{"id":11060,"date":"2015-05-31T03:23:32","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T07:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=11060"},"modified":"2015-05-31T08:12:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T12:12:49","slug":"may-23-2015-clear-morning-on-the-old-boston-albany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/may-23-2015-clear-morning-on-the-old-boston-albany\/","title":{"rendered":"May 23, 2015; Clear Morning on the old Boston & Albany."},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019d learned via Facebook that it was Railroad Illustrated\u2019s annual \u2018Day in North America.\u2019 The day dawned cloudless and bright, and while I had a full schedule of events for the day, I opted to make the most of the first part of the morning.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d stopped into Palmer, where I\u2019d found a couple of New England Central locomotives in the yard. Then opted to travel up the Quaboag River Valley.<\/p>\n

This landed me at my familiar spot in the old Warren, Massachusetts yard. My knowledge goes back a good long time. While there\u2019s not been a switch in the Warren \u2018yard\u2019 in my lifetime, although I can recall when the line was double track, and the old Warren Crossovers were around the corner to the east.<\/p>\n

Way back in the day (and that day was more than 60 years ago) Warren was served by a local freight. Go back even further and there was really quite the complex of tracks at Warren.<\/p>\n

Now a carwash occupies part of the property. Yet the old passenger and freight stations survive, and someone has put some effort into fixing up the windows in the passenger station.<\/p>\n

I contemplated all of these things while patiently waiting for a wheel to turn.<\/p>\n

Then the phone rang . . .<\/p>\n

Doug Moore, a loyal Tracking the Light reader (and sometimes proofreader and fact checker) said to me, \u201cthere\u2019s an eastbound piggyback train through West Warren, it should be to you shortly! I\u2019d seen your car parked there by the station.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hooray for good information! (Thanks Doug).<\/p>\n

Without a moment to waste, I sprung into action, made my test photos, when the train roared into view, I exposed these photos with my Fuji X-T1 (and also a super-wideangle view on Provia with my EOS 3).<\/p>\n

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An eastward CSX intermodal train, probably Q012, approaches Warren. Exposed with a Fujifilm XT1 digital camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A closer, more traditional view from the same location. Exposed with a Fujifilm XT1 digital camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Boston & Albany yard may be gone, but the mainline lives on.<\/p>\n

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