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Evening all, Photos from day two of the Railtours Ireland "Emerald Isle Express" (Waterford to Cork) are now online at http://smu.gs/10eIIUc Pictures are from: - Fiddown - Ballinderry - Clonmel - Nicholastown - Kilmallock Also a large update to the September 2014 gallery with pictures from: - Cabra (IWT Liner) - Connolly - Killiney - Waterford (Timber Train) - Clonmel - Fairfield Glebe (Kilmallock) - Kilmaculla between Charleville and Limerick Jct. - Limerick Jct. and Kyle Level Crossing. - Oola - Ballycoskerry Level Crossing between Charleville and Mallow. - Stagmount Level Crossing between Rathmore and Killarney. Click http://smu.gs/YIDNtM to view. Enjoy, The Wanderer.

Railtours Ireland are the promotors, not the RPSI, who I'm sure charged as required to cover their costs.

Railtours Ireland Emerald Isle Express. Pictures from Day One which went from Connolly to Rosslare Strand now online at http://smu.gs/10eIIUc The train then used the mothballed South Wexford Line to stable in Waterford overnight. The Wanderer.

Evening folks, A few images from lunchtime around Portlaoise. Includes: - First passenger run of 22014 since November 2012. - 4002 and 234 on the 1020 Cork - Heuston. - 085 on the Thursday's Limerick Wagon transfer. - 22016 on the 1300 Heuston - Cork. Click http://smu.gs/1xolyZn The Wanderer.

Evening all, A round up of the last three days. Sunday 21st September 2014: A few pictures from Kildare while on the way home from Dublin after the All-Ireland Final. Monday 22nd September 2014: Just two pictures from a day which should have promised a bit more if the plan had worked out. First off is 2817 + 2818 on a 1300 Limerick - Inchicore Ety. Stock transfer and a picture of the Kerry Team Captains at Heuston Station with the Sam Maguire Cup. Tuesday 23rd September 2014: Some early morning pictures from Portarlington for the Ploughing Championships. Click http://smu.gs/1v76rQB to view. The Wanderer.

Evening folks, Images from today are of the Kerry Football Team travelling from Killarney to Clondalkin / Fonthill for tomorrows All Ireland Final at Croke Park. Click http://smu.gs/1raOr7D The Wanderer.

Canon? I just can't do it!

Thanks! The ISO goes up to 6400 but I find the quality isn't great at 3200+ so I usually limit it to 1600. The D90 was replaced by the D7000 and that has ISO up to 25,600ISO!! (I feel an upgrade may be due ;) ) Of course I should add that the photos are reduced in size for the website. The Wanderer.

Hi Noel, I have a Nikon D90. As for the lens it varies to be honest. The lens I would use most is my Nikkor 18-105mm, f4.5 as they would cover the majority of my photographic needs. But I do have a wide angle lens (great for interior photos) and a telephoto lens as well. The lens I used for that shot this morning was my 35mm prime lens as the light was too bad for the 18-105 lens. If you click on the "I" (Info) button at bottom right of the picture you can bring up the exif data of that picture. So in the case of 215 it was Camera NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D90 ISO 1600 Focal Length 35mm (52mm in 35mm) Aperture f/3.5 Exposure Time 0.0015s (1/640) Name DSC_3897.JPG Size 1328 x 2000 Date Taken 2014-09-18 07:46:34 Date Modified 2014-09-18 08:21:43 File Size 2.04 MB JPEG Quality fine Flash flash did not fire Metering pattern Exposure Program manual Exposure Bias 0 EV Exposure Mode manual Light Source unknown White Balance auto Digital Zoom 1.0x Contrast 0 Saturation 0 Sharpness 0 Subject Distance Range unknown Sensing Method one-chip color sensor Color Space sRGB

Morning all, Freshly repainted 215 was allocated to the 0700 Heuston - Cork this morning. Click http://smu.gs/1uJqRzZ The Wanderer.

Evening folks, Some images from the last two days at Portlaoise and Heuston. Includes 215, which was the Heuston Thunderbird Locomotive on Wednesday. Click http://smu.gs/1ASzoAt The Wanderer.

Evening all, Further to the update today at lunchtime. Tonight features an evening visit to Monasterevin, Kildare and the Curragh, primarily to see the delayed 1130 Westport - Waterford Timber at Kildare, plus the 201's on the 1700 and 1800 Heuston - Cork services. The timber train had to abandon two wagons in Kildare due to a defect on one of them. The Wanderer.

Afternoon all, A few images from the last few days are now online at http://smu.gs/1nXf1wc It includes 22003 on a Special from Heuston to Mallow last Thursday and a DART style car stop marker board has recently been installed on the Up Platform at Portarlington. Also Mr. Church was in Gormanston last Wednesday for the afternoon Tara from North Wall. See http://smu.gs/1y6osmI The Wanderer.

Some images from around Portarlington today, including repainted 215 on the North Wall - Ballina IWT Liner. Click http://smu.gs/1rWXwDr The Wanderer.

Evening all, A lunchtime visit to Clonard, near Trumera to see the 1300 Heuston - Cork which was a MKIV set today along with several other services to cater for returning G.A.A. Hurling Fans from Dublin to Co. Tipperary and Co. Kilkenny on Monday. Iarnrod Eireann increased capacity on a number of mid morning and afternoon Cork & Waterford services. On the Cork route the 1000 was increased to 2X3ICR (3ICR), 1100 to 8MKIV (5ICR), 1200 to 8 MKIV (4ICR), 1300 to 8 MKIV (4ICR) and 1400 to 3+4ICR (4ICR). The Waterford line saw the 1015 Waterford increased to 5ICR (3ICR) and the 1315 was increased to 2X3ICR (3ICR). Click http://smu.gs/1oZmpXe to view. The Wanderer.

Evening folks, A bumper weekend update has just been uploaded to http://www.thewandererphotos.com Saturday has photos from an afternoon trip to Dublin. Includes photographs from: - Heuston - Connolly - Tara Street - Pearse - Ashtown - Drogheda - A trip on the 1520 Enterprise from Connolly to Drogheda. - LUAS at Heuston. - New Bridge to replace Reilly’s Level Crossing between Broombridge and Ashtown. On Sunday morning, Iarnrod Eireann operated a number of additional services from Charleville, Limerick and Waterford for the All Ireland Hurling Final. I paid a visit to Monastervin, Cherryville Jct. and the Curragh. All the images are now online at http://smu.gs/WuzPU6 Enjoy, The Wanderer.

Good evening all, Something a bit different today, a Grandmother Giant arriving by train into Limerick Station for the start of the Limerick City of Culture headline event of the year, The Royal de Luxe ‘The Giant’s Journey’. The Grandmother Giant will roam the streets of Limerick for three days between 5th-7th September 2014. 085 did the honours this morning of hauling the Grandmother Giant into Limerick. Click http://smu.gs/1qlEp3y to view pictures and videos of the event. The September gallery has also been updated with pictures from the early morning trip to Limerick, Limerick Jct., Thurles and Portlaoise to see the RPSI's 461 heading from Limerick to Dublin Connolly. Click http://smu.gs/1rQco6z to view the pictures. Enjoy! The Wanderer.

Evening all, A few photos from the last two days: Wednesday: Pictures of 073 at Portarlington with the 1140 Ballina - North Wall IWT Liner and 22032 working a delayed 1625 Heuston - Limerick. Thursday: Lunchtime today I popped over to Rosskelton to photograph the RPSI's 461 operating Light Engine from Connolly to Limerick. This was to place 461 in Limerick for the Grandmother Giant opening event on Friday morning. In the evening time I travelled down to Limerick Jct. & Thurles to see the Limerick Chamber of Commerce Private Charter. Click http://smu.gs/1qhw5la for all the photographs. The Wanderer.

Evening all, September 2014 opens with the Limerick - Inchicore Wagon transfer which unusually operated on a Tuesday today, instead of the more normal Thursday. Plus 22044 on the 1120 Cork - Heuston at Clonkeen. Click http://smu.gs/W7aRtV The Wanderer.

Evening folks, There was a All Ireland Football Semi-Final Replay G.A.A. Match between Mayo and Kerry in Limerick yesterday, so I took a trip from Portarlington to Limerick via Galway before heading to said match. Click http://smu.gs/1phaRys to view. The Wanderer.

It was a interesting formation of a train.

Evening all, Today was a PWD day with the transfer of Autoballaster and Weedspray wagons to and from Limerick Wagon Works for maintenance purposes. The evening time has a selection of pictures from between Portlaoise and Portarlington. Click http://smu.gs/1lijH3H to view. The Wanderer.

Evening folks, A selection of pictures from Newbridge at lunchtime today. Click http://smu.gs/1qALdGi to view. The Wanderer.

There was some well known enthusiast faces in Inchicore that day Good morning all, I had a flying visit to Cork this evening. Click http://smu.gs/1nkmIvT for images of Portarlington, Limerick Jct. Cork and Portlaoise. The Wanderer.

Five years ago today, Iarnrod Eireann held a Staff & Family Open Day in Inchicore on Saturday 22nd August 2009. Here is a selection of images from the day, which haven't been up online before. Click http://smu.gs/1pQ6EH3