{"id":16591,"date":"2016-09-02T05:33:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T09:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=16591"},"modified":"2016-09-01T05:47:33","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T09:47:33","slug":"tracking-the-light-on-going-photo-challenge-irelands-oldest-railway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-on-going-photo-challenge-irelands-oldest-railway\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking the Light on-going Photo Challenge: Ireland\u2019s Oldest Railway"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dublin and Kingstown Railway dates to 1834, which makes it among the earliest steam railways built outside of England.<\/p>\n

Today the route composes a part of Irish Rail\u2019s electrified Dublin Area Rapid Transit system. Outer suburban and Intercity trains (to Rosslare), plus occasional Railway Preservation Society Ireland steam trains also use the line.<\/p>\n

Much of the old D&K is scenically situated along the Irish Sea, yet the electrification masts and wires, combined with sea walls, fences, graffiti and suburban growth can make it difficult to obtain a satisfactory vista with the line.<\/p>\n

In late August, I rode the DART from Tara Street Station to Blackrock, where I exposed these views using my FujiFilm XT1.<\/p>\n

\"My
My train accelerates away from the platform at Blackrock. The modern footbridge makes for a dominant visual element, but also offers a photo platform.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A
A Dublin bound German-built DART train approaches Blackrock. I aimed to feature the terrace houses above the line while minimizing the visually obnoxious elements of catenary and graffiti covered seawalls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"This
This view from the modern footbridge shows the old Blackrock Station. Here soft lighting is a real benefit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"I
I applaud Irish Rail for installing attractive maps near the station. More of this please.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Looking
Looking toward Blackrock station and Dublin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A
A 29000-series diesel multiple-unit approaches Blackrock. I made this view from the public footbridge south of the station. Here the terrace houses make for added interest and a nice compositional element. The Irish Sea is on my left, but there’s a host of ugliness between the railway and the water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here, soft afternoon lighting helped minimize obtrusive elements, but there\u2019s little in the photographs that convey the historic significance of the line.<\/p>\n

The challenge continues . . .<\/p>\n

Tracking the Light offers a daily views\u00a0on railway photography.<\/span><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dublin and Kingstown Railway dates to 1834, which makes it among the earliest steam railways built outside of England. Today the route composes a part of Irish Rail\u2019s electrified Dublin Area Rapid Transit system. Outer suburban and Intercity trains (to Rosslare), plus occasional Railway Preservation Society Ireland steam trains also use the line. Much … Continue reading Tracking the Light on-going Photo Challenge: Ireland\u2019s Oldest Railway<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16586,"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":[10,48],"tags":[3784,3786,3782,3783,1452,19,21],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DART_at_Blackrock_DSCF3651.jpg?fit=2449%2C1633","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4jB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16591"}],"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=16591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16592,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16591\/revisions\/16592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}