{"id":11974,"date":"2015-07-29T17:17:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T21:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=11974"},"modified":"2015-07-29T17:23:13","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T21:23:13","slug":"tracking-the-light-extra-vr-overnight-train-ic-274-arrives-at-oulu-at-2345","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-extra-vr-overnight-train-ic-274-arrives-at-oulu-at-2345\/","title":{"rendered":"TRACKING the LIGHT Extra: VR overnight train IC 274 arrives at Oulu at 23:45"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in olden times overnight sleeping car trains were common. Today, not so much. Yet, I&#8217;ve just boarded IC 274 for Helsinki. There was a mob on the platform at Oulu. To quote the old saying, &#8216;There&#8217;s no one riding trains any more, they are too crowded.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, I&#8217;m locked away in a berth.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11972\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11972\" style=\"width: 999px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2015\/07\/29\/tracking-the-light-extra-vr-overnight-train-ic-274-arrives-at-oulu-at-2345\/ic_274_arriving_oulu_p1290847mod1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11972\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11972\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-extra-vr-overnight-train-ic-274-arrives-at-oulu-at-2345\/ic_274_arriving_oulu_p1290847mod1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IC_274_arriving_Oulu_P1290847MOD1.jpg?fit=999%2C667\" data-orig-size=\"999,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1438188391&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;14.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IC_274_arriving_Oulu_P1290847MOD1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lumix LX-7 photo exposed at Oulu on 29 July 2015.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IC_274_arriving_Oulu_P1290847MOD1.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IC_274_arriving_Oulu_P1290847MOD1.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11972\" 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100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lumix LX-7 photo exposed at Oulu on 29 July 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11971\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11971\" style=\"width: 999px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2015\/07\/29\/tracking-the-light-extra-vr-overnight-train-ic-274-arrives-at-oulu-at-2345\/ic_274_passengers_oulu_p1290851mod1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11971\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11971\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-extra-vr-overnight-train-ic-274-arrives-at-oulu-at-2345\/ic_274_passengers_oulu_p1290851mod1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IC_274_passengers_Oulu_P1290851MOD1.jpg?fit=999%2C667\" data-orig-size=\"999,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1438188437&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IC_274_passengers_Oulu_P1290851MOD1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lumix LX-7 photo exposed at Oulu on 29 July 2015. 11:45pm.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IC_274_passengers_Oulu_P1290851MOD1.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" 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data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1290844MOD1.jpg?fit=999%2C667\" data-orig-size=\"999,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1438188333&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;8.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"P1290844MOD1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1290844MOD1.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1290844MOD1.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11975\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1290844MOD1.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"P1290844MOD1\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1290844MOD1.jpg?w=999 999w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1290844MOD1.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1290844MOD1.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1290844MOD1.jpg?resize=449%2C300 449w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1290844MOD1.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back in olden times overnight sleeping car trains didn&#8217;t have WiFi!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tracking the Light posts every day!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in olden times overnight sleeping car trains were common. Today, not so much. Yet, I&#8217;ve just boarded IC 274 for Helsinki. There was a mob on the platform at Oulu. To quote the old saying, &#8216;There&#8217;s no one riding trains any more, they are too crowded.&#8217; Thankfully, I&#8217;m locked away in a berth. Back &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-extra-vr-overnight-train-ic-274-arrives-at-oulu-at-2345\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TRACKING the LIGHT Extra: VR overnight train IC 274 arrives at Oulu at 23:45<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11972,"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":[3786,4537,7535],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IC_274_arriving_Oulu_P1290847MOD1.jpg?fit=999%2C667","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-378","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11974"}],"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=11974"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11978,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11974\/revisions\/11978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}