{"id":14870,"date":"2016-04-11T05:39:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T09:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=14870"},"modified":"2016-04-11T19:04:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T23:04:38","slug":"irish-destinations-stations-visited-during-irish-railway-record-societys-071-tour-20-new-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/irish-destinations-stations-visited-during-irish-railway-record-societys-071-tour-20-new-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Destinations: Stations visited during Irish Railway Record Society\u2019s 071 Tour\u201420 New Photos."},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish Railway Record Society\u2019s ‘071 class two-day 40th anniversary railtour<\/strong>‘ covered a lot of ground in just two days.<\/p>\n

The trip represented a mastery of coordination; special to thanks to everyone at Irish Railway Record Society<\/a>, Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, and Irish Rail!<\/p>\n

This a selection of 20 new\u00a0images I made with my Lumix LX7. (I\u2019m still down-loading the photos made with my FujiFilm X-T1).<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The train was comprised of Railway Preservation Society of Ireland’s Cravens, seen here at Dublin’s Connolly Station. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We started and finished at Dublin\u2019s Connolly Station, running to Ballybrophy (with train continuing \u2018empty carriages\u2019 to Lisduff sidings to change direction, then via the Nenagh Branch to Limerick.<\/p>\n

Limerick to Cork, Cork back to Mallow, then to Killarney for an overnight stay. In the morning to Tralee (my visit there since I bought a digital camera!) then back to Kilarney.<\/p>\n

Back via Mallow to Limerick Junction, then down my favorite line to Waterford via Carrick-on-Suir. From Waterford to Killkenny and via Cherryville Junction back up to Dublin.<\/p>\n

There were lots of intermediate photographic stops along the way.<\/p>\n

\"Engine<\/a>
Engine 083 brought us from Dublin to Limerick via Nenagh. Viewed in a rare moment of sun at Connolly Station in Dublin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Irish_Rail_083_RPSI_train_Connolly_P1430188\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"In<\/a>
In the bay at Ballybrophy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Change<\/a>
Change of locos at Limerick; here 076 took over.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"083<\/a>
083 at Limerick under the train shed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Kent_Station_sign_P1430392\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Ken<\/a>
Ken Fox at the throttle after arriving in Cork.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Kent<\/a>
Kent Station in Cork features an unusual curved train shed, which I’ve featured in my recent book Railway Depots, Stations and Terminals (published by Voyageur Press).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Amoung<\/a>
Amoung our numerous photo stops included a brief visit to Rathmore on the line from Mallow to Killarney.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A wink of sun on arrival in Killarney. It wasn’t so nice the following morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Killarney<\/a>
Killarney town is a popular tourist destination. I made this view on a wander after checking in to the hotel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sunday<\/a>
Sunday morning in Killarney was cold and dark; but atmospheric. I made some of my most memorable images, if not the sunniest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cold<\/a>
Cold rain greeted us at Farranfore. It has been 18 years and some months since I first visited this classic Irish station. I wouldn’t expect that 076 in gray paint has been here very often. Except for rail tours and the infrequent per way train, the Kerry Road is a locomotive free zone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Is<\/a>
Is that an authentic Irish spelling for ‘Tralee’? I noted no less than three variations on official signage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"This<\/a>
This was a bit of a shock; tracks lifted in front of the old cabin at Tralee. I remember sitting up in the cabin chatting with the signalman back in the late 1990s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Palisade<\/a>
Palisade fencing in the old goods yard complicated photography at Tralee. Thankfully my Lumix LX7 is very thin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Another<\/a>
Another change of engine at Waterford. Here 077 took over from 076. A view across the Suir toward the old Viking town.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A plaque to William Dargan at Carlow on the Kilkenny to Cherryville line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Local<\/a>
Local folks were bemused by the disgorging of passengers at Athy and frantic efforts to make photos in the 7 minutes allowed for the stop. (engine 079 took over at Kilkenny).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019ll be posting more photos from the popular trip soon!<\/p>\n

Tracking the Light is a Daily Photographic Blog.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Irish Railway Record Society\u2019s ‘071 class two-day 40th anniversary railtour‘ covered a lot of ground in just two days. The trip represented a mastery of coordination; special to thanks to everyone at Irish Railway Record Society, Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, and Irish Rail! This a selection of 20 new\u00a0images I made with my Lumix … Continue reading Irish Destinations: Stations visited during Irish Railway Record Society\u2019s 071 Tour\u201420 New Photos.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14871,"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":[3786,3470,7535,3471,20,21,1072,1077],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/076_Farranfore_P1430552.jpg?fit=2448%2C1634","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-3RQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14870"}],"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=14870"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14932,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14870\/revisions\/14932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}