{"id":15044,"date":"2016-04-26T04:30:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T08:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=15044"},"modified":"2016-04-25T17:47:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T21:47:07","slug":"charter-section-glacier-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/charter-section-glacier-express\/","title":{"rendered":"Charter Section Glacier Express"},"content":{"rendered":"

The boards at Andermatt indicated that an unscheduled train was due to arrive.<\/p>\n

Our curiosity was piqued.<\/p>\n

This turned out to be\u00a0a charter using a\u00a0Glacier Express<\/em>\u00a0train set.<\/p>\n

I’ve augmented the views of the train descending to Andermatt with a few images of another\u00a0Glacier Express\u00a0<\/em>set parked in Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn’s\u00a0sidings at Andermatt.<\/p>\n

\"In<\/a>
In mid-April, my friends and I visited Andermatt and were fortunate to catch this charter of Glacier Express equipment descending the rack railway grade toward Andermatt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Express<\/a>
Express is a relative term. The train isn’t very fast; but the views available from its windows are stunning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Looking<\/a>
Looking toward Andermatt, Switzerland in April 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"I<\/a>
I made this view of Glacier Express equipment resting static on sidings in Andermatt. Can equipment stored out of service be called a ‘train?’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tracking the Light is Daily.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The boards at Andermatt indicated that an unscheduled train was due to arrive. Our curiosity was piqued. This turned out to be\u00a0a charter using a\u00a0Glacier Express\u00a0train set. I’ve augmented the views of the train descending to Andermatt with a few images of another\u00a0Glacier Express\u00a0set parked in Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn’s\u00a0sidings at Andermatt. Tracking the Light is … Continue reading Charter Section Glacier Express<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15041,"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":[10,48],"tags":[3786,3492,3501,3500,1165,2166],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Glacier_express_DSCF5104.jpg?fit=2449%2C1633","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-3UE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15044"}],"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=15044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15045,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15044\/revisions\/15045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}