{"id":11277,"date":"2015-06-08T22:43:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T02:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=11277"},"modified":"2015-06-18T09:03:26","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T13:03:26","slug":"tracking-the-light-special-post-happy-birthday-ryan-riddell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-special-post-happy-birthday-ryan-riddell\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking the Light Special Post: Happy Birthday Ryan Riddell!"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Doug Riddell, Pat Yough and I set up near Stony Creek, Virginia to photograph Amtrak\u2019s Silver Star, train 92.<\/li>\n<li>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11276\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11276\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2015\/06\/08\/tracking-the-light-special-post-happy-birthday-ryan-riddell\/amtrak_92_silver_star_eng_135_w_ryan_riddell_engineer_dscf0166\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11276\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11276\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-special-post-happy-birthday-ryan-riddell\/amtrak_92_silver_star_eng_135_w_ryan_riddell_engineer_dscf0166\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Amtrak_92_Silver_Star_eng_135_w_Ryan_Riddell_Engineer_DSCF0166.jpg?fit=700%2C467\" data-orig-size=\"700,467\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1433769063&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;83.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Amtrak_92_Silver_Star_eng_135_w_Ryan_Riddell_Engineer_DSCF0166\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Amtrak train 92, the Silver Star north of Stony Creek, Virginia.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Amtrak_92_Silver_Star_eng_135_w_Ryan_Riddell_Engineer_DSCF0166.jpg?fit=700%2C467\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Amtrak_92_Silver_Star_eng_135_w_Ryan_Riddell_Engineer_DSCF0166.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11276\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Amtrak_92_Silver_Star_eng_135_w_Ryan_Riddell_Engineer_DSCF0166.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"Amtrak train 92, the Silver Star north of Stony Creek, Virginia.\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Amtrak_92_Silver_Star_eng_135_w_Ryan_Riddell_Engineer_DSCF0166.jpg?w=700 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Amtrak_92_Silver_Star_eng_135_w_Ryan_Riddell_Engineer_DSCF0166.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Amtrak_92_Silver_Star_eng_135_w_Ryan_Riddell_Engineer_DSCF0166.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amtrak train 92, the Silver Star north of Stony Creek, Virginia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My aim was to catch Doug waving at his son. Doug Riddell is a retired Amtrak engineer and his son has followed in his footsteps.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_11275\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11275\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2015\/06\/08\/tracking-the-light-special-post-happy-birthday-ryan-riddell\/ryan_waving_at_doug_stony_creek_va_dscf0168\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11275\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11275\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-special-post-happy-birthday-ryan-riddell\/ryan_waving_at_doug_stony_creek_va_dscf0168\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Ryan_waving_at_Doug_Stony_Creek_VA_DSCF0168.jpg?fit=700%2C467\" data-orig-size=\"700,467\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1433769070&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;83.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ryan_waving_at_Doug_Stony_Creek_VA_DSCF0168\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ryan and Doug RIddell.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Ryan_waving_at_Doug_Stony_Creek_VA_DSCF0168.jpg?fit=700%2C467\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Ryan_waving_at_Doug_Stony_Creek_VA_DSCF0168.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11275\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Ryan_waving_at_Doug_Stony_Creek_VA_DSCF0168.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"Ryan and Doug RIddell.\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Ryan_waving_at_Doug_Stony_Creek_VA_DSCF0168.jpg?w=700 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Ryan_waving_at_Doug_Stony_Creek_VA_DSCF0168.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Ryan_waving_at_Doug_Stony_Creek_VA_DSCF0168.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ryan and Doug Riddell.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>On this day 31 years ago, I was preparing for my high school graduation. 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On this day 31 years ago, I was preparing for my &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-special-post-happy-birthday-ryan-riddell\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tracking the Light Special Post: Happy Birthday Ryan Riddell!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11275,"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":[2695,2765,2764,2763],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Ryan_waving_at_Doug_Stony_Creek_VA_DSCF0168.jpg?fit=700%2C467","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-2VT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11277"}],"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=11277"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11419,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11277\/revisions\/11419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}