{"id":2777,"date":"2013-06-22T17:15:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-22T21:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=2777"},"modified":"2013-06-22T17:13:05","modified_gmt":"2013-06-22T21:13:05","slug":"mrsi-excursion-at-ferrycarrig-county-wexford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/mrsi-excursion-at-ferrycarrig-county-wexford\/","title":{"rendered":"MRSI Excursion at Ferrycarrig, County Wexford."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Irish Rail 080 leads preserved Mark II carriages.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2762\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?attachment_id=2762\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2762\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2762\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/mrsi-excursion-at-ferrycarrig-county-wexford\/ferrycarrig-co-wex-mrsi-special-080-13-may-2006-brian-solomon-940137\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Ferrycarrig-Co-Wex-MRSI-special-080-13-May-2006-Brian-Solomon-940137.jpg?fit=900%2C568\" data-orig-size=\"900,568\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ferrycarrig Co Wex MRSI special 080  13 May 2006 Brian Solomon  940137\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ferrycarrig, County Wexford.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;MRSI Excursion at Ferrycarrig, County Wexford. Exposed with my Nikon F3T and 180mm lens with Fujichrome slide film. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Ferrycarrig-Co-Wex-MRSI-special-080-13-May-2006-Brian-Solomon-940137.jpg?fit=709%2C447\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Ferrycarrig-Co-Wex-MRSI-special-080-13-May-2006-Brian-Solomon-940137.jpg?fit=474%2C299\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2762\" alt=\"Railway excursion in Ireland.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Ferrycarrig-Co-Wex-MRSI-special-080-13-May-2006-Brian-Solomon-940137.jpg?resize=474%2C299\" width=\"474\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Ferrycarrig-Co-Wex-MRSI-special-080-13-May-2006-Brian-Solomon-940137.jpg?w=900 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Ferrycarrig-Co-Wex-MRSI-special-080-13-May-2006-Brian-Solomon-940137.jpg?resize=205%2C129 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Ferrycarrig-Co-Wex-MRSI-special-080-13-May-2006-Brian-Solomon-940137.jpg?resize=709%2C447 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Ferrycarrig-Co-Wex-MRSI-special-080-13-May-2006-Brian-Solomon-940137.jpg?resize=475%2C300 475w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Ferrycarrig-Co-Wex-MRSI-special-080-13-May-2006-Brian-Solomon-940137.jpg?resize=200%2C125 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MRSI Excursion at <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Ferrycarrig Park\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ferrycarrig_Park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Ferrycarrig<\/a>, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"County Wexford\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=52.5,-6.75&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=52.5,-6.75 (County%20Wexford)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">County Wexford<\/a>. Exposed with my Nikon F3T and 180mm lens with Fujichrome slide film.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At noon on May 13, 2006, David Hegarty and I photographed this <a href=\"www.modernrsi.webs.com\/\u200e\" target=\"_blank\">Modern Railway Society Ireland<\/a> special exiting the tunnel at Ferrycarrig, County Wexford on the old Dublin &amp; South Eastern Railway. The gorse lined tunnel made for an unusually scenic view. My notes from the day indicate that driver Ray Collins was at the throttle.<\/p>\n<p>We followed the train, catching it again on the South Wexford line near Robbinstown, and later in the day between Waterford and Carrick-on-Suir at <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Fiddown\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=52.33038,-7.31415&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=52.33038,-7.31415 (Fiddown)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Fiddown<\/a>, then one last time at Nicholastown Gates. It wasn\u2019t the brightest day in Ireland, but that didn\u2019t stop us for making some memorable images.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.modernrsi.webs.com\/\u200e\" target=\"_blank\">www.modernrsi.webs.com\/\u200e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_c.png?w=474\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Irish Rail 080 leads preserved Mark II carriages. At noon on May 13, 2006, David Hegarty and I photographed this Modern Railway Society Ireland special exiting the tunnel at Ferrycarrig, County Wexford on the old Dublin &amp; South Eastern Railway. The gorse lined tunnel made for an unusually scenic view. My notes from the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/mrsi-excursion-at-ferrycarrig-county-wexford\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MRSI Excursion at Ferrycarrig, County Wexford.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[4537,948,947,574,179,19,43,946,7535,182,20,21,45,945],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-IN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777"}],"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=2777"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2917,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777\/revisions\/2917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}