{"id":13804,"date":"2016-01-19T06:35:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T11:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=13804"},"modified":"2016-01-19T23:01:12","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T04:01:12","slug":"metro-north-south-norwalk-connecticut-september-7-1989","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/metro-north-south-norwalk-connecticut-september-7-1989\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro-North, South Norwalk, Connecticut\u2014September 7, 1989."},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking back at seven slides.<\/p>\n

Sometimes a review of \u2018out-takes\u2019 will reveal a few gems. This is a lesson in how the passage of time can make the commonplace more interesting.<\/p>\n

On the morning\u00a0of September 7, 1989, I spent several hours around South Norwalk, Connecticut, making photos with my Leica M2 on Kodachrome 25 slide film. My primary subject was the old New Haven Railroad and the passage of Metro-North and Amtrak trains.<\/p>\n

Since that time, the Metropolitan series cars that once dominated Metro-North\u2019s suburban service have been all but replaced. But back then many of these cars still had a relatively new sheen to them.<\/p>\n

More striking have been\u00a0changes to the South Norwalk station. The scene is very different. Among the changes has been construction of a large multistory parking garage, which now occupies the space to the north of the station.<\/p>\n

\"Grand<\/a>
Grand Central bound Metro-North train approaches South Norwalk on September 7, 1989.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"South<\/a>
South Norwalk station as it appeared on the morning of September 7, 1989. Today, the scene is complete changed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Notice<\/a>
Notice the sheen of the stainless steel on this Metropolitan-series electric car.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A view from the street looking north toward the old New Haven electrified line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Looking<\/a>
Looking toward New Haven Connecticut.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yet, I also made a few photos of the town and passing road vehicles, which help give a flavor for South Norwalk in the late 1980s now more than a quarter century gone.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The street had its fair share of interest too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Wheels<\/a>
Wheels said the bus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The best of the photos from this morning are held in a different file, and these are merely what I deemed at the time as \u2018extras.\u2019<\/p>\n

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