{"id":16650,"date":"2016-09-10T05:51:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T09:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=16650"},"modified":"2016-09-10T11:00:47","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T15:00:47","slug":"cover-of-the-southern-steam-2017-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/cover-of-the-southern-steam-2017-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover of the Southern Steam\u20142017 Calendar."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My photo of Railway Preservation Society of Ireland\u2019s engine number \u00a04 appears on the cover of this year\u2019s Southern Steam Calendar.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16649\" style=\"width: 2285px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16649\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/cover-of-the-southern-steam-2017-calendar\/2017_calendar_cover_no4_pearse_brian_solomon_331070\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2017_Calendar_cover_No4_Pearse_\u00a9Brian_Solomon_331070.jpg?fit=2285%2C1638\" data-orig-size=\"2285,1638\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2017_calendar_cover_no4_pearse_brian_solomon_331070\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;RPSI\u2019s former Northern Counties Commission engine number 4 works toward Pearse Station Dublin on 18 Dec 2010. The cool dry conditions combined with a rare blanket of Irish snow made for a classic view of RPSI\u2019s Santa Train. I exposed this view digitally using my Canon EOS-7D.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2017_Calendar_cover_No4_Pearse_\u00a9Brian_Solomon_331070.jpg?fit=709%2C508\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2017_Calendar_cover_No4_Pearse_\u00a9Brian_Solomon_331070.jpg?fit=474%2C340\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16649\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2017_Calendar_cover_No4_Pearse_\u00a9Brian_Solomon_331070.jpg?resize=474%2C340\" alt=\"RPSI\u2019s former Northern Counties Commission engine number 4 works toward Pearse Station Dublin on 18 Dec 2010. The cool dry conditions combined with a rare blanket of Irish snow made for a classic view of RPSI\u2019s Santa Train. I exposed this view digitally using my Canon EOS-7D.\" width=\"474\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2017_Calendar_cover_No4_Pearse_\u00a9Brian_Solomon_331070.jpg?w=2285 2285w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2017_Calendar_cover_No4_Pearse_\u00a9Brian_Solomon_331070.jpg?resize=205%2C147 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2017_Calendar_cover_No4_Pearse_\u00a9Brian_Solomon_331070.jpg?resize=709%2C508 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2017_Calendar_cover_No4_Pearse_\u00a9Brian_Solomon_331070.jpg?resize=1022%2C733 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2017_Calendar_cover_No4_Pearse_\u00a9Brian_Solomon_331070.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2017_Calendar_cover_No4_Pearse_\u00a9Brian_Solomon_331070.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RPSI\u2019s former Northern Counties Commission engine number 4 works toward Pearse Station Dublin on 18 Dec 2010. The cool dry conditions combined with a rare blanket of Irish snow made for a classic view of RPSI\u2019s Santa Train. I exposed this view digitally using my Canon EOS-7D.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The calendar features the work of a dozen of Ireland\u2019s most talented railway photographers. It is arranged to display one large photo per month.<\/p>\n<p>My view here has been specially cropped for display on Tracking the Light. The calendar displays a larger version of this image.<\/p>\n<p>Southern Steam has been produced by my friends Kevin Meany and Ken Fox for the charity Pieta House\u2014Centre of Prevention of Suicide Or Self-Harm.<\/p>\n<p>Southern Steam\u20142017 is available in Ireland with proceeds going to the charity. If you are interested is obtaining a copy of the calendar please contact Ken Fox at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/&lt;railwaymad@hotmail.com&gt;\" target=\"_blank\">&lt;railwaymad@hotmail.com&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or Kevin Meany at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:kevinmeanydisplays@gmail.com\">kevinmeanydisplays@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Pieta House see the charity\u2019s website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pieta.ie\">www.pieta.ie<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tracking the Light posts EVERY day.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My photo of Railway Preservation Society of Ireland\u2019s engine number \u00a04 appears on the cover of this year\u2019s Southern Steam Calendar. The calendar features the work of a dozen of Ireland\u2019s most talented railway photographers. It is arranged to display one large photo per month. My view here has been specially cropped for display on &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/cover-of-the-southern-steam-2017-calendar\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cover of the Southern Steam\u20142017 Calendar.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16649,"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":[3797,3796,7535,2916,64],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2017_Calendar_cover_No4_Pearse_\u00a9Brian_Solomon_331070.jpg?fit=2285%2C1638","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4ky","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16650"}],"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=16650"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16678,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16650\/revisions\/16678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}