{"id":10935,"date":"2015-05-19T03:48:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T07:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=10935"},"modified":"2015-05-14T08:53:23","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T12:53:23","slug":"pan-am-southern-at-east-portal-a-view-back-at-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/pan-am-southern-at-east-portal-a-view-back-at-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Pan Am Southern at East Portal\u2014A view back at winter."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was back on January 12, 2014, when I made this view of Pan Am Southern\u2019s symbol freight EDMO (East Deerfield Yard, Massachusetts to Mohawk Yard near Schenectady) in the Berkshire hills at East Portal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10933\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?attachment_id=10933\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10933\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10933\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/pan-am-southern-at-east-portal-a-view-back-at-winter\/edmo_616_east_portal_img_3938\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/EDMO_616_East_Portal_IMG_3938.jpg?fit=800%2C533\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;258.29&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;BrianSolomon&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;16205312.942308&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;3.5230860310224&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"EDMO_616_East_Portal_IMG_3938\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Exposed using a Canon EOS 7D with 20mm lens.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/EDMO_616_East_Portal_IMG_3938.jpg?fit=709%2C472\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/EDMO_616_East_Portal_IMG_3938.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10933\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/EDMO_616_East_Portal_IMG_3938.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"Exposed using a Canon EOS 7D with 20mm lens.\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/EDMO_616_East_Portal_IMG_3938.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/EDMO_616_East_Portal_IMG_3938.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/EDMO_616_East_Portal_IMG_3938.jpg?resize=709%2C472 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/EDMO_616_East_Portal_IMG_3938.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exposed using a Canon EOS 7D with 20mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To make these photos, I temporarily co-opted a mound of snow and ballast to gain added elevation for a better view of the bridge.<\/p>\n<p>The famous Hoosac Tunnel is across the road behind me. Soon the train will enter its murky depths.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d followed the train on its ambling journey upgrade from East Deerfield, This is another age old tradition for me, dating back to the early 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the day, the challenge would have been to stay with the train to Mechanicville, New York. \u201cTo the River!\u201d As we\u2019d declare. (The Hudson, that is).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10934\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?attachment_id=10934\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10934\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10934\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/pan-am-southern-at-east-portal-a-view-back-at-winter\/edmo_616_east_portal_close_img_3942-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/EDMO_616_East_Portal_close_IMG_3942-1.jpg?fit=800%2C533\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;258.29&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;BrianSolomon&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;15605116.166667&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;3.5230860346981&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"EDMO_616_East_Portal_close_IMG_3942 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Pan Am 616 leads EDMO at East Portal. Exposed digitally with a Canon EOS 7D with 20mm lens.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/EDMO_616_East_Portal_close_IMG_3942-1.jpg?fit=709%2C472\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/EDMO_616_East_Portal_close_IMG_3942-1.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10934\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/EDMO_616_East_Portal_close_IMG_3942-1.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"Pan Am 616 leads EDMO at East Portal. Exposed digitally with a Canon EOS 7D with 20mm lens.\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/EDMO_616_East_Portal_close_IMG_3942-1.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/EDMO_616_East_Portal_close_IMG_3942-1.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/EDMO_616_East_Portal_close_IMG_3942-1.jpg?resize=709%2C472 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/EDMO_616_East_Portal_close_IMG_3942-1.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pan Am 616 leads EDMO at East Portal. 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To make these photos, I temporarily co-opted a mound of snow and ballast to gain added elevation for a better &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/pan-am-southern-at-east-portal-a-view-back-at-winter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pan Am Southern at East Portal\u2014A view back at winter.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[2705,294,2704,104,2249,883],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/EDMO_616_East_Portal_IMG_3938.jpg?fit=800%2C533","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-2Qn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10935"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10936,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10935\/revisions\/10936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}