{"id":17944,"date":"2017-02-21T05:01:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T10:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=17944"},"modified":"2017-02-21T09:24:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T14:24:29","slug":"view-from-st-johns-castle-limerick-i-photographed-a-train-by-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/view-from-st-johns-castle-limerick-i-photographed-a-train-by-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"View from King John\u2019s Castle, Limerick\u2014I photographed a train by accident."},"content":{"rendered":"

Standing upon the wall of King\u00a0John\u2019s Castle in Limerick, I made this photograph looking in a northerly direction.<\/p>\n

I\u00a0found\u00a0that I could just see the\u00a0top of Irish Rail\u2019s bridge on the Limerick-Ennis Line (top right). (Not to be confused with the prominent non-rail spans over the River Shannon at the top left).<\/p>\n

I was about to consult my phone to see when the next train was scheduled, when I noticed a Ennis-Limerick railcar rolling toward Colbert Station. \u2018Poor timing\u2019 I thought, \u2018I\u2019ve just missed a train.\u2019<\/p>\n

No, actually the timing was perfect. So perfect in fact I didn\u2019t even know I\u2019d caught the train until I inspected my results later in the day.<\/p>\n

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The old castle walls offer a commanding view of the Shannon. If you look carefully immediately\u00a0to the left of\u00a0 church, you might just notice a two-piece Irish Rail silver and green railcar crossing a green bridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Here’s an enlargement of the image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wait! You don\u2019t believe me do you? Admit it, you think I sat upon that wall in anticipation, all the while poised waiting for the train to appear!<\/p>\n

As they say in Philadelphia, \u2018Uh uh.\u2019<\/p>\n

Next time, I’ll bring a big telephoto lens.<\/p>\n

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Standing upon the wall of King\u00a0John\u2019s Castle in Limerick, I made this photograph looking in a northerly direction. I\u00a0found\u00a0that I could just see the\u00a0top of Irish Rail\u2019s bridge on the Limerick-Ennis Line (top right). (Not to be confused with the prominent non-rail spans over the River Shannon at the top left). I was about to … Continue reading View from King John\u2019s Castle, Limerick\u2014I photographed a train by accident.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17943,"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":true,"_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":[4077,4078,2950,21,2034,320],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Irish_Rail_2800_viewed_from_castle_P1590088.jpg?fit=1731%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4Fq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17944"}],"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=17944"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17954,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17944\/revisions\/17954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}