Dublin Heuston station shortly before sunrise: on the left is 224 at the head of the 0700 to Cork. In the background is 223, which was exchanged for 217 before the departure of the next service an hour later (07/09/2017)
217 is pictured on arrival at Cork later that afternoon with the 1600 ex-Dublin Heuston (07/09/2017)
Night falls at Limerick Junction as 217 waits patiently on the rear of the 1920 Cork - Heuston for the arrival of the late running connection from Galway via Limerick (07/09/2017)
234 falls nicely into a patch of early morning sunshine as it arrives at Mallow with the 0700 Dublin Heuston to Cork service (08/09/2017)
208 departs from Drogheda with the 1405 'Enterprise' service from Belfast Central to Dublin Connolly. Just behind the signal box in the background is the former Navan line, which still sees daily freight traffic as far as Tara Mines(08/09/2017)
228 arrives at Drogheda with the 1520 from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Central as a 2x00 Class DMU waits to return back south (08/09/2017)
A close-up view of Enterprise-liveried 228 as it draws to a stand at the former junction station (08/09/2017)
Later that afternoon 228 is pictured again at Belfast Central before returning back south with the 1805 to Dublin Connolly (08/09/2017)
A pictorial record of my first visit to Larne Harbour station. 3022 waits to depart with the 1925 to Belfast Great Victoria Street whilst the ferry to Cairnryan is loaded in the background (08/09/2017)
Northern Ireland Railways '111'' Class GM no 112 catches the early morning sunlight in the museum platform at the RPSI's Whitehead base before departing with the 0735 charter to Dublin Connolly (09/09/2017)
No. 112 pauses at Belfast Central with the 'East Coaster' railtour, which was originally scheduled to visit Rosslare (09/09/2017)
Having crossed the border, the distinctive NIR liveried machine is pictured during a pathing stop at Drogheda to allow the charter to be overtaken by a Dublin-bound 'Enterprise' service (09/09/2017)
