{"id":25908,"date":"2019-03-19T04:43:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T08:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=25908"},"modified":"2019-03-19T08:53:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T12:53:24","slug":"freight-in-the-mist-irish-rail-082-leads-containers-in-co-roscommon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/freight-in-the-mist-irish-rail-082-leads-containers-in-co-roscommon\/","title":{"rendered":"Freight in the Mist; Irish Rail 082 Leads Containers in Co. Roscommon."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Brian Solomon Publishing&#8217;s Tracking the Light rail-photo blog post photos and stories daily with feeds to Facebook, Twitter and Tumbler. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Irish Rail\u2019s old Midland Great Western line to Westport follows a rock and roll profile as it works its way across the Midlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is one of Ireland\u2019s busiest freight routes which handles both container and timber traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On misty March afternoon we waited at quiet overpass at Slieve located north of the River Suck (yes, that\u2019s its name) in rural county Roscommon railway-west of the old station at Donamon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019d traveled from Dublin with brothers Paul and Jay Monaghan, I navigated and helped locate this photo location. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25909\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/freight-in-the-mist-irish-rail-082-leads-containers-in-co-roscommon\/irish_rail_082_with_down_iwt_liner_at_slieve_donamon_co_roscommon_dscf3324\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Irish_Rail_082_with_down_IWT_Liner_at_Slieve_Donamon_Co_Roscommon_DSCF3324.jpg?fit=1287%2C858\" data-orig-size=\"1287,858\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1552056809&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;90&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Irish_Rail_082_with_down_IWT_Liner_at_Slieve_Donamon_Co_Roscommon_DSCF3324\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Irish_Rail_082_with_down_IWT_Liner_at_Slieve_Donamon_Co_Roscommon_DSCF3324.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Irish_Rail_082_with_down_IWT_Liner_at_Slieve_Donamon_Co_Roscommon_DSCF3324.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Irish_Rail_082_with_down_IWT_Liner_at_Slieve_Donamon_Co_Roscommon_DSCF3324.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25909\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Irish_Rail_082_with_down_IWT_Liner_at_Slieve_Donamon_Co_Roscommon_DSCF3324.jpg?w=1287 1287w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Irish_Rail_082_with_down_IWT_Liner_at_Slieve_Donamon_Co_Roscommon_DSCF3324.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Irish_Rail_082_with_down_IWT_Liner_at_Slieve_Donamon_Co_Roscommon_DSCF3324.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Irish_Rail_082_with_down_IWT_Liner_at_Slieve_Donamon_Co_Roscommon_DSCF3324.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Irish_Rail_082_with_down_IWT_Liner_at_Slieve_Donamon_Co_Roscommon_DSCF3324.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The roar of Irish 082 could be heard for miles before it came into view leading the down IWT Liner that runs between Dublin and Ballina Co. 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