During our week-long visit to County Cork, we took many photos and became re-acquainted with the area’s railways.
I made these views at Woodhill on the Cobh Branch of Irish Rail’s 830pm train from Cobh to Kent Station. To minimize the motion of the passing train, I set the ISO on my Nikon Z7-II to 25600.
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Thanks to our friends in Cork, the other evening Kris and I made a few photos of Irish Rail’s Cobh Branch near Cork’s Kent Station.
It had rained (and rather hard at that) before the clouds cleared for some intense evening sun. These were great conditions for photos.
Irish Rail’s 2600-series diesel railcars have been working the Cork-Cobh run since my first visit in 1998, but now these are on borrowed time.
I made these digital photos using my Nikon Z6. I’m curious to see how my Kodak Ektachrome 100 slides will turn out.
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On the morning of October 14, 2014, Ken Fox led me on a tour of Irish Rail’s Cobh Branch.
At Rushbrooke station, I made this view of an outbound 2600 railcar heading toward Cobh from Kent Station, Cork.
Cork seems especially far away as I sit in the dark in rural New Hampshire (waiting for electricity to be restored following a weather related power ‘outrage’).
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Working with my Canon EOS7D, on October 7, 2014, I made these photos of a Cobh-bound Irish Rail 2600-series railcar pausing at Rushbrook, Co. Cork.
Irish Rail’s Ken Fox was giving me a detailed tour of the line.
I made my first visit to the Cobh Branch in 1999. The same 2600-series railcars worked it then, but in a bright orange, black and white livery.
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Today, it seems like a long time ago that I made this view of a meet between Irish Rail 078 leading the ‘Cobh Rambler’ and an outward Cork-Kent Station to Cobh railcar at Fota.
Exposed in October 2019 using my Lumix LX7 digital camera.
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Irish Rail’s Cobh Branch retains a Victorian character running east from Kent Station through Woodhill, Tivoli in Cork City.
Cast iron foot bridges and terrace houses facing the line make for a classic setting.
On weekday mornings 2600 railcars pass every few minutes on their way to and from Midleton and Cobh.
I made these views using my FujiFilm XT1 during a visit three weeks ago.
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