{"id":16875,"date":"2016-10-08T05:39:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T09:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=16875"},"modified":"2016-10-05T11:48:08","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T15:48:08","slug":"irish-rail-2616-at-kent-station-two-views-17-years-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/irish-rail-2616-at-kent-station-two-views-17-years-apart\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Rail 2616 at Kent Station-Two Views 17 Years Apart."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a variation on the then-and-now theme. The same rail car, with the same semaphores, on the same track, but viewed more than 17 years apart!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16874\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16874\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16874\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/irish-rail-2616-at-kent-station-two-views-17-years-apart\/irish_rail_2600_kent_station_cork_1999_briansolomon2016-587122\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_Kent_Station_Cork_1999_BrianSolomon\u00a92016-587122.jpg?fit=1733%2C1154\" data-orig-size=\"1733,1154\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;LS-5000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1463579806&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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"irish_rail_2600_kent_station_cork_1999_briansolomon2016-587122\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Irish Rail 2616 at Kent Station, Cork in August 1999. Exposed with a Nikon on Fujichrome Sensia II. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_Kent_Station_Cork_1999_BrianSolomon\u00a92016-587122.jpg?fit=709%2C472\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_Kent_Station_Cork_1999_BrianSolomon\u00a92016-587122.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16874\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_Kent_Station_Cork_1999_BrianSolomon\u00a92016-587122.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"Irish Rail 2616 at Kent Station, Cork in August 1999. Exposed with a Nikon on Fujichrome Sensia II. \" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_Kent_Station_Cork_1999_BrianSolomon\u00a92016-587122.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_Kent_Station_Cork_1999_BrianSolomon\u00a92016-587122.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_Kent_Station_Cork_1999_BrianSolomon\u00a92016-587122.jpg?resize=709%2C472 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_Kent_Station_Cork_1999_BrianSolomon\u00a92016-587122.jpg?w=1733 1733w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_Kent_Station_Cork_1999_BrianSolomon\u00a92016-587122.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_Kent_Station_Cork_1999_BrianSolomon\u00a92016-587122.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Irish Rail 2616 at Kent Station, Cork in August 1999. Exposed with a Nikon on Fujichrome Sensia II.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16873\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16873\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16873\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/irish-rail-2616-at-kent-station-two-views-17-years-apart\/irish_rail_2600_w_semaphores_cork_dscf5139\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_w_semaphores_Cork_DSCF5139.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155\" data-orig-size=\"1732,1155\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1475391188&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;116.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"irish_rail_2600_w_semaphores_cork_dscf5139\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Same railcar, same spot, exposed on Sunday 2 October 2016 using a Fujifilm X-T1 digital camera. Who would have thought back in 1999 that those mechanical semaphores would still be in place!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_w_semaphores_Cork_DSCF5139.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_w_semaphores_Cork_DSCF5139.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16873\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_w_semaphores_Cork_DSCF5139.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"Same railcar, same spot, exposed on Sunday 2 October 2016 using a Fujifilm X-T1 digital camera. Who would have thought back in 1999 that those mechanical semaphores would still be in place!\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_w_semaphores_Cork_DSCF5139.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_w_semaphores_Cork_DSCF5139.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_w_semaphores_Cork_DSCF5139.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_w_semaphores_Cork_DSCF5139.jpg?w=1732 1732w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_w_semaphores_Cork_DSCF5139.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_w_semaphores_Cork_DSCF5139.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Same railcar, same spot, exposed on Sunday 2 October 2016 using a Fujifilm X-T1 digital camera. Who would have thought back in 1999 that those mechanical semaphores would still be in place!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Only see one photo? Well you&#8217;ll need to visit <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2016\/10\/05\/irish-rail-2616-\u2026s-17-years-apart\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tracking the Light<\/a>&#8216;s original post to get the comparison. Click on the link below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2016\/10\/05\/irish-rail-2616-\u2026s-17-years-apart\/\" target=\"_blank\">irish-rail-2616-at-kent-station-two-views-17-years-apart<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"sample-permalink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=16875&amp;preview=true\" target=\"wp-preview-16875\">http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2016\/10\/05\/<span id=\"editable-post-name\">irish-rail-2616-\u2026s-17-years-apart<\/span>\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tracking the Light attempts to post new material every day.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>(Even when the WiFi doesn&#8217;t work, and Brian Solomon is sitting atop a bus en route to someplace with WiFi that does work. Just saying&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a variation on the then-and-now theme. The same rail car, with the same semaphores, on the same track, but viewed more than 17 years apart! Only see one photo? Well you&#8217;ll need to visit Tracking the Light&#8216;s original post to get the comparison. Click on the link below. irish-rail-2616-at-kent-station-two-views-17-years-apart http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2016\/10\/05\/irish-rail-2616-\u2026s-17-years-apart\/ Tracking the Light attempts &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/irish-rail-2616-at-kent-station-two-views-17-years-apart\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Irish Rail 2616 at Kent Station-Two Views 17 Years Apart.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16873,"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":[650,21,2389,1401],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Irish_Rail_2600_w_semaphores_Cork_DSCF5139.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4ob","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16875"}],"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=16875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16876,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16875\/revisions\/16876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}