{"id":12181,"date":"2015-08-17T01:35:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T05:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=12181"},"modified":"2015-08-15T08:53:10","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T12:53:10","slug":"leo-tolstoi-moscow-sleeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/leo-tolstoi-moscow-sleeper\/","title":{"rendered":"Leo Tolstoi\u2014Moscow Sleeper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?attachment_id=12175\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12175\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12175\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/leo-tolstoi-moscow-sleeper\/moscow_sleeper_departure_board_p1300023mod1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Moscow_sleeper_departure_board_P1300023MOD1.jpg?fit=1000%2C750\" data-orig-size=\"1000,750\" 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;1438256792&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;15.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Moscow_sleeper_departure_board_P1300023MOD1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Moscow_sleeper_departure_board_P1300023MOD1.jpg?fit=709%2C532\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Moscow_sleeper_departure_board_P1300023MOD1.jpg?fit=474%2C356\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12175\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Moscow_sleeper_departure_board_P1300023MOD1.jpg?resize=474%2C356\" alt=\"Moscow_sleeper_departure_board_P1300023MOD1\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Moscow_sleeper_departure_board_P1300023MOD1.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Moscow_sleeper_departure_board_P1300023MOD1.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Moscow_sleeper_departure_board_P1300023MOD1.jpg?resize=709%2C532 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Moscow_sleeper_departure_board_P1300023MOD1.jpg?resize=965%2C724 965w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Moscow_sleeper_departure_board_P1300023MOD1.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This train is a bridge between east and west, connecting the Finnish and Russian capitals.<\/p>\n<p>It was a dreary evening at Helsinki Central when Markku Pulkkinen and I exposed photos of this unusual passenger train.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a0car behind the Finnish Sr1 electric locomotive is an auto-carrier for Russian automobiles\u00a0(presumably the expensive imported kind with darkened windows).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12180\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12180\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?attachment_id=12180\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12180\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12180\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/leo-tolstoi-moscow-sleeper\/moscow_sleeper_p1300005mod1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Moscow_sleeper_P1300005MOD1.jpg?fit=1000%2C750\" data-orig-size=\"1000,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&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;1438255517&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;10.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Moscow_sleeper_P1300005MOD1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Appropriately a Soviet-built Sr1 electric leads the Leo Tolstoi at Helsinki.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Moscow_sleeper_P1300005MOD1.jpg?fit=709%2C532\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Moscow_sleeper_P1300005MOD1.jpg?fit=474%2C356\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12180\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Moscow_sleeper_P1300005MOD1.jpg?resize=474%2C356\" alt=\"Appropriately a Soviet-built Sr1 electric leads the Leo Tolstoi at Helsinki.\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Moscow_sleeper_P1300005MOD1.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Moscow_sleeper_P1300005MOD1.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Moscow_sleeper_P1300005MOD1.jpg?resize=709%2C532 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Moscow_sleeper_P1300005MOD1.jpg?resize=965%2C724 965w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Moscow_sleeper_P1300005MOD1.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Appropriately a Soviet-built Sr1 electric leads the Leo Tolstoi at Helsinki.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12179\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?attachment_id=12179\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12179\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12179\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/leo-tolstoi-moscow-sleeper\/russian_sleeping_cars_p1300007mod1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_sleeping_cars_P1300007MOD1.jpg?fit=1000%2C750\" data-orig-size=\"1000,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&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;1438256089&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;9.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Russian_sleeping_cars_P1300007MOD1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;An old school heavy sleeping car in modern paint. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_sleeping_cars_P1300007MOD1.jpg?fit=709%2C532\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_sleeping_cars_P1300007MOD1.jpg?fit=474%2C356\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12179\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_sleeping_cars_P1300007MOD1.jpg?resize=474%2C356\" alt=\"An old school heavy sleeping car in modern paint. \" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_sleeping_cars_P1300007MOD1.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_sleeping_cars_P1300007MOD1.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_sleeping_cars_P1300007MOD1.jpg?resize=709%2C532 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_sleeping_cars_P1300007MOD1.jpg?resize=965%2C724 965w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_sleeping_cars_P1300007MOD1.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An old school heavy sleeping car in modern paint.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12178\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?attachment_id=12178\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12178\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12178\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/leo-tolstoi-moscow-sleeper\/russian_diner_p1300010mod1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_diner_P1300010MOD1.jpg?fit=1000%2C750\" data-orig-size=\"1000,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&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;1438256236&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;8.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Russian_diner_P1300010MOD1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Detail of the diner.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_diner_P1300010MOD1.jpg?fit=709%2C532\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_diner_P1300010MOD1.jpg?fit=474%2C356\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12178\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_diner_P1300010MOD1.jpg?resize=474%2C356\" alt=\"Detail of the diner.\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_diner_P1300010MOD1.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_diner_P1300010MOD1.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_diner_P1300010MOD1.jpg?resize=709%2C532 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_diner_P1300010MOD1.jpg?resize=965%2C724 965w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_diner_P1300010MOD1.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of the diner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?attachment_id=12176\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12176\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12176\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/leo-tolstoi-moscow-sleeper\/russian_diner_p1300019mod1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_diner_P1300019MOD1.jpg?fit=1000%2C750\" data-orig-size=\"1000,750\" 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;1438256444&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Russian_diner_P1300019MOD1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_diner_P1300019MOD1.jpg?fit=709%2C532\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_diner_P1300019MOD1.jpg?fit=474%2C356\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12176\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_diner_P1300019MOD1.jpg?resize=474%2C356\" alt=\"Russian_diner_P1300019MOD1\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_diner_P1300019MOD1.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_diner_P1300019MOD1.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_diner_P1300019MOD1.jpg?resize=709%2C532 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_diner_P1300019MOD1.jpg?resize=965%2C724 965w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_diner_P1300019MOD1.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Exposed using my Lumix LX7 digital camera.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tracking the Light posts daily!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This train is a bridge between east and west, connecting the Finnish and Russian capitals. It was a dreary evening at Helsinki Central when Markku Pulkkinen and I exposed photos of this unusual passenger train. The \u00a0car behind the Finnish Sr1 electric locomotive is an auto-carrier for Russian automobiles\u00a0(presumably the expensive imported kind with darkened &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/leo-tolstoi-moscow-sleeper\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Leo Tolstoi\u2014Moscow Sleeper<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12176,"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":[2739,2889,2890,2891],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Russian_diner_P1300019MOD1.jpg?fit=1000%2C750","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-3at","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12181"}],"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=12181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12182,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12181\/revisions\/12182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}