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Islandbridge, Dublin April 29, 2014.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Among the difficulties of living within sight of the railway\u00a0is\u00a0the chance that such proximity may breed photographic apathy and slough. One the plus side, when something rumbles by, all I have to do is look out the window!<\/p>\n

There are several nice photo locations within a ten minute walk of Islandbridge. On the downside, over the last decade I\u2019ve covered these nearly to the point of exhaustion. Yet, that doesn\u2019t keep me from taking advantage of them.<\/p>\n

Shortly before 11am on Tuesday April 29, 2014, I heard the distinct roar of an Irish Rail 071 class diesel (built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division). I glanced out the window to see a gray locomotive roll into the Phoenix Park tunnel with a wagon transfer for Dublin\u2019s North Wall.<\/p>\n

Ah! A grey locomotive and the elusive wagon transfer!<\/p>\n

I made a call to alert a friend, and a short while later I got a call back to say that the wagon transfer had collected three flats and was on its way back. The locomotive was 085 which wears a variation of the gray and yellow livery introduced a year ago.<\/p>\n

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Irish Rail 085 with three flat wagons approaches Islandbridge Junction on April 29, 2014. Canon EOS 7D with 100mm lens. I opted for vertical composition to feature the monumental Wellington Testimonial that sits in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. (Exposed at f9 1\/500th of a second ISO 200).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was a rare clear sunny morning, and I was keen to make a color slide of this engine passing Islandbridge Junction. Armed with good information, I walked five minutes up the road to my often-used location and waited. Less than 15 minutes passed before 085 appeared from the tunnel with the three flats.<\/p>\n

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A closer horizontal view with the same camera-lens combination. I adjusted the exposure by a one-third stop, opening to f8.0 to compensate for the lack of sky in the image. Locomotive 085 features a variation of the gray and yellow paint scheme introduced last year. This features the traditional three-digit locomotive number in larger fonts on the cab. This in addition to the recently introduced European multiple number printed in tiny type elsewhere on the engine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I exposed a few digital images with my Canon EOS 7D and 100mm lens, before executing a color slide (or two) with my EOS 3 with 40mm lens. I was home less than 30 minutes after leaving. Back to the book writing! I\u2019m presently researching a book on North American signaling.<\/p>\n

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