{"id":13112,"date":"2015-11-08T01:39:34","date_gmt":"2015-11-08T06:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=13112"},"modified":"2015-11-07T09:49:05","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T14:49:05","slug":"halloween-in-palmer-massachusetts-october-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/halloween-in-palmer-massachusetts-october-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween in Palmer, Massachusetts October 2015."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late Autumn in a familiar place: on October 31<sup>st<\/sup>, I met Rich Reed &amp; company at Palmer for a visit at <a href=\"http:\/\/palmerhobbies.com\" target=\"_blank\">Palmer Hobbies<\/a> and lunch at the <a href=\"http:\/\/steamingtender.com\" target=\"_blank\">Steaming Tender<\/a>. Rich was dressed in costume as one of the Blue Brothers from the early \u201880s film.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13108\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?attachment_id=13108\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13108\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13108\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/halloween-in-palmer-massachusetts-october-2015\/rich_at_palmer_halloween_p1340266\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Rich_at_Palmer_Halloween_P1340266.jpg?fit=3776%2C2520\" data-orig-size=\"3776,2520\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1446299957&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;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rich_at_Palmer_Halloween_P1340266\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Rich Reed as one of the Blues Brothers. Lumix LX7 Photo.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Rich_at_Palmer_Halloween_P1340266.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Rich_at_Palmer_Halloween_P1340266.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13108\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Rich_at_Palmer_Halloween_P1340266.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"Rich Reed as one of the Blues Brothers. Lumix LX7 Photo.\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Rich_at_Palmer_Halloween_P1340266.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Rich_at_Palmer_Halloween_P1340266.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Rich_at_Palmer_Halloween_P1340266.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Rich_at_Palmer_Halloween_P1340266.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Rich_at_Palmer_Halloween_P1340266.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Rich_at_Palmer_Halloween_P1340266.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rich Reed as one of the Blues Brothers. Lumix LX7 Photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Afterwards we observed New England Central\u2019s freight from Brattleboro, job 611, that arrived at the Palmer diamond led by tunnel motor (originally an EMD SD40T-2, now designated an SD40-2) number 3317 in Genesee &amp; Wyoming corporate paint\u2014colors that are remarkably well-suited for the day: orange, yellow and black.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13110\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?attachment_id=13110\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13110\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13110\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/halloween-in-palmer-massachusetts-october-2015\/necr_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_p1340262\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340262.jpg?fit=3776%2C2520\" data-orig-size=\"3776,2520\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1446299918&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;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340262\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;New England Central 611 cross in CSXT&#8217;s former Boston &#038; Albany at Palmer.  Lumix LX7 Photo.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340262.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340262.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340262.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"New England Central 611 cross in CSXT's former Boston &amp; Albany at Palmer. Lumix LX7 Photo.\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340262.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340262.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340262.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340262.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340262.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340262.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New England Central 611 cross in CSXT&#8217;s former Boston &amp; Albany at Palmer. Lumix LX7 Photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13109\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13109\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?attachment_id=13109\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13109\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13109\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/halloween-in-palmer-massachusetts-october-2015\/necr_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_p1340264\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340264.jpg?fit=3776%2C2520\" data-orig-size=\"3776,2520\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1446299929&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;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340264\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt; Lumix LX7 Photo.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340264.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340264.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13109\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340264.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\" Lumix LX7 Photo.\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340264.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340264.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340264.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340264.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340264.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340264.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lumix LX7 Photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From Palmer we traveled up to West Warren to roll by Amtrak\u2019s westward <em>Lake Shore Limited<\/em> against a backdrop of late-season foliage.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13111\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?attachment_id=13111\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13111\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13111\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/halloween-in-palmer-massachusetts-october-2015\/amtrak_449_at_west_warren_dscf6148\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Amtrak_449_at_West_Warren_DSCF6148.jpg?fit=4896%2C3264\" data-orig-size=\"4896,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1446327945&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;27&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Amtrak_449_at_West_Warren_DSCF6148\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Amtrak 449 the westward Boston-section of the Lake Shore Limited passes the old mills at West Warren, Massachusetts on Halloween Day 2015. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Amtrak_449_at_West_Warren_DSCF6148.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Amtrak_449_at_West_Warren_DSCF6148.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"wp-image-13111 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Amtrak_449_at_West_Warren_DSCF6148.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"Amtrak 449 the westward Boston-section of the Lake Shore Limited passes the old mills at West Warren, Massachusetts on Halloween Day 2015. \" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Amtrak_449_at_West_Warren_DSCF6148.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Amtrak_449_at_West_Warren_DSCF6148.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Amtrak_449_at_West_Warren_DSCF6148.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Amtrak_449_at_West_Warren_DSCF6148.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Amtrak_449_at_West_Warren_DSCF6148.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Amtrak_449_at_West_Warren_DSCF6148.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amtrak 449 the westward Boston-section of the Lake Shore Limited passes the old mills at West Warren, Massachusetts on Halloween Day 2015. \u00a0Lumix LX7 Photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Tracking the 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Rich was dressed in costume as one of the Blue Brothers from the early \u201880s film. Afterwards we observed New England Central\u2019s freight from Brattleboro, job &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/halloween-in-palmer-massachusetts-october-2015\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Halloween in Palmer, Massachusetts October 2015.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13110,"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":[3058,3041,81,30,462,2233],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NECR_3317_w_611_sb_palmer_diamond_P1340262.jpg?fit=3776%2C2520","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-3pu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13112"}],"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=13112"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13115,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13112\/revisions\/13115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}