{"id":10705,"date":"2015-04-20T03:51:03","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T07:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=10705"},"modified":"2015-04-14T04:54:27","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T08:54:27","slug":"highway-and-railway-at-csx-benwood-west-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/highway-and-railway-at-csx-benwood-west-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Highway and Railway at CSX Benwood, West Virginia."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contrasts in transport: A CSX local ambles along a four-lane highway south of Benwood, West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>It was a bright clear morning on August 18, 2011 when Pat Yough and I followed this freight on the old Baltimore &amp; Ohio to make a series of images including this one.<\/p>\n<p>What does this photograph say about the road? The railroad?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10704\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2015\/04\/20\/highway-and-railway-at-csx-benwood-west-virginia\/csx-local-along-hwy-near-benwood-wva-img_9136\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10704\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10704\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/highway-and-railway-at-csx-benwood-west-virginia\/csx-local-along-hwy-near-benwood-wva-img_9136\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/CSX-local-along-hwy-near-Benwood-WVa-IMG_9136.jpg?fit=800%2C533\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&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;&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;BrianSolomon&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;38&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CSX local along hwy near Benwood WVa IMG_9136\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Exposed with a Canon EOS 7D fitted with 28-135mm lens set to 38mm. ISO 200, f7.1 1\/500th of a second.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/CSX-local-along-hwy-near-Benwood-WVa-IMG_9136.jpg?fit=709%2C472\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/CSX-local-along-hwy-near-Benwood-WVa-IMG_9136.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"wp-image-10704 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/CSX-local-along-hwy-near-Benwood-WVa-IMG_9136.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"Exposed with a Canon EOS 7D fitted with 28-135mm lens set to 38mm. ISO 200, f7.1 1\/500th of a second.\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/CSX-local-along-hwy-near-Benwood-WVa-IMG_9136.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/CSX-local-along-hwy-near-Benwood-WVa-IMG_9136.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/CSX-local-along-hwy-near-Benwood-WVa-IMG_9136.jpg?resize=709%2C472 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/CSX-local-along-hwy-near-Benwood-WVa-IMG_9136.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exposed with a Canon EOS 7D fitted with 28-135mm lens set to 38mm. ISO 200, f7.1 1\/500th of a second.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the gutter between the road and the tracks is some rubbish. Litter. I wish it weren\u2019t there. Using Photoshop I can make it disappear. I haven\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>For that matter, I can change the color of the locomotives, add clouds to the sky, or remove some cars from the road. 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