{"id":24213,"date":"2019-03-07T05:39:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T10:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=24213"},"modified":"2019-03-07T05:39:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T10:39:03","slug":"irish-rail-quad-track-at-lucan-south%e2%80%91sun-cloud-and-trains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/irish-rail-quad-track-at-lucan-south%e2%80%91sun-cloud-and-trains\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Rail Quad Track at Lucan South\u2011Sun, Cloud and Trains!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


Irish Rail makes good use of its quad track on the Cork Line in southwest suburban Dublin. Fast Intercity trains overtake slower moving all-stops passenger trains and the occasional freight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other day Colm O\u2019Callaghan and I spent sometime documenting the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sky was a tapestry of clouds with spells bright blue sky. In other words a typical Irish afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made these views with my FujiFilm XT1 and 27mm pancake lens. Since top speed for passenger trains is 100 mph\/160 kmph, I set the camera to 1\/1000 second to freeze the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the digital photos I made a few select views on Fujichrome Provia with my old Nikon N90S and 135mm lens. Those remain in the camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Irish Rail ICRs work the Dublin-Westport train on the ‘down slow’ line.

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A few minutes later a similar consist races by on the ‘down fast’ line. (Outside tracks are designated ‘fast’, inside tracks ‘slow’. Signaling is set up for directional running.

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It was overcast when Irish Rail 218 raced by with a Mark4 set for Kent Station, Cork.

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Speaking of Cork, I was on the phone to a Tracking the Light reader there when this ICR set with the new ‘blue doors’ worked up-road on the ‘up-slow’ (Up is toward Dublin; Down is away from Dublin). Previously I’ve reported on the change to Irish Rail’s ICRs with the addition of blue doors in place of green. I described these as ‘purple’ (they still look purple to me, but I’ve been informed the color is ‘blue’.)

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Trailing view of a Cork-Dublin train on the ‘Up fas’ line.’ Nice burst of sunlight!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Irish Rail 088 leads K803 (Ballina to Dublin North Wall IWT Liner) on the ‘Up Slow Line’.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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