{"id":40728,"date":"2024-12-13T06:18:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T11:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=40728"},"modified":"2024-12-11T20:46:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T01:46:48","slug":"enterprise-201s-at-islandbridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/enterprise-201s-at-islandbridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Enterprise 201s at Islandbridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For 15 years,  Islandbridge was my Irish home. On my daily walks around Dublin on my visits during that period, I&#8217;d often pause at the location known as &#8216;the Box,&#8217; which overlooks Islandbridge Junction near Heuston Station . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This selection of photos spans from 2005 to 2019, and portrays each of the four &#8216;Enterprise&#8217; General Motor 201 diesels.  While all of the 34 201 class were named for Irish Rivers, these original four Enterpise diesels  carried Irish River names that had been previously  applied to Great Northern Railway (of Ireland)&#8217;s respective VS-class 200-class steam locomotives\u2014 engines that had also worked Belfast-Dublin <em>Enterprise <\/em>trains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>General Motors locomotives 206 (<em>River Liffey<\/em>) and 207 (<em>River Boyne<\/em>) are owned by Irish Rail, while 208  (later 8208, River Lagan) and 209 (8209, River Foyle) are NIR locomotives. Regardless of ownership and paint,  these 201 class would work various Irish Rail trains as well as <em>Enterprise <\/em>services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although an esoteric theme, I felt this would be neat way to portray these locomotives from this once-favorite location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"306\" data-attachment-id=\"40729\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/enterprise-201s-at-islandbridge\/irish_rail_206_w_cpws_departing_guinness_sidings_heuston_17may2005briansolomon_666134\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Irish_Rail_206_w_CPWs_departing_Guinness_Sidings_Heuston_17May2005\u00a9BrianSolomon_666134.jpg?fit=2048%2C1320&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1320\" 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;1435961188&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&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_206_w_CPWs_departing_Guinness_Sidings_Heuston_17May2005\u00a9BrianSolomon_666134\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Irish_Rail_206_w_CPWs_departing_Guinness_Sidings_Heuston_17May2005\u00a9BrianSolomon_666134.jpg?fit=709%2C457&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Irish_Rail_206_w_CPWs_departing_Guinness_Sidings_Heuston_17May2005\u00a9BrianSolomon_666134.jpg?fit=474%2C306&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Irish_Rail_206_w_CPWs_departing_Guinness_Sidings_Heuston_17May2005\u00a9BrianSolomon_666134.jpg?resize=474%2C306&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Irish_Rail_206_w_CPWs_departing_Guinness_Sidings_Heuston_17May2005\u00a9BrianSolomon_666134.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Irish_Rail_206_w_CPWs_departing_Guinness_Sidings_Heuston_17May2005\u00a9BrianSolomon_666134.jpg?resize=709%2C457&amp;ssl=1 709w, 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Irish_Rail_206_w_CPWs_departing_Guinness_Sidings_Heuston_17May2005\u00a9BrianSolomon_666134.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">17May2005-River Liffey (having just crossed its namesake)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"40730\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/enterprise-201s-at-islandbridge\/irish_rail_207_w_mk4_islandbridge_jct_mod1_dscf2601\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Irish_Rail_207_w_Mk4_Islandbridge_Jct_MOD1_DSCF2601.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1549987410&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;27&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Irish_Rail_207_w_Mk4_Islandbridge_Jct_MOD1_DSCF2601\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Irish_Rail_207_w_Mk4_Islandbridge_Jct_MOD1_DSCF2601.jpg?fit=709%2C473&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Irish_Rail_207_w_Mk4_Islandbridge_Jct_MOD1_DSCF2601.jpg?fit=474%2C316&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Irish_Rail_207_w_Mk4_Islandbridge_Jct_MOD1_DSCF2601.jpg?resize=474%2C316&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Irish_Rail_207_w_Mk4_Islandbridge_Jct_MOD1_DSCF2601.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Irish_Rail_207_w_Mk4_Islandbridge_Jct_MOD1_DSCF2601.jpg?resize=709%2C473&amp;ssl=1 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Irish_Rail_207_w_Mk4_Islandbridge_Jct_MOD1_DSCF2601.jpg?resize=1022%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Irish_Rail_207_w_Mk4_Islandbridge_Jct_MOD1_DSCF2601.jpg?resize=205%2C137&amp;ssl=1 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Irish_Rail_207_w_Mk4_Islandbridge_Jct_MOD1_DSCF2601.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Irish_Rail_207_w_Mk4_Islandbridge_Jct_MOD1_DSCF2601.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Irish_Rail_207_w_Mk4_Islandbridge_Jct_MOD1_DSCF2601.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">10Feb2019\u2014River Boyne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"40731\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/enterprise-201s-at-islandbridge\/nir_8208_islandbridge_jct_march7_2018_dscf5211\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NIR_8208_Islandbridge_Jct_MARCH7_2018_DSCF5211.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1520419469&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;38.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NIR_8208_Islandbridge_Jct_MARCH7_2018_DSCF5211\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NIR_8208_Islandbridge_Jct_MARCH7_2018_DSCF5211.jpg?fit=709%2C473&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NIR_8208_Islandbridge_Jct_MARCH7_2018_DSCF5211.jpg?fit=474%2C316&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NIR_8208_Islandbridge_Jct_MARCH7_2018_DSCF5211.jpg?resize=474%2C316&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NIR_8208_Islandbridge_Jct_MARCH7_2018_DSCF5211.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NIR_8208_Islandbridge_Jct_MARCH7_2018_DSCF5211.jpg?resize=709%2C473&amp;ssl=1 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NIR_8208_Islandbridge_Jct_MARCH7_2018_DSCF5211.jpg?resize=1022%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NIR_8208_Islandbridge_Jct_MARCH7_2018_DSCF5211.jpg?resize=205%2C137&amp;ssl=1 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NIR_8208_Islandbridge_Jct_MARCH7_2018_DSCF5211.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NIR_8208_Islandbridge_Jct_MARCH7_2018_DSCF5211.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NIR_8208_Islandbridge_Jct_MARCH7_2018_DSCF5211.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">7 March 2018 River Lagan running light.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"40732\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/enterprise-201s-at-islandbridge\/209-broadside-nov7_2011img_0023\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/209-broadside-Nov7_2011IMG_0023.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1320666122&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;BrianSolomon&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"209-broadside-Nov7_2011IMG_0023\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/209-broadside-Nov7_2011IMG_0023.jpg?resize=205%2C137&amp;ssl=1 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/209-broadside-Nov7_2011IMG_0023.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/209-broadside-Nov7_2011IMG_0023.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/209-broadside-Nov7_2011IMG_0023.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">River Foyle leading a liner on 7 November  2011.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3dd78fc472aff91d49281ef92f881608\" style=\"color:#9c24ad\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Every 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