{"id":20713,"date":"2018-03-24T10:25:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T14:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=20713"},"modified":"2018-03-24T10:06:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T14:06:21","slug":"rpsis-the-midlander-in-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/rpsis-the-midlander-in-colour\/","title":{"rendered":"RPSI’s The Midlander in Colour."},"content":{"rendered":"

As a follow-up to my black & white posts: On Sunday, 18 March 2018, I also worked with my two digital cameras to expose a few choice photographs of Railway Preservation Society of Ireland\u2019s The Midlander<\/em> on its run from Connolly Station Dublin to Maynooth.<\/p>\n

Also see:\u00a0https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5nz<\/a><\/p>\n

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Telephoto view at Connolly. This is a colour photograph, but has the contrast and texture of a black & white image. Are the red signals an improvement or a distraction?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Looking back at the train from tank engine number 4.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Irish Rail 073 in heritage paint brought the RPSI train over from Inchicore Works to Connolly Station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Engine No. 4 hauled the excursion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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An NI Railways CAF train arrives at Connolly substituting for the normal Enterprise set.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Approaching Glasnevin Junction in Dublin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Working the Midland route toward Maynooth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Running around at Maynooth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Number 4 with its admirers at Maynooth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My new book ‘Brian Solomon’s Railway Guide to Europe features RPSI trains in its section on Ireland.<\/p>\n

This is due out in May 2018 and may be pre-ordered from Kalmbach Books:\u00a0https:\/\/kalmbachhobbystore.com<\/a><\/p>\n

For details on \u00a0RPSI and passenger excursions see:\u00a0https:\/\/www.steamtrainsireland.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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

As a follow-up to my black & white posts: On Sunday, 18 March 2018, I also worked with my two digital cameras to expose a few choice photographs of Railway Preservation Society of Ireland\u2019s The Midlander on its run from Connolly Station Dublin to Maynooth. Also see:\u00a0https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5nz My new book ‘Brian Solomon’s Railway Guide to … Continue reading RPSI’s The Midlander in Colour.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20703,"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":[4609,4139,19,20,64],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/RPSI_4_at_Maynooth_DSCF5643.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5o5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20713"}],"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=20713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20714,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20713\/revisions\/20714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}