{"id":11168,"date":"2015-06-02T18:21:12","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T22:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=11168"},"modified":"2015-06-02T18:33:57","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T22:33:57","slug":"special-post-tracking-the-light-at-30th-street-station-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/special-post-tracking-the-light-at-30th-street-station-philadelphia\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Post: Tracking the Light at 30th Street Station, Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Too often travelers today tire themselves by focusing on reaching their destination. My intention is to make getting there part of my\u00a0trip and not just some necessary endurance to get where I’m going.<\/p>\n

\"Newark,<\/a>
Newark, New Jersey’s never looked so good. I blinked and I thought I was near the Port of Rotterdam! Lumix LX7 photo June 2, 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This means: Stopping off. Taking a break. Changing direction. Changing modes. Having a proper lunch. Going for a side trip. And then, eventually getting back on track.<\/p>\n

I’m planning to intercept Norfolk & Western 611, by the way.<\/p>\n

Mixed in with my regular Tracking the Light posts, I plan to have these ‘Special Extra Posts.’<\/p>\n

Presently I’m near the heart of the old Pennsylvania Railroad.<\/p>\n

\"Amtrak<\/a>
Amtrak train 93 pauses on track 5 at Philadelphia 30th Street Station. LX7 photo June 2, 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"That<\/a>
That ad! I’m thinking: K4s Pacific, Chinese Wall, Big Shed, Gothic head house and a bit of a nasty ol’ grade\u2014but think the oil company has other ideas. LX7 photo June 2, 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Amtrak<\/a>
Amtrak number 93 at the top of the Solari Board. By the way: it was two minutes ahead of the advertised. LX7 photo June 2, 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Classic<\/a>
Classic terminal station. LX7 photo June 2, 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Streetcar<\/a>
Streetcar in the rain! SEPTA’s number 10 crosses Market Street. LX7 photo June 2, 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tracking the Light<\/a>\u00a0posts\u00a0new\u00a0material\u00a0every\u00a0morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please share\u00a0Tracking the Light<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Too often travelers today tire themselves by focusing on reaching their destination. My intention is to make getting there part of my\u00a0trip and not just some necessary endurance to get where I’m going. This means: Stopping off. Taking a break. Changing direction. Changing modes. Having a proper lunch. Going for a side trip. And then, … Continue reading Special Post: Tracking the Light at 30th Street Station, Philadelphia<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11174,"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":[1912,31,183,2747],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Amtrak_train_93_30th_St_Philadelphia_P1230271.jpg?fit=820%2C547","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-2U8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11168"}],"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=11168"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11182,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11168\/revisions\/11182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}