{"id":11125,"date":"2015-06-08T03:52:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T07:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=11125"},"modified":"2015-06-06T22:55:38","modified_gmt":"2015-06-07T02:55:38","slug":"brians-latest-book-classic-railroad-signals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/brians-latest-book-classic-railroad-signals\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian&#8217;s latest book: Classic Railroad Signals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After a long wait, I was delighted by the arrival of my latest effort: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qbookshop.com\/products\/215886\/9780760346921\/Classic-Railroad-Signals.html\">Classic Railroad Signals<\/a> published by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qbookshop.com\/products\/215886\/9780760346921\/Classic-Railroad-Signals.html\">Voyageur Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11123\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11123\" style=\"width: 485px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?attachment_id=11123\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11123\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11123\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/brians-latest-book-classic-railroad-signals\/grs_type_2a_south_raub_ind_oct2002__brian_solomon_235545\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GRS_Type_2a_South_Raub_Ind_Oct2002__Brian_Solomon_235545.jpg?fit=820%2C1224\" data-orig-size=\"820,1224\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GRS_Type_2a_South_Raub_Ind_Oct2002__Brian_Solomon_235545\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Old GRS upper quadrant semaphore with Type 2A top of mast mechanism on CSXT&#8217;s former Monon at South Raub, Indiana. There&#8217;s lots more great signaling photos and detailed information in the book!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GRS_Type_2a_South_Raub_Ind_Oct2002__Brian_Solomon_235545.jpg?fit=360%2C537\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GRS_Type_2a_South_Raub_Ind_Oct2002__Brian_Solomon_235545.jpg?fit=474%2C708\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11123\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GRS_Type_2a_South_Raub_Ind_Oct2002__Brian_Solomon_235545.jpg?resize=474%2C708\" alt=\"Old GRS upper quadrant semaphore with Type 2A top of mast mechanism on CSXT's former Monon at South Raub, Indiana. There's lots more great signaling photos and detailed information in the book!\" width=\"474\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GRS_Type_2a_South_Raub_Ind_Oct2002__Brian_Solomon_235545.jpg?resize=485%2C724 485w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GRS_Type_2a_South_Raub_Ind_Oct2002__Brian_Solomon_235545.jpg?resize=100%2C150 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GRS_Type_2a_South_Raub_Ind_Oct2002__Brian_Solomon_235545.jpg?resize=360%2C537 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GRS_Type_2a_South_Raub_Ind_Oct2002__Brian_Solomon_235545.jpg?resize=201%2C300 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GRS_Type_2a_South_Raub_Ind_Oct2002__Brian_Solomon_235545.jpg?w=820 820w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old GRS upper quadrant semaphore with Type 2A top of mast mechanism on CSXT&#8217;s former Monon at South Raub, Indiana. There&#8217;s lots more great signaling photos and detailed information in the book! Exposed with a Contax G2 with 28mm Biogon lens on Fujichrome Velvia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This features semaphores, search lights, position lights, and one of my favorite types of antique signal: the Hall disc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;ve dedicate the book to the late Harry Vallas with whom I spent many hours discussing the finer points of railroad signaling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qbookshop.com\/products\/215886\/9780760346921\/Classic-Railroad-Signals.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.qbookshop.com\/products\/215886\/9780760346921\/Classic-Railroad-Signals.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qbookshop.com\/products\/215886\/9780760346921\/Classic-Railroad-Signals.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Tracking the Light\u00a0posts\u00a0new\u00a0material\u00a0every\u00a0morning.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Please share\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/\">Tracking the Light<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/\">http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a long wait, I was delighted by the arrival of my latest effort: Classic Railroad Signals published by Voyageur Press. This features semaphores, search lights, position lights, and one of my favorite types of antique signal: the Hall disc. I&#8217;ve dedicate the book to the late Harry Vallas with whom I spent many hours &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/brians-latest-book-classic-railroad-signals\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brian&#8217;s latest book: Classic Railroad Signals<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11123,"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":[2652,1729,2735,2062],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GRS_Type_2a_South_Raub_Ind_Oct2002__Brian_Solomon_235545.jpg?fit=820%2C1224","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-2Tr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11125"}],"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=11125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11126,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11125\/revisions\/11126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}