{"id":24190,"date":"2019-03-06T02:42:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T07:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=24190"},"modified":"2019-03-06T06:40:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T11:40:42","slug":"clontarf-road-irish-rails-tara-mines-freight-on-the-move-in-the-fog-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/clontarf-road-irish-rails-tara-mines-freight-on-the-move-in-the-fog-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Clontarf Road: Irish Rail\u2019s Tara Mines freight on the Move in the Fog at Night."},"content":{"rendered":"\n


Irish Rail moves zinc ore from Tara Mines in Navan to the port of Dublin on weekdays. The trains are short and relatively heavy. Owing to restrictions on trackage serving the mine Irish Rail always assigns the General Motors 071 diesels to this run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, 27 March 2019, Jay Monaghan and I met on the station platforms at Clontarf Road on Dublin\u2019s north side specifically to catch the laden Tara mines passing in the gloom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A thick wintery fog made for a dose of extra gloom just for good meaure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made a variety of test exposures of passing DART trains (Dublin Area Rapid Transit electric suburban service) and got into position for the Main Event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drumming of an EMD 12-645 diesel announced the arrival of the evening\u2019s freight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made a series of photos Working with my Lumix LX7 digital camera (with ISO racked up to 800), and a Nikon F3 fitted with f1.8 105mm lens and Ilford HP5 film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Irish Rail 086 with Tara on film: Ilford HP5 with a Nikon F3 and f1.8 105mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lumix LX7 set at ISO800<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lumix LX7 set at ISO800 and panned a little bit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lumix LX7 set at ISO800<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Irish Rail 086 with Tara on film: Ilford HP5 with a Nikon F3 and f1.8 105mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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