{"id":10929,"date":"2015-05-20T03:28:27","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T07:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=10929"},"modified":"2015-05-13T09:36:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T13:36:37","slug":"alexandria-virginia-may-20-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/alexandria-virginia-may-20-1985\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandria, Virginia\u2014May 20, 1985."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was 30 years ago this morning that I exposed this black &amp; white photo of a northward Richmond, Fredericksburg &amp; Potomac piggyback train at Alexandria, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>RF&amp;P was among the railroads melded into the CSX system.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10928\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10928\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?attachment_id=10928\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10928\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10928\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/alexandria-virginia-may-20-1985\/rfp-alexandria-va-may-20-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RFP-Alexandria-VA-May-20-1.jpg?fit=800%2C485\" data-orig-size=\"800,485\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;0&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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RF&#038;P-Alexandria-VA-May-20-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Exposed on Kodak black &#038; white film with a Leica 3A fitted with an old 50mm Elmar with non-standard f stop setting. Among the other challenges of using this lens was its lack of modern color coatings. However, it was a very sharp piece of glass. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RFP-Alexandria-VA-May-20-1.jpg?fit=709%2C430\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RFP-Alexandria-VA-May-20-1.jpg?fit=474%2C287\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10928\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RFP-Alexandria-VA-May-20-1.jpg?resize=474%2C287\" alt=\"Exposed on Kodak black &amp; white film with a Leica 3A fitted with an old 50mm Elmar with non-standard f stop setting. Among the other challenges of using this lens was its lack of modern color coatings. However, it was a very sharp piece of glass. \" width=\"474\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RFP-Alexandria-VA-May-20-1.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RFP-Alexandria-VA-May-20-1.jpg?resize=205%2C124 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RFP-Alexandria-VA-May-20-1.jpg?resize=709%2C430 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RFP-Alexandria-VA-May-20-1.jpg?resize=495%2C300 495w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exposed on Kodak black &amp; white film with a Leica 3A fitted with an old 50mm Elmar with non-standard f stop settings. Among the other challenges of using this lens was its lack of modern color coatings. 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