{"id":37057,"date":"2023-09-01T06:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=37057"},"modified":"2023-08-30T22:06:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T02:06:39","slug":"irish-rail-rail-train-at-clondalkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/irish-rail-rail-train-at-clondalkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Rail Rail Train at Clondalkin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m waiting for someone to call me out on title redundancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actually, according to my notes, this Irish Rail permanent way consist is called the &#8216;rail trucks.&#8217; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was nine years ago that I joined my friend Colm O&#8217;Callaghan on an adventure to the west Dublin suburbs to catch this elusive train on the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We set up at near Clondalkin looking east toward the Park West and Cherry Orchard station on the recently opened quad track section of the Dublin-Cork main line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made this view using my Canon EOS 7D with an f2.0 EF 100mm USM prime telephoto lens. 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Below are three variations, each described in the caption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"37059\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/irish-rail-rail-train-at-clondalkin\/irish_rail_rail_trucks_at_clondalkin_img_8572-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Irish_Rail_rail_trucks_at_Clondalkin_IMG_8572-2-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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