{"id":7609,"date":"2014-07-31T02:57:41","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T06:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=7609"},"modified":"2014-07-25T07:27:33","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T11:27:33","slug":"push-pull-at-oola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/push-pull-at-oola\/","title":{"rendered":"Push Pull at Dromkeen."},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in the Day.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

It was a glorious bright Spring day in April 2003. For years, a single Irish Rail class 121 had worked a short push-pull Mark 3 set on the Limerick-Limerick Junction shuttle. But when I made this photograph the set was on borrowed time.<\/p>\n

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Irish Rail\u2019s Limerick Junction shuttle near Dromkeen, County Limerick on April 19, 2003. Exposed on Fujichrome Sensia 100 with a Nikon F3 with 85mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Earlier in 2003, Irish Rail had suddenly withdrawn most of the 121 class, and most were quickly reduced to scrap. Only two remained in service and it was rumored they might soon go the way of the others.<\/p>\n

As it turned out, the 121 with Mark 3 set didn\u2019t last much longer Limerick Junction shuttle and this was among my last photos of in that service. However, the locomotives struggled on much longer than I anticipated. I last photographed them in permanent way service in Dublin in early 2008, nearly five years later. Not that I\u2019m complaining.<\/p>\n

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Earlier that day, I’d made this view of the same Limerick Junction shuttle at Oola. This was previously published on tracking the light. Photo was also exposed on Fujichrome Sensia 100 with a Nikon F3 with 85mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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