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Grand Hibernian—17 September 2016

Five years ago, I was poised at the army bridge near Mosney over the old Great Northern line to photograph the, then new, Belmond Grand Hibernian on its run from Dublin to Belfast. This luxury tour train made weekly tours of the Irish network in season. Irish Rail class 201 number 216 was painted to match Belmond’s train set, and was routinely assigned to the train. Belmond’s choice of a dark…