{"id":35691,"date":"2023-03-22T06:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T10:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=35691"},"modified":"2023-03-21T21:17:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T01:17:49","slug":"dublins-pearse-station-spring-1998-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/dublins-pearse-station-spring-1998-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dublin\u2019s Pearse Station, Spring 1998."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twenty-Five years ago, I was exploring Irish Rail, and seeing this amazing railway for the first time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dublin\u2019s Pearse Station impressed me. The capacious Victorian train shed with a mix of electric and diesel trains reminded me of Philadelphia\u2019s great termini; Broad Street and Reading Terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But also because it was the oldest big city station in continuous use. The station opened in 1834 and although greatly altered over the decades, this had always served as a Dublin hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, it is rare to find a diesel here, except on permanent-way trains, and more rarely on RPSI diesel tours. Yet, back in 1998, it was a common sight to find a 201-class General Motors diesel-electric working a push-pull Mark3 set in suburban service. The sound of the big GM was amplified under the shed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"320\" data-attachment-id=\"35692\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/dublins-pearse-station-spring-1998-2\/briansolomon2023_203675\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203675.jpg?fit=1800%2C1214\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1214\" 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;\\u00a9Brian_Solomon&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=\"BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203675\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203675.jpg?fit=709%2C478\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203675.jpg?fit=474%2C320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203675.jpg?resize=474%2C320\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203675.jpg?w=1800 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203675.jpg?resize=709%2C478 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203675.jpg?resize=1022%2C689 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203675.jpg?resize=205%2C138 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203675.jpg?resize=1536%2C1036 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203675.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203675.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Irish Rail 231 at Dublin Pearse Station in 1998. Fujichrome slide scanned with a Nikon LS5000 scanner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made this photo on Fujichrome Sensia (100 ISO) using a Nikon F3T with 24mm Nikkor wide-angle lens. Looking at this photo today, it amazes me how few people were on the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#d58f25\"><strong>Tracking the Light posts Daily!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dublin\u2019s Pearse Station impressed me. 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