{"id":10694,"date":"2015-04-16T02:10:02","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T06:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=10694"},"modified":"2015-04-12T06:24:07","modified_gmt":"2015-04-12T10:24:07","slug":"steam-diesel-and-electric-at-bray-head-on-easter-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/steam-diesel-and-electric-at-bray-head-on-easter-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam, Diesel and Electric at Bray Head on Easter Monday."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland<\/a> operated its annual Dublin-Wicklow Easter Eggspress<\/em> on Easter Monday.<\/p>\n

\"Irish<\/a>
Irish Rail 218 rests with the RPSI Cravens under the shed at Connolly Station on Easter Monday. Exposed with a Lumix LX7.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last year I traveled on the train. See my earlier post: Railway Preservation Society Ireland\u2019s Easter Eggspress.<\/a><\/p>\n

This year, I opted to take the DART to Bray and hike the cliff-walk around the head to make these views.<\/p>\n

Despite clear skies and warm spring weather, wafting sea fog made for a challenging photographic conditions.<\/p>\n

\"Irish<\/a>
Irish Rail’s DART suburban service at Brandy Hole, Bray Head on Monday 6 April 2015. Fuji X-T1 digital photograph.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I made a point of photographing DART electric trains and Irish Rail\u2019s intercity diesel railcars while in position for the steam special.<\/p>\n

Shortly before locomotive 461 emerged from the tunnels near Brandy Hole, a cloud of fog rose to add a bit of atmosphere.<\/p>\n

\"Sea<\/a>
Sea fog made for atmospheric images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A DART electric skirts the cliffs at Bray Head. Fuji XT-1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fog<\/a>
Fog obscures the tunnels at Bray Head as the Easter Eggspress makes its way south toward Wicklow. Fuji X-T1 digital photograph.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"By<\/a>
By the time engine 461 reached the optimal spot for photography it was in bright sun. Fuji XT-1 photograph. I exposed some wide-angle views on colour slide film from this spot that take in the whole scene.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Steam,<\/a>
Steam, smoke and sea mist mark the passing of 461 at Bray Head.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"An<\/a>
An Irish Rail ICR from Rosslare works toward Dublin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to these digital photographs, I exposed a series of 35mm colour slides on Provia 100F using my Canon EOS-3 with 40mm pancake lens. The mix of stunning scenery, wafting fog and bright sun made for a spectacular backdrop for the annual special.<\/p>\n

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The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland operated its annual Dublin-Wicklow Easter Eggspress on Easter Monday. Last year I traveled on the train. See my earlier post: Railway Preservation Society Ireland\u2019s Easter Eggspress. This year, I opted to take the DART to Bray and hike the cliff-walk around the head to make these views. Despite clear … Continue reading Steam, Diesel and Electric at Bray Head on Easter Monday.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[3786,65,2651,599,7535,21,64],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/461_w_fog_Bray_Head_DSCF5783.jpg?fit=820%2C547","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-2Mu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10694"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10694"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10696,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10694\/revisions\/10696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}