{"id":2186,"date":"2013-04-18T05:31:37","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T09:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2014-03-24T11:09:05","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T15:09:05","slug":"irish-rail-september-3-2005-185-and-134-work-the-ballina-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/irish-rail-september-3-2005-185-and-134-work-the-ballina-branch\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Rail September 3, 2005; 185 and 134 work the Ballina Branch."},"content":{"rendered":"

Mixed Pair Near <\/strong><\/span>Foxford, County Mayo<\/span><\/a><\/strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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On the afternoon of September 3, 2005, I made this photo of vintage General Motors diesels working Irish Rail\u2019s Ballina Branch train. The train was working from its connection at Manulla Junction<\/a> to the north-end of the branch at Ballina. While mixed pairs of class 121 and class 141\/181 diesels wasn\u2019t unheard of, by 2005 it was a rare event.\u00a0 Irish Rail\u2019s 071 class General Motors diesels were more common.<\/p>\n

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Today, the branch passenger service is the domain of railcars. Gone too are the old steam heated Cravens carriages.<\/p>\n

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Exposed with Nikon F3 fitted with a Nikkor f2.8 24mm. Fuji Sensia 100 slide film.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was working with a pair of Nikon F3s (my old F3T and a F3HP). On one I had a Tokina 400mm lens, on the other a Nikkor f2.8 24mm. Both photographs were exposed on Fuji Sensia 100 slide film and scanned.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be presenting my illustrated talk \u201cIreland through American Eyes 1998-2008 My first Decade in Ireland\u201d to the\u00a0London area Irish Railway Record Society\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0this evening (April 18, 2013)\u00a0<\/strong>at 7pm, .<\/b><\/p>\n

The program begins at 1900 (7pm) upstairs at the Exmouth Arms, 1 Starcross Street, LONDON NW1, (advertised as a 5 minute walk from London\u2019s Euston station). A nominal donation of \u00a33.50 is asked of non-IRRS members (members \u00a32.50)<\/p>\n

For more on the IRRS see:\u00a0http:\/\/www.irrs.ie\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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