Claremorris | Tracking the Light

Tonight, 10 March 2016, I will present an illustrated program “One Year on Irish Railways; Looking back Ten Years” to the Irish Railway Record Society in Dublin.

What will I show?

I sifted through thousands of my Irish Rail slides looking for images that fit my arbitrary qualification; exposed in Ireland during 2006.

After locating more than 500 slides that fit the bill, I then honed the selection to something manageable.

Ultimately, this meant I needed to reject more photos than I included.

Here are five views that I exposed in 2006, that will not be appearing tonight.

I hope no one will be disappointed.

Cherryville Junction. Exposed on Fujichrome.

Manulla Junction. Exposed on Fujichrome.

Steam leaking from a Cravens set at Claremorris. Exposed on Fujichrome.

Mixed pair works the Ballina Branch train at Ballina. Exposed on Fujichrome. — Mixed pair works the Ballina Branch train at Ballina. Exposed on Ektachrome.

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General Motors Diesel in Ireland.

Irish Rail class 181 General Motors diesel number 185 catches the afternoon sun at Claremorris, County Mayo in February 1998. Exposed on Fujichrome with a Nikon F3T fitted with 24mm lens, exposure calculated with a handheld Sekonic Studio Deluxe photocell. — Irish Rail class 181 General Motors diesel number 185 catches the sun at Claremorris, County Mayo in February 1998. Exposed on Fujichrome with a Nikon F3T fitted with 24mm lens, exposure calculated with a handheld Sekonic Studio Deluxe photocell.

This was among my first Irish Railway photographs. I’d hired a car in Limerick and was exploring. At the time I knew very little about Irish Rail, but I was fascinated by the Ballina branch passenger train.

What caught my interest here was the juxtaposition of the General Motors diesel with the Claremorris station sign. It was the name of the town in Irish that fascinated me. I also liked the old Irish Rail logo, which seemed to represent the double junction at Claremorrris.

I’d never have imagined then, that this would just one of the thousands of Irish railway photographs I’d expose over the next 16 years!

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