{"id":38995,"date":"2024-05-01T06:54:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T10:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=38995"},"modified":"2024-04-27T22:41:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T02:41:32","slug":"blast-from-the-past-vintage-chrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/blast-from-the-past-vintage-chrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Blast from the Past; Vintage Chrome at Manualla Junction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Part of the reason for our recent trip to Ireland was to retrieve my belongings that have been stored there since the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was our third trip across to Ireland since April 2022. This time around we filled several more suitcases with my things. This included an estimated 8,000 of my color slides, 1,000 hand made black &amp; white prints, a tripod, a Nikon F3 camera and my prized Nikkor f2.0 35mm lens, plus some books, notes and memorabilia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since returning to Pennsylvania, I&#8217;ve made a project of scanning many of the slides that I brought back. Among the gems I collected is this view I&#8217;d exposed of the Ballina Branch train at Manulla Junction  on 1 May 2006 with GM 071 class diesel number 075. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This photos made extra special for me because during our wanders around County Mayo in March we caught a sister 071 locomotive 074 leading a timber train at this same location.  See: <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2006-2024-changes-at-manulla-junction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2006-2024-changes-at-manulla-junction\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"311\" data-attachment-id=\"38997\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/blast-from-the-past-vintage-chrome\/irish_rail_075_w_ballina_branch_train_at_manulla_jct_1may2006briansolomon_119874\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Irish_Rail_075_w_Ballina_Branch_train_at_Manulla_Jct_1May2006\u00a9BrianSolomon_119874.jpg?fit=1800%2C1181\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1181\" 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;\\u00a9BrianSolomon2023&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=\"Irish_Rail_075_w_Ballina_Branch_train_at_Manulla_Jct_1May2006\u00a9BrianSolomon_119874\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Irish_Rail_075_w_Ballina_Branch_train_at_Manulla_Jct_1May2006\u00a9BrianSolomon_119874.jpg?fit=709%2C465\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Irish_Rail_075_w_Ballina_Branch_train_at_Manulla_Jct_1May2006\u00a9BrianSolomon_119874.jpg?fit=474%2C311\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Irish_Rail_075_w_Ballina_Branch_train_at_Manulla_Jct_1May2006\u00a9BrianSolomon_119874.jpg?resize=474%2C311\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Irish_Rail_075_w_Ballina_Branch_train_at_Manulla_Jct_1May2006\u00a9BrianSolomon_119874.jpg?w=1800 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Irish_Rail_075_w_Ballina_Branch_train_at_Manulla_Jct_1May2006\u00a9BrianSolomon_119874.jpg?resize=709%2C465 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Irish_Rail_075_w_Ballina_Branch_train_at_Manulla_Jct_1May2006\u00a9BrianSolomon_119874.jpg?resize=1022%2C671 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Irish_Rail_075_w_Ballina_Branch_train_at_Manulla_Jct_1May2006\u00a9BrianSolomon_119874.jpg?resize=205%2C135 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Irish_Rail_075_w_Ballina_Branch_train_at_Manulla_Jct_1May2006\u00a9BrianSolomon_119874.jpg?resize=1536%2C1008 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Irish_Rail_075_w_Ballina_Branch_train_at_Manulla_Jct_1May2006\u00a9BrianSolomon_119874.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Irish_Rail_075_w_Ballina_Branch_train_at_Manulla_Jct_1May2006\u00a9BrianSolomon_119874.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1 May 2006; Manualla Junction the way it used to look before the mini-CTC project of 2007 altered the track and signaling. 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