irish Rail serves directly from Dublin Heuston station. Congratulations!

The further you go on this gentle tour, the more fascinating it becomes. Great to meet the incredible Sean and his must-visit museum!

Sean's The Star ,hope visitor numbers go through the roof.

@explorebytrain448

5 жыл бұрын

Chris Sassen I differently want to go and see the railway museum.

I was waiting for the first "I like trains" of All the Stations! :D :D

Sean/Shaun’s museum is amazing! I could easily get lost there for a day, if not two, taking it all in.

Love All the stations:Ireland Next geoff and vicki should do All the buses in great Britain and Ireland

its prounounced CASTLE-RAY Vicki, but you're forgiven. exceptional

2:09 I LIKE TRAINS

@SteveFTW5

3 жыл бұрын

Vroooooomm 😂

There's more than meets the eye at Claremorris Station (9:15 to 9:30). Claremorris is an important junction on the Dublin - Westport/Ballina line where there is a presently disused railway connection south to Galway via Tuam and Athenry. This is the subject of an ongoing campaign by West on Track to reopen the line as part of the Western Rail Corridor infrastructure. In former times Claremorris had a rail freight depot and was the main train staging point for pilgrimage passengers to connect to road services to Knock Shrine. A service on a reduced scale is still in place today. The reopening of the line is currently the subject of a government-funded review. There may be a few more to add to the 198 stations in the near future.

Geoff - A55 is (or was) a diesel 'A class' locomotive and not a carriage

Your "carriage" in the museum is a locomotive btw.

10:46 looks like they could have done with the automatic wheelchair ramp.

That's an old jail in Tullamore. The court house was just down a the street a bit. Very impressive.

The museum is incredible. Thanks for sharing with us

Good video again and nice to see clara mention on a video doesn't happen very often. Also loved the museum somewhere I hope to visit one day.

Sean is a Nice guy

Wow another great episode guys!! Keep up the good work! And can’t believe Sean had a actual train carriage in his collection that’s insane!

I must say i am really enjoying all your videos each night about the railways here in Ireland, hope you are both having a good time here and it is great publicity for Ireland and it's railway system.

What a great little museum!!!!

Loved the railway museum! With a full train car too!

My Dad is from Castlerea , I spent all my summers there , I've passed that museum many times , so glad to see you stop there!

Wow!! What an amazing museum!!

Great episode. That museum looks fantastic.

Well done!✔ Castlerea Railway Museum 👍 ...looking forward to Episode 13...Vicki & Geoff's name in lights...on a train! 😊...take care!

Beautiful scenery to rival any previous video, then Mr. Sean Browne and his museum. Spectacular!

That’s a lot of train memorabilia, impressive. Reminds me of the NY Transit Museum in Brooklyn, the NYC equivalent of the London Transport Museum. It has a big collection of very old subway cars and it feels like you’ve gone back in time. They still have the vintage ads in the interior of the trains. Nice cap, Vicki. And that is a cool bar

@Mark50x

5 жыл бұрын

Avery Lopez-Baines haha

@joermnyc

4 жыл бұрын

Only difference is, the NYC museum is in an old disused station... though the TFL museum has more space for things like old 2 level busses and trams that used to run in London. NYC museum has an old bus fleet, but you can only see them on special occasions.

I had to rewind to confirm there was a Deutsche Bahn sign at 7:23. Sean has an extensive collection, but then he does have an entire carriage inside his bar.

@MrMe345

5 жыл бұрын

It's actually a locomotive, it's just had tables and chairs put in where the engine room is

Watching this particular video made me so happy. My family's from Castlerea and we would normally visit every year but haven't since before the pandemic. We should hopefully be back there in a little over a week and I'm definitely planning to go to the railway museum. So cool to see Geoff and Vicky there : )

This is the best part of this country, The Wesht asthey say over this way. Lovely.

Excellent Video and Commentary Geoff and Vicki!😃.Castlerea is my Home Town.I know Sean Browne and Castlerea Railway Museum Very Well!.

That train carriage is so cool.

what a great museum!

Wow, that museum is quite something, actually, its amazing. And a great use for an ex-CIE loco too.

You missed a castle in Tullamore called Charleville Castle which is about two miles from Tullamore Railway Station. At least you got to my hometown of Tullamore.

@qwertyTRiG

5 жыл бұрын

Sragh Castle is visible from the train.

Great video as always!

There is a class 37 cab in the car park of the Alexandra pub near Derby station. It seems there are fanatics everywhere!!

At Westport the old line continuing from the station used to lead to the quays, it's now a greenway. There's also another old line which heads north from the station up to Newport which is also now a greenway.

“Rail enthusiast disease” 😝 great one Geoff and Vicky

I travelled from Ballina to Dublin in 1987. The carriages are a lot nicer now. The thing I remember most back then was that most of the level crossings were manual, with a crossing attendant to open and close the gate.

@RobinKoenig1917

3 жыл бұрын

I seem to remember the level crossing at Foxford was manual at least until the early 2000nds

And my husband's Grandfather was from Roscommon. Yes, we could have moved to Ireland if we had wanted to. Mind you, that was his mother's parents. The Harrigan side was Heinz 57 American. They came over a long time ago.

Apart from the awesome duo that is (was😔) vicki and Geoff I absolutely love the music to these series. Hats off to the composer who has written a great piece. I especially love the little minor acccent at 7.33..(details details)..

Vicki looks fierce at the controls. 1,600 to buy the locomotive? And 40,000 to have it installed? Shawn is my kind of crazy.

That Museum was just Nuts !

Lots of lovely things. Perhaps you will visit Westport on another trip.

You should of stopped in Westport. Very beautiful town. It would of broken the Quaintometer tho.

I saw Vicky’s twin on the train, just before they got off at Castlerea.

@tomsmith5584

5 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing.

Fred is brilliant! He would make an excellent sidekick for your future adventures.

@ewanduffy

Жыл бұрын

Not really - his commentary on where the railway continued to was BS.

Sean got it a bit wrong, C.I.E. stands for Coming In Eventually.

@viking1678

5 жыл бұрын

Before the upgrading of the rolling stock and signalling it was 'Crawling In Eire'

@nigelmchugh5541

5 жыл бұрын

@@viking1678 Nice to see Sean had some table wear with the famous CIE "Flying snail" logo!

@aviationfan2637

2 жыл бұрын

CIE stands for Coras Imporair Eireann

Roscommon! Some of my ancestors emigrated to England from Roscommon in the 1850s :)

Manula Junction is also like Smallbrook Junction on the Isle of Wight. However, since you haven’t been there, it’s understandable that you didn’t mention it.

We have a historic Irish ALDI sign in Dallas too!

Wow..the museum.

Sign for Balla at the Castlerea Museum. Great great grandfather was station master there. Have to take a trip up!!

that was a very enjoyable episode

You should've made a detour to The Gardners Arms in Sompting (nearest stations East Worthing or Lancing) the other year. That pub has had a Pullmans style train carriage in it the the last 15-20 years.

I love Sean And Fred he's brilliant too

The Ballina line is Ireland’s most profitable freight line owing to the timber industry.

@adammaher6601

3 жыл бұрын

And the Dublin Port-Ballina Container Trains

Great vid guys

There is actually a castle in Tullamore, but it's about 2km from the station, on the opposite part of town; it's called Charleville (Forest) Castle!

A very brief visit to "my station" in Ireland, I as an idealist guard from Sweden was allowed during my visit long ago to assist with the evening shunting.Westport is the place.At that time there was an 071 class loco and a group of waggons in the trains.

I suddenly don't feel as worried about coming across as a bit awkward tomorrow 😅

Vicki & Geoff, when are you coming back to my native Ireland? I’ve enjoyed this entire series so much that I’m rewatching it here in Manchester U.K., as the Irish government is planning increased investment in the Irish railways - we are hoping that they will extend the M3 Parkway line to Navan, so all they need now is to extend the LUAS Trams to the Irish Ferries & Stena Terminals at Dublin Port via Dublin Docklands Rail Station, which will make coming home to Ireland on SailRail via Holyhead so much easier 🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

seen...tick The peaked cap suits Vicki! :)

Was up with Sean many years ago will have to visit when Covid is over. Drove A55 (055) many times.

Very entertaining video! It would be good if the line from Claremorris to Athenry could reopen. I wonder with Manulla Junction if it could appear as the least used station in Ireland is very few passengers buy a ticket to Manulla Junction? Good is see some freight traffic at Ballina!

Also CIE is still the parent company of Irish Rail. CIE was the sole provider of all public transport until 1988 when it was divided into Irish Rail, Bus Eireann and Dublin Bus but the holding company is still the parent company of all 3

A pity Seans' museum can't go on tour ... 'Nerdish Heaven' ... NRM Eirann

Geoff’s pronunciation of “Ballina” is spot-on.

The railway didn't go further from Westport to Murrisk. It used to go in to Achill Sound, through Newport and Muranny. Pretty much the complete opposite side of the bay to what yerman was blathering about.

You'll need to go back and do Westport some point, esp Matt Molloy's pub on Bridge Street. The Mall will indeed break the Quaint-ometer though!

The cie teapot and milk jug in Michael's museum. I must have them

It is a cab of a loco with a carriage coupled up to it! BTW - Interesting fact: Both Dovey Junction in Wales and Manulla Junction in Ireland are similar to Smallbrook Junction on the Island Line + Isle of Wight Steam Railway on the Isle of Wight. Kind regards, Peter Skuce. St Albans. Hertfordshire.

@hywelhuws

5 жыл бұрын

There is and always has been a street entrance at Dovey Junction, the idea that there is not is a silly urban myth www.google.com/maps/@52.554806,-3.9258577,3a,47.8y,25.13h,76.09t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sa8xWxz8eE3MOuuu0moLh-g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

I think I have Rail Enthusiast Disease 😂

What you were looking at in Tullamore is the facade of the former jail. Most of it was knocked years ago and there is now a business park in behind it. There are still decorative axes on the railings outside, possibly because they used to execute people in there.

Ballyhaunis is pronounced Bally Haw nis

@TheDoctordonnanoble

4 жыл бұрын

That Denny ad!!

7:05 🤣🤪 Oh shite I definitely am a carrier! ⭐️💚

It's an old gaol, but there are two castles in Tullamore, one visible from the track. And hi Autumn! I know him, slightly.

I'm waiting for All the Bahnhoefe series...

In my town we have a restaurant which is an old railway carriage at our steam railway

I have visited that Tesco

"Nice Buffers" lmao

All the castles please!

Lovely railway museum at Castlerea with so much to see I’m glad Sean has the complete loco and not just a short section of it. Btw I’m no relation to Claremorris.

Expected to see Will Hay any minute..

I was hoping you would show this A class in your videos

You should do all the steam lines of the UK geaff & Viky

CIÉ (Córas Iompair Éireann -- "the Irish transport system") still exists. It's the state-owned holding company for 1. Bus Átha Cliath (Dublin Bus), 2. Bus Éireann, and 3. Iarnród Éireann. My grandfather worked for the railway division of CIÉ from 1945 (and for 20 years before that, for Great Southern Railways; earlier still, for the Great Southern & Western Railway).

@s125ish

5 жыл бұрын

Ynysmitwr is it same cie I see on tour coaches

@Ynysmydwr

5 жыл бұрын

@@s125ish Yes.

My hat off to Sean Browne, I could be lost for days in his museum ! I'll try to Google the loco and see if I was on the right track with the Bulleid connection. As a sidenote, are more viewers peeking at the timebar of the video when the credits start to roll ? Gives you a rough idea how many bloopers etc. the editor has in store for us ;-)

@ianhudson9398

4 жыл бұрын

Loco has nothing to do with Bullied.... designed by Metropolitan Vickers of Gorton, Manchester and equipped with their own electrics and two stroke diesel power unit..... re-engined by CIE Inchicore in the early 70s using 12 cylinder 2 stroke GM 567 power unit....

Nice buffers! Lol!!

Shame not more time at Roscommon. Interesting famine museum there.

I was thinking that Westport is the most westerly mainline station in both Ireland and the UK - it is NOT! The most westerly mainline stations are (1) Tralee @ 9.698W and (2) Farranfore @ 9.553W. The next most westerly station is (3) Westport @ 9.509W just ahead of Killarney @ 9.502W.

In 2024, Geoff has now corrected himself and the reports out there, you can in fact access Dovey Junction in Wales from the road

Closing dialogue should have went well like this: GEOFF: Nice buffers. VICKI: That's the end. GEOFF: Of ? VICKI: The line ... and this episode.

I'm hoping you'll give at least a mention to Ireland's broad gauge at some point.