{"id":1217,"date":"2013-01-29T10:09:45","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T15:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=1217"},"modified":"2013-01-29T19:57:04","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T00:57:04","slug":"green-mountain-rs-1-405-passes-the-covered-bridge-at-bartonsville-vermont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/green-mountain-rs-1-405-passes-the-covered-bridge-at-bartonsville-vermont\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Mountain RS-1 405 passes the Covered Bridge at Bartonsville, Vermont"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many years ago my dad advised me, \u2018photograph everything, because everything changes\u2019. In October 2002, I made this photograph of Green Mountain Railroad<\/a>\u2019s excursion train passing the wooden covered truss at Bartonsville, Vermont<\/a>. At the time this was a seasonal daily occurrence. While I was fond of the vintage Alco<\/a> diesel, there was nothing unusual about the scene, and there was no special urgency in capturing the moment. Today, this image is a prize, but not for the Alco, which remains in excellent condition\u2014I photographed it again last summer at White River Junction where it was positioned to power a Vermont Rail System<\/a> excursion. The old covered bridge is only a memory today. It stood here since the 1870s, but on August 28, 2011 it was swept away by flood waters caused by Hurricane Irene<\/a>. Its temporary replacement wasn\u2019t as interesting to photograph; thankfully a replica truss bridge is under construction.<\/p>\n

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Exposed this image on Fujichrome with a Contax G2 rangefinder fitted with a Zeiss 28mm Biogon lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
See this article about an effort to rebuild the wooden truss:\u00a0http:\/\/www.bartonsvillecoveredbridge.com\/<\/a><\/h6>\n

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