{"id":38088,"date":"2024-01-18T06:44:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T11:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=38088"},"modified":"2024-01-17T20:52:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T01:52:45","slug":"sun-and-semaphores-ballinasloe-jan-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/sun-and-semaphores-ballinasloe-jan-2000\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun and Semaphores\u2014Ballinasloe, Jan 2000."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Twenty four years ago this month, I exposed this pair of Fujichrome Sensia II color slides of Irish Rail’s down Galway accellerating away from the station a Ballinasloe led by a class 201 diesel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time the Galway Line was still largely protected with traditional mechanical signals locally controlled by signal cabins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2003, Irish replaced the old signal system with a modern ‘Mini CTC’ system controlled remotely from Dublin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nikkor f2.8 non-AI 24mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nikkor f2.8 non-AI 24mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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