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IARNROD EIREANN / IRISH RAIL

■ TRAFFIC AND TRACTION: The 2600 Class DMU-worked services between Cork and Cobh/Midleton featured extensive use of four-car units instead of two-car units during the period under review. This was done to adhere to social distancing requirements. Formations noted included: Nos. 2614/17/08/07 and Nos. 2602/01/10/13.

No. 071 hauled an empty spoil train from Gorey to Dublin Connolly yard on August 1 (see last issue).

Also on August 1, the driver of the 10.00 Heuston to Cork service, which was worked by five-car ICR DMU No. 22x34, reduced the train’s speed and sounded the horn while passing the closed station at Buttevant between Charleville and Mallow. This was done as a mark of respect for the 18 people

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