{"id":28373,"date":"2019-12-27T14:48:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T19:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=28373"},"modified":"2019-12-27T15:01:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T20:01:47","slug":"colm-ocallaghans-irish-traction-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/colm-ocallaghans-irish-traction-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Colm O\u2019Callaghan\u2019s Irish Traction Book."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My old friend Colm O\u2019Callaghan has recently published his first book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This features a selection of his finest color photos of Irish Rail diesels in action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is information on the book and how to obtain it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Irish-Traction-Iarnr\u00f3d-Colm-OCallaghan\/dp\/1445688441\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3IBT62VUXEKCA&amp;keywords=irish+traction&amp;qid=1577407995&amp;sprefix=%2Caps%2C195&amp;sr=8-1\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Irish-Traction-Iarnr\u00f3d-Colm-OCallaghan\/dp\/1445688441\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3IBT62VUXEKCA&amp;keywords=irish+traction&amp;qid=1577407995&amp;sprefix=%2Caps%2C195&amp;sr=8-1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookdepository.com\/Irish-Traction--Iarnrod-Eireann\/9781445688442\">https:\/\/www.bookdepository.com\/Irish-Traction&#8211;Iarnrod-Eireann\/9781445688442<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28374\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/colm-ocallaghans-irish-traction-book\/colm_on_31may2003_w_class_46_crewebriansolomon_666211\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm_on_31May2003_w_Class_46_Crewe\u00a9BrianSolomon_666211.jpg?fit=2634%2C4128\" data-orig-size=\"2634,4128\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Colm_on_31May2003_w_Class_46_Crewe\u00a9BrianSolomon_666211\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm_on_31May2003_w_Class_46_Crewe\u00a9BrianSolomon_666211.jpg?fit=452%2C709\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm_on_31May2003_w_Class_46_Crewe\u00a9BrianSolomon_666211.jpg?fit=474%2C743\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm_on_31May2003_w_Class_46_Crewe\u00a9BrianSolomon_666211.jpg?resize=474%2C743\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28374\" width=\"474\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm_on_31May2003_w_Class_46_Crewe\u00a9BrianSolomon_666211.jpg?w=2634 2634w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm_on_31May2003_w_Class_46_Crewe\u00a9BrianSolomon_666211.jpg?resize=96%2C150 96w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm_on_31May2003_w_Class_46_Crewe\u00a9BrianSolomon_666211.jpg?resize=452%2C709 452w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm_on_31May2003_w_Class_46_Crewe\u00a9BrianSolomon_666211.jpg?resize=652%2C1022 652w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm_on_31May2003_w_Class_46_Crewe\u00a9BrianSolomon_666211.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm_on_31May2003_w_Class_46_Crewe\u00a9BrianSolomon_666211.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>I exposed this photo of Colm on his 46<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0birthday standing along side a British Class 46 diesel at a Crewe open house. At the time I was working with Contax G2 rangefinder loaded with Fujichrome Sensia II (100 ISO).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"260\" data-attachment-id=\"28375\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/colm-ocallaghans-irish-traction-book\/colm-the-postman-p1030388\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm-the-postman-P1030388.jpg?fit=3576%2C1961\" data-orig-size=\"3576,1961\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Colm-the-postman-P1030388\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm-the-postman-P1030388.jpg?fit=709%2C389\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm-the-postman-P1030388.jpg?fit=474%2C260\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm-the-postman-P1030388.jpg?resize=474%2C260\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm-the-postman-P1030388.jpg?w=3576 3576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm-the-postman-P1030388.jpg?resize=205%2C112 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm-the-postman-P1030388.jpg?resize=709%2C389 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm-the-postman-P1030388.jpg?resize=1022%2C560 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm-the-postman-P1030388.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm-the-postman-P1030388.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Colm recently retired after many years working for An Post, the Irish postal service. About ten years ago, I made this view of Colm and his famous green van on the South Circular Road in Dublin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#39a300;color:#ffffff;text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color has-background\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Daily!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My old friend Colm O\u2019Callaghan has recently published his first book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","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":[6081,6082,21,7536],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Colm_on_31May2003_w_Class_46_Crewe\u00a9BrianSolomon_666211.jpg?fit=2634%2C4128","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-7nD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28373"}],"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=28373"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28377,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28373\/revisions\/28377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}