{"id":40711,"date":"2024-12-11T06:52:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T11:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=40711"},"modified":"2024-12-10T08:55:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T13:55:24","slug":"fast-trains-converging-at-ballybrophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/fast-trains-converging-at-ballybrophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast Trains Converging at Ballybrophy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was the afternoon on 7 April 2007. Up and down trains on the Dublin-Cork mainline were converging on Irish Rail\u2019s rural station at Ballybrophy. I stood poised on the old iron foot-bridge with a Nikon F3 loaded with Fujichome and fitted with my Nikkor f2.8 180mm lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The up-train passed first with Irish Rail 205 leading a set of Mark III carriages. Notice that 205\u2019s driver had switched off the headlight to avoid blinding his counterpart on 204. Seconds later 204 raced by in the down direction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I referenced the photo of 204 on Monday\u2019s TTL and I thought I\u2019d run it again here, although it was previously featured.   http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/last-light-of-an-april-day\/<\/a>. You can see the back of the up-train in the distance. Both trains were hurtling along at 90 (+\/-) mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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