{"id":23112,"date":"2018-12-20T08:57:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T13:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=23112"},"modified":"2018-12-20T08:52:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T13:52:41","slug":"irish-rail-232-in-2017-a-201-class-in-fresh-paint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/irish-rail-232-in-2017-a-201-class-in-fresh-paint\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Rail 232 in 2017; A 201-Class in Fresh Paint."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As 2018 draws to a close, I still have three more Irish Class 201 diesel-electrics to feature as part of my on-going 20 year Irish Railways Retrospective!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up in the queue is Irish Rail 232.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In&nbsp;&nbsp;Spring 2017, this was the latest locomotive running around in fresh paint, and I\u2019d made a point of catching on the IWT Liner (Dublin to Ballina, Co. Mayo).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s two views from March 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1732\" height=\"1155\" data-attachment-id=\"23113\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/irish-rail-232-in-2017-a-201-class-in-fresh-paint\/irish_rail_232_iwt_liner_at_stacumni_bridge_dscf1383-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Irish_Rail_232_IWT_liner_at_Stacumni_Bridge_DSCF1383.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155\" data-orig-size=\"1732,1155\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Irish_Rail_232_IWT_liner_at_Stacumni_Bridge_DSCF1383.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Irish_Rail_232_IWT_liner_at_Stacumni_Bridge_DSCF1383.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption>8 March 2017, Irish Rail 232 leads the up-IWT with container pocket wagons viewed from Stacumni Bridge near Hazelhatch in suburban Dublin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1732\" height=\"1155\" data-attachment-id=\"23114\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/irish-rail-232-in-2017-a-201-class-in-fresh-paint\/irish_rail_232_w_iwt_liner_at_gullet_dscf1657\/\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Irish_Rail_232_w_IWT_liner_at_Gullet_DSCF1657.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Irish_Rail_232_w_IWT_liner_at_Gullet_DSCF1657.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Irish_Rail_232_w_IWT_liner_at_Gullet_DSCF1657.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption>The following week I caught 232 with the down IWT Liner roaring up &#8216;The Gullet&#8217; from Memorial Road in Dublin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Daily!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As 2018 draws to a close, I still have three more Irish Class 201 diesel-electrics to feature as part of my on-going 20 year Irish Railways Retrospective! Next up in the queue is Irish Rail 232. In&nbsp;&nbsp;Spring 2017, this was the latest locomotive running around in fresh paint, and I\u2019d made a point of catching &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/irish-rail-232-in-2017-a-201-class-in-fresh-paint\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Irish Rail 232 in 2017; A 201-Class in Fresh Paint.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23113,"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":[4099,1753,897,19,20,21,61,3514],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Irish_Rail_232_IWT_liner_at_Stacumni_Bridge_DSCF1383.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-60M","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23112"}],"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=23112"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23283,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23112\/revisions\/23283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}