Below are a selection of views I made from last weekend’s Irish Railway Record Society 071 Anniversary tour.
In earlier posts, I’ve covered other elements of this excellent railway trip across Ireland on 9-10 April 2016.
All photos were exposed digitally from the train’s windows.
Enjoy!
![Irish Rail's Inchicore works as photographed on Saturday morning. This view offers a great cross section of active and stored General Motors diesel locomotives. Note the old 201s still in orange paint. Will they every run again? FujiFilm X-T1 photo.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Inchicore_from_the_Train_DSCF3350.jpg?resize=474%2C256)
![Cows in rural Co. Tipperary as view along the Nenagh Branch on Saturday.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Cows_in_Co_Tipp_DSCF3517.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Approach Cloughjordan on the Nenagh Branch.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IRRS_tour_Nenagh_Branch_at_Cloughjordan_DSCF3493.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Stormy weather viewed from the Nenagh Branch.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IRRS_tour_near_Roscrea_DSCF3471.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Fixed semaphore near Birdhill, on the Nenagh Branch.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Distant_signal_Bird_Hill_DSCF3555.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Irish Rail's Limerick shed.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Limerick_Shed_DSCF3577.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Irish Rail 076 at Limerick. This engine will take our train to Cork and Kerry.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Irish_rail_076_Limerick_Shed_DSCF3586.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Sunset near Killarney dropping down the Bower.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/view_from_train_near_Killarney_P1430497.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Killarney County Kerry.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Killarney_sign_DSCF3770.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![On the Sunday morning run from Tralee to Killarney, approaching Farranfore. It was cold and beginning to snow.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IRRS_trip_Farranfore_steam_and_ICR_DSCF3766.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Climbing the Bower out of Killarney. There was some snow to be seen. And this was April. For real.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IRRS_train_in_Snow_near_Killarney_P1430602.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Limerick Junction cross the Cork line at grade. There's a Dublin to Cork Mark4 set heading down road.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Limerick_Jct_in_Rain_DSCF3805.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Approaching Tipperary town, one of the few places were semaphores survive.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IRRS_special-Tipperary_town_in_Rain_DSCF3813.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![View near Clonmel, County Tipperary.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Near_Clonmel_DSCF3828.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Waterford West on the way toward Kilkenny. Semaphores remain here too! Long may they last.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Waterford_West_DSCF3882.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Old 2700 railcars stored at Inchicore. Old. Hmm, I seem to recall these cars being delivered 'new'. Hmm.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Irish_Rail_Inchicore_DSCF3953.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![One of kind livery; Irish Rail 216 in a green primer at Inchicore as seen from the train.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Irish_Rail_216_in_green_primer_Inchicore_DSCF3963.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Irish Rail 227 in the new Enterprise at Connolly shed.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Irish_Rail_227_in_Enterprise_Paint_DSCF3985.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
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