CIE bought the GM-built 071 class locos in the 1970s.
075 locomotive was involved in the Buttevant crash in 1980. And another 071 class locomotive pulled the ill-fated Galway Dublin Heuston train that crashed into the failed Tralee Dublin train at Cherryville Junction in 1983.
Locomotive 075 is still in service with Irish Rail, working as a maintenance train.
Lives were lost in both crashes.
Today the 17.05 service from Tralee to Dublin Heuston completed the journey in three hours 22 minutes. That must be close to a record time?
Today the 17.05 service from Tralee to Dublin Heuston completed the journey in three hours 22 minutes. That must be close to a record time?
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