{"id":18050,"date":"2017-03-15T06:02:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T10:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=18050"},"modified":"2017-03-15T09:09:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T13:09:55","slug":"sunny-day-on-the-bog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/sunny-day-on-the-bog\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunny Day on the Bog."},"content":{"rendered":"

Bord na Mona (Irish peat board) operates an extensive network of narrow gauge industrial railways in the Irish midlands.<\/p>\n

It has been nearly two years since I last explored this fascinating diminutive railway in action.<\/p>\n

It helps to have the sun to photograph Bord na Mona, as the bog can be outright dreary on a dull wet day.<\/p>\n

The sun seemed to have emerged from the lingering blanket of dampness that lately has prevailed across Ireland, so\u00a0Denis McCabe and I made a foray to Shannonbridge, County Offaly location of the busiest Bord na Mona railway operation.<\/p>\n

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A laden Bord na Mona train clatters across the bog on the way to Shannonbridge, Co. Offaly. Exposed digitally using my FujiFilm X-T1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This side view offers an interesting perspective on the locomotive and laden peat wagons. Exposed digitally using my FujiFilm X-T1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bord na Mona trains come clattering along, often running in pairs or groups, but patience is often needed to find trains on the move.<\/p>\n

Check out Tracking the Light\u2019s archives for previous posts on the Bord na Mona.<\/p>\n

Further Adventures with Irish Narrow Gauge.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bord na Mona\u2019s Ash Train<\/a><\/p>\n

Tracking the Light Posts Daily.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bord na Mona (Irish peat board) operates an extensive network of narrow gauge industrial railways in the Irish midlands. It has been nearly two years since I last explored this fascinating diminutive railway in action. It helps to have the sun to photograph Bord na Mona, as the bog can be outright dreary on a … Continue reading Sunny Day on the Bog.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18048,"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":[],"tags":[4537,1164,318,20,1165],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Bord_na_Mona_laden_train_near_Blackwater_DSCF1550.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4H8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18050"}],"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=18050"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18104,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18050\/revisions\/18104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}