{"id":21473,"date":"2018-06-24T06:32:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T10:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=21473"},"modified":"2018-06-20T09:42:41","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T13:42:41","slug":"navy-blue-irish-rail-216-for-belmonds-grand-hibernian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/navy-blue-irish-rail-216-for-belmonds-grand-hibernian\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy Blue\u2014Irish Rail 216 for Belmond\u2019s Grand Hibernian."},"content":{"rendered":"

In my earlier 216 post I pictured Irish Rail 216 in its ordinary paint liveries, before it was specially adorned for service on the Belmond Grand Hibernian <\/em>cruise train in 2016.<\/p>\n

This post features 216 in fancy dress.<\/p>\n

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Off season, 216 will work other services. It is seen arriving at Kent Station in Cork with a Mark4 set from Dublin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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216 looks best on a bright sunny day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The slightest change in colour balance will dramatically alter the tint of Belmond’s navy, making this train unusually challenging to picture accurately. It is seen passing Islandbridge on a sunny Sunday morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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216 up close. Unfortunately the navy colour tends to show dirt and grime more readily than other liveries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I wonder, with all the attention now paid to 216, has this become the <\/em>most pictured of the 201 class diesels?<\/p>\n

The Grand Hibernian is among the trains featured in my book: Brian Solomon\u2019s Railway Guide to Europe<\/a>, now available from the Kalmbach Hobby Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/kalmbachhobbystore.com\/product\/book\/01304<\/a><\/p>\n

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In my earlier 216 post I pictured Irish Rail 216 in its ordinary paint liveries, before it was specially adorned for service on the Belmond Grand Hibernian cruise train in 2016. This post features 216 in fancy dress. I wonder, with all the attention now paid to 216, has this become the most pictured of … Continue reading Navy Blue\u2014Irish Rail 216 for Belmond\u2019s Grand Hibernian.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21475,"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":[4588,3781,3779,897,20,21],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Irish_Rail_216_in_Belmond_navy_1-DSCF9610.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5Al","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21473"}],"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=21473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21478,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21473\/revisions\/21478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}