{"id":12070,"date":"2015-08-09T16:49:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T20:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=12070"},"modified":"2015-08-09T16:49:04","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T20:49:04","slug":"tracking-the-light-extra-rpsi-steam-special-to-drogheda-and-dundalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-extra-rpsi-steam-special-to-drogheda-and-dundalk\/","title":{"rendered":"TRACKING The LIGHT EXTRA: RPSI Steam Special to Drogheda and Dundalk."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Sunday 9 August\u00a02015, the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland in cooperation with Irish Rail operated a steam special from Dublin&#8217;s Connolly Station to Drogheda and Dundalk with locomotive number 4.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12066\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12066\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2015\/08\/09\/tracking-the-light-extra-rpsi-steam-special-to-drogheda-and-dundalk\/number_4_plate_dscf4467\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12066\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12066\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-extra-rpsi-steam-special-to-drogheda-and-dundalk\/number_4_plate_dscf4467\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Number_4_plate_DSCF4467.jpg?fit=1000%2C667\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1439127337&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;27&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Number_4_plate_DSCF4467\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1; RAW File exported at a Jpg using Adobe Lightroom.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Number_4_plate_DSCF4467.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Number_4_plate_DSCF4467.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Number_4_plate_DSCF4467.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"Exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1; RAW File exported at a Jpg using Adobe Lightroom.\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Number_4_plate_DSCF4467.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Number_4_plate_DSCF4467.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Number_4_plate_DSCF4467.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Number_4_plate_DSCF4467.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Number_4_plate_DSCF4467.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1; RAW File exported as a Jpg using Adobe Lightroom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12064\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2015\/08\/09\/tracking-the-light-extra-rpsi-steam-special-to-drogheda-and-dundalk\/rspi_no4_le_at_drogheda_dscf4721\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12064\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12064\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-extra-rpsi-steam-special-to-drogheda-and-dundalk\/rspi_no4_le_at_drogheda_dscf4721\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RSPI_No4_LE_at_Drogheda_DSCF4721.jpg?fit=1000%2C1500\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1439147262&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0055555555555556&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RSPI_No4_LE_at_Drogheda_DSCF4721\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1; RAW File exported at a Jpg using Adobe Lightroom.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RSPI_No4_LE_at_Drogheda_DSCF4721.jpg?fit=358%2C537\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RSPI_No4_LE_at_Drogheda_DSCF4721.jpg?fit=474%2C711\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12064\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RSPI_No4_LE_at_Drogheda_DSCF4721.jpg?resize=474%2C711\" alt=\"Exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1; RAW File exported at a Jpg using Adobe Lightroom.\" width=\"474\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RSPI_No4_LE_at_Drogheda_DSCF4721.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RSPI_No4_LE_at_Drogheda_DSCF4721.jpg?resize=100%2C150 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RSPI_No4_LE_at_Drogheda_DSCF4721.jpg?resize=358%2C537 358w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RSPI_No4_LE_at_Drogheda_DSCF4721.jpg?resize=483%2C724 483w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RSPI_No4_LE_at_Drogheda_DSCF4721.jpg?resize=200%2C300 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RSPI_No4_LE_at_Drogheda_DSCF4721.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1; RAW File exported as a Jpg using Adobe Lightroom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This was my first opportunity to photograph this classic locomotive in more than four years. Special thanks to everyone at the RPSI and Irish Rail who made today&#8217;s trips a success.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more photos tomorrow!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12065\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12065\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2015\/08\/09\/tracking-the-light-extra-rpsi-steam-special-to-drogheda-and-dundalk\/no4_departing_drogheda_dscf4485\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12065\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12065\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-extra-rpsi-steam-special-to-drogheda-and-dundalk\/no4_departing_drogheda_dscf4485\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/No4_departing_Drogheda_DSCF4485.jpg?fit=1000%2C1500\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1439130050&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;74.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"No4_departing_Drogheda_DSCF4485\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/No4_departing_Drogheda_DSCF4485.jpg?fit=358%2C537\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/No4_departing_Drogheda_DSCF4485.jpg?fit=474%2C711\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/No4_departing_Drogheda_DSCF4485.jpg?resize=474%2C711\" alt=\"Exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1; RAW File exported as a Jpg using Adobe Lightroom.\" width=\"474\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/No4_departing_Drogheda_DSCF4485.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/No4_departing_Drogheda_DSCF4485.jpg?resize=100%2C150 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/No4_departing_Drogheda_DSCF4485.jpg?resize=358%2C537 358w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/No4_departing_Drogheda_DSCF4485.jpg?resize=483%2C724 483w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/No4_departing_Drogheda_DSCF4485.jpg?resize=200%2C300 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/No4_departing_Drogheda_DSCF4485.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1; RAW File exported as a Jpg using Adobe Lightroom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2015\/08\/09\/tracking-the-light-extra-rpsi-steam-special-to-drogheda-and-dundalk\/rpsi_carriage_at_drogheda_dscf4462\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12067\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12067\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-extra-rpsi-steam-special-to-drogheda-and-dundalk\/rpsi_carriage_at_drogheda_dscf4462\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RPSI_carriage_at_Drogheda_DSCF4462.jpg?fit=1000%2C667\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1439127095&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;27&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RPSI_carriage_at_Drogheda_DSCF4462\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RPSI_carriage_at_Drogheda_DSCF4462.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RPSI_carriage_at_Drogheda_DSCF4462.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12067\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RPSI_carriage_at_Drogheda_DSCF4462.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"RPSI_carriage_at_Drogheda_DSCF4462\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RPSI_carriage_at_Drogheda_DSCF4462.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RPSI_carriage_at_Drogheda_DSCF4462.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RPSI_carriage_at_Drogheda_DSCF4462.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RPSI_carriage_at_Drogheda_DSCF4462.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RPSI_carriage_at_Drogheda_DSCF4462.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tracking the Light posts new material daily!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more information on the RPSI see:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/steamtrainsireland.com\">http:\/\/steamtrainsireland.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Sunday 9 August\u00a02015, the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland in cooperation with Irish Rail operated a steam special from Dublin&#8217;s Connolly Station to Drogheda and Dundalk with locomotive number 4. This was my first opportunity to photograph this classic locomotive in more than four years. Special thanks to everyone at the RPSI and Irish &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-extra-rpsi-steam-special-to-drogheda-and-dundalk\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TRACKING The LIGHT EXTRA: RPSI Steam Special to Drogheda and Dundalk.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12065,"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":[3786,4537,2876,7535,182,21,63,64],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/No4_departing_Drogheda_DSCF4485.jpg?fit=1000%2C1500","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-38G","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12070"}],"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=12070"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12072,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12070\/revisions\/12072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}