{"id":14625,"date":"2016-03-23T05:48:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T09:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=14625"},"modified":"2016-03-22T05:57:54","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T09:57:54","slug":"take-the-trees-away-and-wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/take-the-trees-away-and-wow\/","title":{"rendered":"Take the Trees Away and Wow!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The deep cutting on the north-side of Dublin\u2019s Phoenix Park Tunnel used to be a difficult place to get a good angle on a train. Previously I\u2019d worked\u00a0it, but it wasn\u2019t easy. There was only a narrow view and the light was almost always problematic.<\/p>\n

Some weeks back, Irish Rail cleared brush and trees from the cutting opening up the view as it hasn\u2019t been for in decades.<\/p>\n

Saturday, 19 March 2016, Colm O\u2019Callaghan collected me and we met some friends at a high over bridge to make the most of this new opportunity.<\/p>\n

Two trains were expected after Irish Rail lifted a permanent way possession (in North America this would be called \u2018maintenance window\u2019, which basically means the line was closed for work).<\/p>\n

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When we arrived maintenance equipment was still on the line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The very last locomotive in the old Enterprise livery, class 201 number 233, works the IWT liner. FujiFilm X-T1 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The roar of engine 072 is accentuated by the cutting. The new wide open view allows for a great panorama with the Wicklow Mountains in the distance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Poor<\/a>
Poor old 072 has seen better days. It leads a track panel train toward the North Wall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Take away the trees! Hurrah!<\/p>\n

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  The deep cutting on the north-side of Dublin\u2019s Phoenix Park Tunnel used to be a difficult place to get a good angle on a train. Previously I\u2019d worked\u00a0it, but it wasn\u2019t easy. There was only a narrow view and the light was almost always problematic. Some weeks back, Irish Rail cleared brush and trees … Continue reading Take the Trees Away and Wow!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14626,"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":[4537,19,21,3417,3416],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Irish_Rail_233_w_IWT_Liner_Old-Cabra_Road_in_Dublin_DSCF2488.jpg?fit=2449%2C1633","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-3NT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14625"}],"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=14625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14627,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14625\/revisions\/14627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}