{"id":4114,"date":"2013-10-15T05:38:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T09:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=4114"},"modified":"2013-10-15T09:22:45","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T13:22:45","slug":"dart-at-connolly-station-october-10-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/dart-at-connolly-station-october-10-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"DART at Connolly Station, October 10, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Irish Rail Logo on 8600-series cars.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Last Thursday, October 10, 2013, I took Irish Rail\u2019s DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transit<\/a>) from Connolly Station<\/a>, Dublin<\/a> to Glenageary<\/a>. While not specifically a trip to make photos, I had a couple of cameras with me, you know, just in case.<\/p>\n

While waiting for my southward train, an 8600-series DART set pulled into platform 6. It was the first DART set that I\u2019ve seen featuring the new Irish Rail logo.<\/p>\n

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Irish Rail’s DART at Connolly Station, Dublin, October 10, 2013. Lumix LX3 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Irish Rail’s DART at Connolly Station, Dublin, October 10, 2013. Lumix LX3 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This logo was introduced a few months ago, and thus far I\u2019d seen it on some of the Mark IV and 22000-series Intercity trains as well as a few \u2018HOBS\u2019 ballast wagons (HOBS is an Irish Rail abbreviation for \u2018high-output ballast system\u2019).<\/p>\n

The sun was out brightly, which made for a good opportunity to document this nominal change.<\/p>\n

The all-black variation of the logo on the front of the DART car is different from what I\u2019ve seen on other equipment.<\/p>\n

From my experience, It\u2019s always a wise move to photograph these types of changes as soon as they appear, because you never know when some little change might turn out to be a short-lived one-off.<\/p>\n

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