{"id":15591,"date":"2016-06-10T04:15:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T08:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=15591"},"modified":"2016-06-10T20:54:24","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T00:54:24","slug":"boston-maine-gp18-at-ayer-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/boston-maine-gp18-at-ayer-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston & Maine GP18 at Ayer, Massachusetts."},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a spirited chase; the day was fine and we made many photos.<\/p>\n

But, was it really more than 31 years ago that my friends and I followed an extra freight, symbol EDLA from Erving to Ayer? (That was an East Deerfield to Lawrence, Massachusetts train, which \u00a0my notes show as an ‘EDLA-X’, but I’m not sure I have that down right.)<\/p>\n

Even in 1985, catching a GP18-GP9-GP18 leading a freight on the old Fitchburg was considered a prize.<\/p>\n

The Boston & Maine GP18s are long gone, but a few of the old GP9s are still knocking around.<\/p>\n

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My dad had lent me his Leica M4 and some lenses. On February 17, 1985. I exposed this image on Ilford FP4 at the East Wye in Ayer\u2014after the freight had made its drop to the Hill Yard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Recently, I scanned this negative using my Epson V600. I processed the file in Lightroom and cleaned up some of the dust spots.<\/p>\n

Something to ponder: later that evening, symbol freight POPY (Portland to Potomac Yard) went west with D&H Alco C-420s in the lead.<\/p>\n

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