{"id":32083,"date":"2021-10-18T06:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T10:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=32083"},"modified":"2021-10-17T18:37:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T22:37:44","slug":"sugarbeet-crossing-at-carrick-on-suir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/sugarbeet-crossing-at-carrick-on-suir\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugarbeet Crossing at Carrick-on-Suir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Late October traditionally represented the start of Irish Rail’s sugarbeet season. This was among the most intensive freight operations in Ireland and saw up to seven laden trains daily operated from the beet loading point at Wellingtonbridge, Co. Wexford to the processing factory near Mallow in Co. Cork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November 2005 halfway through the final sugarbeet season, I made this photo of laden and empty trains crossing at Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Standing on the footbridge in the station, I working with a Nikon F3 loaded with Fujichrome. One of my favorite lenses at this time was a manual focus Nikkor f2.8 180mm, which saw good use during beet season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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