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Irish Rail are replacing their rail bridge on the Sligo – Dublin line across the River Shannon south of Carrick on Shannon. Supposedly this will be done with a crane arriving from Spain in the near future from a crane base built at south east end of the bridge and will take 10 days. Yesterday I past a Mar Train Volvo with ballast trailer outside Carrick, so maybe parts of the crane have started arriving.
Does anyone know anything of this lift, the crane or when its happening? If I could find out when it will occur I will try and get down to it, as it is only 30mins from my house.
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Martin.
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nice find Martin!!! thats the first i heard of it,Sligo eh?? a nice weekend could be made of it  glug glug glug... ahhhhhh if you can get to it be sure to take 100's of pics graham
Why is "phonetically" spelt with a "ph"? ... It's better to be silent and thought a fool, then to speak up and remove all doubt The complex of Newgrange was originally built between c. 3100 and 2900 BC,[2] meaning that it's aproximately 5,000 years old. According to Carbon-14 dates,[3] it is more than 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and predates Stonehenge by about 1,000 years.
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it was Black and Red, The crane believe me will be worth seeing. Its going to be an LR11350. I guess as ours is delayed on a job, and a Spanish crane is taking its place it will be either Eurogruas or Usabiagia.
well worth seeing anyway
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Hmm very interesting, an LR11350 in Ireland.. not something you see everyday! may be worth the long journey up!! Thanks for the heads up martin and marcus for the crane info.
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Pity it is'nt going to be Red and Black, its about time we seen them in Ireland. An LR11350  , wonder what the hourly rate is? According to Irish Rails website the line was supposed to be closed for the lift between the 5th and 16th of October but closure has been deffered as ship carrying the crane has been delayed due to Atlantic storms. http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=520For those interested the bridge is just south of Carrick on Shannon inside the Leitrim border a few minutes off the N4 at Drumsna. Supposedly the crane platform is costing €1m and is required to be removed under the EIS after the lift. If i find out any more info on the lift I will post it. Does anyone who the main contractor is or where the crane will be shipped to? Regards, Martin.
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jibtickler wrote:it was Black and Red, The crane believe me will be worth seeing. Its going to be an LR11350. I guess as ours is delayed on a job, and a Spanish crane is taking its place it will be either Eurogruas or Usabiagia.
well worth seeing anyway Mammoets LR11350 is here in Newfoundland until November -- one anyways -- not sure if the company has more than one of these cranes.... Yes, this crane is well worth seeing - I seen her doing what she does best; lifting heavy objects-- what a beauty and quiet at that....I was right on site, down right next to her... too bad I couldnt take pics, or I would have shared them with you all.... The only picture I have was sent to me by my friend at Mammoet of her being rigged.... Greg
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Irish Rails website has been update and says the Sligo Dublin line will be closed between the 27th of October and 7th of November. http://irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=533I'll be home this weekend so will take a trip down to see if it has arrived on site yet. Hopefully they might have started rigging it up. Martin
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thanks martin this is icn home town
certainly would be worth seeing, ill have to have a serious chat with homer
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Nice one Martin!!! this should be great!!
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The complex of Newgrange was originally built between c. 3100 and 2900 BC,[2] meaning that it's aproximately 5,000 years old. According to Carbon-14 dates,[3] it is more than 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and predates Stonehenge by about 1,000 years.
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Road trip???!!!!
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pub crawl?? 
Why is "phonetically" spelt with a "ph"? ... It's better to be silent and thought a fool, then to speak up and remove all doubt The complex of Newgrange was originally built between c. 3100 and 2900 BC,[2] meaning that it's aproximately 5,000 years old. According to Carbon-14 dates,[3] it is more than 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and predates Stonehenge by about 1,000 years.
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Haha theres an awful lot of pubs between Waterford and Sligo!!
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Might head down and see this myself, keep us updated Martin. 
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I took a trip down to the bridge today to see if the crane had arrived yet which it hasnt. The acccess road on the south side off the N4 to the railway line has had all its hedges trimmed right back, pot holes filled and steel plates put over them and seems ready for something big to come through! I didnt actually see the bridge from the north side but there was a small crawler crane visable from the south side of the Shannon. The line is still closing between the 27th and 7th. Jons Civil Engineering are doing the works so if anyone has any contacts in them it could be worth while looking into. I wont be able to get down next weekend to check on it but will definetly be heading down the weekend after when they should be in the middle of the works. If anyone wants directions let me know and I'll put them up. Regards, Martin
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good stuff Martin,now will Iarnrod Eireann use this as an excuse for all their late trains 
Why is "phonetically" spelt with a "ph"? ... It's better to be silent and thought a fool, then to speak up and remove all doubt The complex of Newgrange was originally built between c. 3100 and 2900 BC,[2] meaning that it's aproximately 5,000 years old. According to Carbon-14 dates,[3] it is more than 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and predates Stonehenge by about 1,000 years.
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I was talking to a Martrain driver yesterday and he said "Mammoet" are indeed carrying out the job (so is one of the Spanish cranes going to be crosshired?) as he had moved what he called "Bog Mats" from Mammoet's yard (Not sure if he was referring to Teeside or Schiedam)....during the week.....
Any idea what the access is like at the bridge??
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If you go to Google Maps and put in Carrick On Shannon Co. Leitrim. Follow the railway line south and you will find the bridge between Cartron and Carrick Derrybrack. On Sunday I tried to get to it from the road on the south side at Carrick Derrybrack which will probably be best for getting close to it. If we cant get permission to access the site should be able to get down to it by crossing a few fields. Theres a marina on the north side which heads towards the bridge along the canal but you would have to walk down from the road and the crane will be on the southside. Supposedly the crane platform is costing €1m and has to be removed after the works are finished. Regards, Martin
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hey Martin,sorry i don't mean to be jumping in but i thought i'd give you all a little appetizer... http://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/Ireland39s-largest-crane-prepares-to.5774567.jpGraham
Why is "phonetically" spelt with a "ph"? ... It's better to be silent and thought a fool, then to speak up and remove all doubt The complex of Newgrange was originally built between c. 3100 and 2900 BC,[2] meaning that it's aproximately 5,000 years old. According to Carbon-14 dates,[3] it is more than 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and predates Stonehenge by about 1,000 years.
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its annoyed me that we had an ltm11200 that has yet to set foot on our soil,it could have had the record but no 
Why is "phonetically" spelt with a "ph"? ... It's better to be silent and thought a fool, then to speak up and remove all doubt The complex of Newgrange was originally built between c. 3100 and 2900 BC,[2] meaning that it's aproximately 5,000 years old. According to Carbon-14 dates,[3] it is more than 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and predates Stonehenge by about 1,000 years.
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Aw man I cant make the picture any bigger!  Looks like mammoet's crane though, I thought they weren't gonna be doing the lift??
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