{"id":3532,"date":"2013-08-15T06:06:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T10:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=3532"},"modified":"2014-09-14T03:53:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T07:53:25","slug":"bord-na-monas-ash-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/bord-na-monas-ash-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Bord na Mona\u2019s Ash Train"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Elusive Catch.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

For me anyway! On Saturday, August 3, 2013, I scored a few photographs of Bord na Mona\u2019s ash train on the move near Shannonbridge<\/a>, County Offaly<\/a>. (Yes, and by the way, that\u2019s ash train, and not ASH TRAY. Just to clarify.)<\/p>\n

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Bord na Mona\u2019s laden ash train works east from the West Offaly power station<\/a> at Shannonbridge. The ash train carries waste ash (left over from the burning of peat) for disposal back into the bog. Canon EOS 7D photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now, someone at Bord na Mona might read this and say, \u201cElusive ash train? Why that\u2019s scheduled to run every day at 2 pm.\u201d Or, perhaps, it is scheduled to run every third Saturday after the first full moon on months that don\u2019t end in \u2018R\u2019<\/i>. (But, none-the-less, scheduled<\/i>).<\/p>\n

Irregardless, so far as I was concerned, photographing the ash train on the move was a real coup! In the last year, I\u2019ve made a half dozen ventures to photograph Bord na Mona\u2019s narrow gauge lines, this was the first time I\u2019d seen an ash train on the move. Certainly, I\u2019ve seen them before, just not rolling along out on the road.<\/p>\n

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Trailing view of Bord na Mona’s ash train near Shannonbridge. Canon EOS 7D photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bord<\/a>
The laden ash train roars along at a walking pace near Blackwater. Lumix LX3 photo, contrast modified in post processing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yet, I\u2019d call it elusive! It\u2019s all a matter of perspective.\u00a0More on elusive (or at least unusual trains) in future posts.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, unlike elusive trains<\/em>, Tracking the Light regularly posts new<\/strong> material almost every day! So,\u00a0to use an obsolete clich\u00e9, stay tuned!<\/p>\n

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Bord na Mona ash train near Blackwater, August 2013. Canon EOS 7D photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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