■ FREIGHT: Belmond-liveried locomotive No. 216 worked the first freight service of 2022, when it hauled a Ballina to Dublin Port IWT train on January 3. While it conveyed only nine box containers, IWT traffic has generally been buoyant, with many trains being fully loaded.
Other locomotives noted on the container service during the period under review included Nos. 071, 072, 075, 079, 080, 084, 086, 088 and 232. Bulk ore traffic between Tara Mines (Navan) and Alexandra Road, North Wall resumed on January 10 after the Christmas/New
