{"id":22554,"date":"2018-10-17T05:49:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T09:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=22554"},"modified":"2018-10-17T04:52:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T08:52:46","slug":"rails-along-the-river-slaney-killurin-county-wexford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/rails-along-the-river-slaney-killurin-county-wexford\/","title":{"rendered":"Rails along the River Slaney\u2014Killurin, County Wexford."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Irish Rail&#8217;s line from Dublin to Rosslare hugs the River Slaney north of Wexford town.<\/p>\n<p>On our exploration of disused lines in county Wexford, Ken Fox, Donncha Cronin and I made a short detour to photography the &#8216;Up-Rosslare&#8217; at Killurin as it ran along the west bank of the Slaney.<\/p>\n<p>This is a pretty part of the line, and a place I hadn&#8217;t explored in almost a decade.<\/p>\n<p>The last time I&#8217;d made a photo here, it was a 141-class diesel hauling the then &#8216;new&#8217; weedsprayer. That wasn&#8217;t yesterday!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22551\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22551\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4876.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22551\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/rosslare-dublin_train_at_killurin_co_wexford_dscf4876\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4876.jpg?fit=3464%2C2309\" data-orig-size=\"3464,2309\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4876\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4876.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4876.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22551\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4876.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4876.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4876.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4876.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4876.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4876.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Telephoto view at Killurin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22552\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22552\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4889.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22552\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/rosslare-dublin_train_at_killurin_co_wexford_dscf4889\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4889.jpg?fit=3464%2C2309\" data-orig-size=\"3464,2309\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4889\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4889.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4889.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22552\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4889.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4889.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4889.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4889.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4889.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_DSCF4889.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the Slaney bridge at Killurin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22553\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_-1_DSCF4898.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22553\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/rosslare-dublin_train_at_killurin_co_wexford_-1_dscf4898\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_-1_DSCF4898.jpg?fit=4896%2C3264\" data-orig-size=\"4896,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_-1_DSCF4898\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_-1_DSCF4898.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_-1_DSCF4898.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22553\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_-1_DSCF4898.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_-1_DSCF4898.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_-1_DSCF4898.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_-1_DSCF4898.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_-1_DSCF4898.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_-1_DSCF4898.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This trailing view reminds me of Maine Central&#8217;s Rockland Branch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These images were made with my FujiFilm XT1 with 18-135mm zoom, files adjusted for contrast and exposure in Lightroom.<\/p>\n<p>Tracking the Light posts every day!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irish Rail&#8217;s line from Dublin to Rosslare hugs the River Slaney north of Wexford town. On our exploration of disused lines in county Wexford, Ken Fox, Donncha Cronin and I made a short detour to photography the &#8216;Up-Rosslare&#8217; at Killurin as it ran along the west bank of the Slaney. This is a pretty part &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/rails-along-the-river-slaney-killurin-county-wexford\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rails along the River Slaney\u2014Killurin, County Wexford.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22556,"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":[4953,4537,4952,4122,7535,21],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rosslare-Dublin_train_at_Killurin_Co_Wexford_-1_DSCF4898-1.jpg?fit=4896%2C3264","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5RM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22554"}],"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=22554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22555,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22554\/revisions\/22555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}