{"id":23919,"date":"2019-02-11T14:17:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T19:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=23919"},"modified":"2019-02-11T14:13:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T19:13:48","slug":"steam-and-semaphores-another-vintage-view-at-killucan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/steam-and-semaphores-another-vintage-view-at-killucan\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam and Semaphores: Another Vintage View at Killucan."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u2014Not seeing semaphores? Click the link to <em>Tracking the Light<\/em>  to get the full view and story\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made this vertical (portrait) view of a driver&#8217;s training special on Irish Rail\u2019s Sligo Line at Killucan back in April 2003<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Railway Preservation Society of Ireland tank engine No 4 had run around its train at Killucan and then received the signal to reverse back on the main road (line). The driver had opened the regulator (throttle) and the engine had begun to move when I released the shutter, framing the engine in a cloud of its own effluence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"741\" data-attachment-id=\"23920\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/steam-and-semaphores-another-vintage-view-at-killucan\/rpsi_no4_at_killucan_cabin_15april2003-1_briansolomon_538399\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/RPSI_No4_at_Killucan_Cabin_15April2003-1_BrianSolomon_538399.jpg?fit=823%2C1287\" data-orig-size=\"823,1287\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The semaphores were removed in conjunction with Irish Rail\u2019s conversion of the Sligo line to operation using Mini CTC signaling during 2005, a change that closed Killucan cabin, among other classic signal cabins on the route.<\/p>\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>[Click on Tracking the Light to see the full view and 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