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Unread 29-05-2015, 15:32   #10
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201s are banned (except emergencies) east of Limerick Junction so that complicates power planning but may also limit axle weights on the wagons, presumably related to Cahir bridge? A 201-071 swap in Limerick yard during the necessary reversal there might solve the power limit.

Realistically this only starts looking economical if increasing track capacity Athlone-Portarlington-Kildare is deemed both necessary and expensive (Tullamore), and the option to push North Wall trains via a reopened Athlone-Mullingar line isn't higher up the cost benefit list (or precluded by a trail which I understand is on the cards)
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