LM 342 is basically a 1972-built Hunslet (GB-Leeds), which has just been rebuilt in Bord na Mona's Blackwater Workshops: new cab, new Cummin's diesel, new paint. Good for many more years of work i... (more)
LM 406 (LM=locomotive) brings in another load of peat for the power Station at Shannonbridge, one of three in Ireland which fires peat to produce electricity. The locomotive has around 10... (more)
LM 396 (LM=locomotive) brings in another load of peat for the power Station at Shannonbridge, one of three in Ireland which fires peat to produce electricity. The locomotive has around 10... (more)
Track layer RL3 is ready to return to work in the Bloomhill bogs of Co. Offaly. The extra-wide tracks on the crane are necessary to distribute its weight and prevent it from sinking into the bog..... (more)
The sun does, in fact, occasionally shine in Ireland. About halfway through the unloading process at West Offaly Power Station's tippler, LM405 catches some rays. At right, a second rake has arr... (more)