Black Wensday

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FOR ALL YOU TRAVELERS ON THE CORK ROUTE


7:00 Cork / Heuston lost power after leaving Limerick Jctn. (1 mile north of Limerick Jctn.). Went thru checks & spoke to Snr. Mtce. Eng.. Got power on loco and advised he would be moving on. 07:50 Limerick / Heuston followed off Limerick Jctn. loop. Driver of 07:00 ex Cork in trouble again. Spoke to Snr. Mtce. Eng. again to no avail. Loco losing power. Train failed & now to be pushed to Thurles by 07:50 ex Limerick. Train pushed on at 10:06hrs & arrived in Thurles at 11:34hrs. 06:55 Tralee / Heuston, 09:30 Cork / Heuston, 09:00 Heuston / Cork (x-ing Driver off 07:00 Cork / Heuston), 10:40 Heuston / Cork, 11:00 Heuston / Cork all W.L.C. 11:00 Heuston / Cork & 13:00

7. 09:00 Heuston/Cork 60 mins late W.L.C. failure 07:00 Cork/Heuston.
8. 09:30 Cork/Heuston 100 mins late W.L.C. failure 07:00 Cork/Heuston.
9. 09:50 Heuston/Limerick 12 mins late W.L.C. failure 07:00 Cork/Heuston.
10. 10.10 B’brophy/Limerick 23 mins late W.L.C. failure 07.00 Cork / Heuston
11. 10:40 Heuston/Cork 28 mins late W.L.C. failure 07:00 Cork/Heuston.
12. 11:00 Heuston/Cork 21 mins late W.L.C. failure 07:00 Cork/Heuston.
13. 12.45 L’ick Jctn./L’ick 20 mins late W.L.C. loco failure