Irish Rail A Class Farewell Tour

In September 1995 Irish Rail bid farewell to their A Class locomotive, taking the tour from Dublin & heading south to Greystones,Rosslare Strand, Waterford ,Carrick On Suir,Clonmel & back to Dublin's Connolly Station

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[mythicalireland]

Thanks indeed for this. Brings back many happy memories. Have some footage of A39 at Downpatrick on my channel for those interested. Thanks again for posting this wonderful video.

[MDS177]

@mythicalireland .... I am glad you like it & thanks for the positive feedback .

[Nigo82]

Nigo82

I remember seeing those locomotives on the Dublin-Rosslare line when I was a kid. Wish I could have been on that trip. Well done on the video!! Excellent job!!

[MDS177]

Thank You for your encouraging comments. It makes doing videos really worth while when you get a reaction like yours. Thanks !!

[2mirman]

why are there a pile of A classes boarded up are they gone into storage

[noelio67]

Something like this should nearly be given to the national archives for historical value in the future

[honda55476]

i was actualy the driver who drove this train from rlare std to waterford that day and later i was sent a video of the whole journey never knew by who if you do happen to see this thanks.

[caffjohn]

My Father served his time as a Diesel fitter from 1954-59 working mostly on the A&C class when they had those terrible crossley HST Vee 8's. They were still under warranty at that time. The best move CIE did in the 60's was re-engining them with emd's. The australian railways weren't so fortunate and were stuck with those horrible crossleys until the bitter end.

[Gocoquyhac]

I think I saw myself at 3:35. 14 years later, thanks for recording this.

[starstorm55522]

Wonderful. Surely there must be more Metro-Vick footage around?

[tgrogers]

Fantastic video, nice one for sharing it with us

[irishmanufan]

A39 . i have a special memory of that train . brilliant film as always .