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Worms use mimicry, not to lure in prey or chase away predators but for fun, this worm is doing its best impression of a goose.
Locomotives at Inchicore
During April 2022, on an official tour of Irish Rail’s Inchicore Works, I had the opportunity to make photos of locomotives and equipment. Having been away from Ireland for several years, one of the things that struck me during my week-long visit was the variety of paint liveries on Irish Rail equipment. Its really a pretty colorful railway! I made these images using my Lumix LX7, which was my…
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Two 201s Together
Under normal circumstances, Irish Rail operates its class 201 General Motors diesel locomotives singlely. Such was not the case three years ago, when on 23 September 2018, photographer Jay Monaghan and I had the rare privilage of picturing a pair of 201s together at Dublin’s Heuston Staton on a train that had just arrived uproad from Cork. I made this view using my Lumix LX7. Tracking the…
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Stacumni Bridge This Day Five Years Ago!
Stacumni Bridge This Day Five Years Ago!
Tight view of a 201 class EMD diesel.
On March 3, 2015, I made this view of 201-class 8209 in an interim paint scheme leading a down Irish Rail IWT Liner at Stacumni Bridge near Hazel Hatch in suburban Dublin.
I was working with my recently acquired FujiFilm XT1 and getting used to the peculiarities of this excellent image making tool.
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Irish Rail 222 with Mk4 x 2.
Irish Rail 222 with Mk4 x 2.
That’s right!
First time I’ve seen something like this.
Just luck, I was on my way to the LUAS.
(Just in case it’s not obvious: Irish Rail’s Mark 4 sets have been typically seen at Islandbridge Junction with more than just 2 carriages.)
Photograph exposed with my Lumix LX7.
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Irish Rail photos on Flicker
Irish Rail photos on Flicker
I recently opened a Flicker account under the name briansolomonauthor.
Among the various albums is one devoted to Irish Rail. This features a modest selection from the thousands of images I’ve expose of Irish Rail since 1998.
Even if you do not have a Flicker account you should be able to enjoy my photographs. I hope to post new selections on a regular basis.
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Irish Rail 225 Crosses Gardner Street in Dublin.
Irish Rail 225 Crosses Gardner Street in Dublin.
It was just an ordinary day when I made this impromptu view of Irish Rail 225 working a Mark 3 push pull set on Dublin’s Loop Line crossing over Gardner Street Lower.
What was common in 1998 seems pretty neat today. I’m glad I exposed the slide!
To make the most of this photograph, I scanned the slide using a Nikon Super Scoolscan5000 then imported the TIF file into Lightroom for contrast…
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Irish Rail Mark-4 Approaching Kildare.
Irish Rail Mark-4 Approaching Kildare.
On 6 April 2019, I was working with a 1980s-vintage Nikon F3HP fitted with an even older Nikkor 24mm lens to expose this view of Irish Rail 219 in ‘push-mode’ at the back of Dublin-bound Mark4 set at Kildare
This slide was among the photographs I exposed on Fujichrome Provia 100F on an excursion to Kildare with Paul Maguire and Jay Monaghan to photograph the Waterford-Portlaoise Saturday…
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