Kid with a Camera.
![Central Vermont Alco RS-11](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/CV-yard-Palmer-summer-1979-Brian-Solomon-662378.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
In spring 1979, my dad and I visited Central Vermont’s Palmer, Massachusetts yard. At the time Palmer activity tended to be nocturnal. A lone RS-11 for The Rocket (Palmer-St Albans, Vermont piggyback) was the only locomotive in town.
I made a few exposures on Kodachrome 64 with my Leica 3A. At the time I was in 7th grade at Monson Junior-Senior High School. Admittedly my photographic skills were rudimentary. The photos are passable, but a decent record of the scene.
I wish I’d made more photos of CV’s piggyback trains. By the time I understood what it was about, it had stopped running. I have a few images of The Rocket on the road, but not very many.
![Alco RS-11](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/CV-RS11-3611-detail-summer-1979-Brian-Solomon-662379.jpg?resize=474%2C318)
Detail view of CV RS-11 3611 at Palmer in spring 1979. RS-11s were among my favorite diesels and I’d see them regularly at Palmer.