{"id":31561,"date":"2021-07-13T08:02:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T12:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=31561"},"modified":"2021-07-13T08:02:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T12:02:08","slug":"sligo-timber-at-enfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/sligo-timber-at-enfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Sligo Timber at Enfield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I made thousands of photos of Irish Rail operations on Fujichrome Sensia II (100 ISO). Typically, I had the film processed at Photocare on Abbey Street in Dublin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this photo, exposed on a summer Saturday, Irish Rail class 071 number 083 roars up-road at Enfield with a laden timber train. The signalman hands the staff to the driver.  The staff authorized the train movement over the section (in this case Enfield to Maynooth). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This image was made was in the final years of traditional electric train staff and semaphore operation on Irish Rail&#8217;s Sligo Line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"313\" data-attachment-id=\"31562\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/sligo-timber-at-enfield\/irish_rail_083_leads_the-up_sligo_timber_at_enfield_w_patsy_handing_staff_c2005briansolomon_525055\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irish_Rail_083_leads_the-up_Sligo_timber_at_Enfield_w_Patsy_handing_staff_c2005\u00a9BrianSolomon_525055.jpg?fit=1400%2C925\" data-orig-size=\"1400,925\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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=\"Irish_Rail_083_leads_the-up_Sligo_timber_at_Enfield_w_Patsy_handing_staff_c2005\u00a9BrianSolomon_525055\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irish_Rail_083_leads_the-up_Sligo_timber_at_Enfield_w_Patsy_handing_staff_c2005\u00a9BrianSolomon_525055.jpg?fit=709%2C468\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irish_Rail_083_leads_the-up_Sligo_timber_at_Enfield_w_Patsy_handing_staff_c2005\u00a9BrianSolomon_525055.jpg?fit=474%2C313\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irish_Rail_083_leads_the-up_Sligo_timber_at_Enfield_w_Patsy_handing_staff_c2005\u00a9BrianSolomon_525055.jpg?resize=474%2C313\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irish_Rail_083_leads_the-up_Sligo_timber_at_Enfield_w_Patsy_handing_staff_c2005\u00a9BrianSolomon_525055.jpg?resize=1022%2C675 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irish_Rail_083_leads_the-up_Sligo_timber_at_Enfield_w_Patsy_handing_staff_c2005\u00a9BrianSolomon_525055.jpg?resize=709%2C468 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irish_Rail_083_leads_the-up_Sligo_timber_at_Enfield_w_Patsy_handing_staff_c2005\u00a9BrianSolomon_525055.jpg?resize=205%2C135 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irish_Rail_083_leads_the-up_Sligo_timber_at_Enfield_w_Patsy_handing_staff_c2005\u00a9BrianSolomon_525055.jpg?w=1400 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irish_Rail_083_leads_the-up_Sligo_timber_at_Enfield_w_Patsy_handing_staff_c2005\u00a9BrianSolomon_525055.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been gradually archiving my Irish Rail slides by scanning them at very high resolution, typically between 3200 and 4800 dots per inch, saving the file in TIF format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Daily!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this photo exposed on a summer Saturday, Irish Rail class 071 number 083 roars up-road at Enfield with a laden timber train. 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