{"id":16201,"date":"2016-09-03T05:22:29","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T09:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=16201"},"modified":"2016-09-01T05:48:26","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T09:48:26","slug":"norfolk-southern-helpers-at-cassandra-july-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/norfolk-southern-helpers-at-cassandra-july-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Norfolk Southern Helpers at Cassandra-July 2010."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16162\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16162\" style=\"width: 2449px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16162\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/norfolk-southern-helpers-at-cassandra-july-2010\/helpers-on-a-unit-coal-train-at-cassandra-july1_2010_img_1761\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Helpers-on-a-unit-coal-train-at-Cassandra-July1_2010_IMG_1761.jpg?fit=2449%2C1633\" data-orig-size=\"2449,1633\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1277966633&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;120&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=\"Helpers on a unit coal train at Cassandra July1_2010_IMG_1761\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Helpers at Cassandra.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Helpers-on-a-unit-coal-train-at-Cassandra-July1_2010_IMG_1761.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Helpers-on-a-unit-coal-train-at-Cassandra-July1_2010_IMG_1761.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"wp-image-16162 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Helpers-on-a-unit-coal-train-at-Cassandra-July1_2010_IMG_1761.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"Helpers on a unit coal train at Cassandra July1_2010_IMG_1761\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Helpers-on-a-unit-coal-train-at-Cassandra-July1_2010_IMG_1761.jpg?w=2449 2449w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Helpers-on-a-unit-coal-train-at-Cassandra-July1_2010_IMG_1761.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Helpers-on-a-unit-coal-train-at-Cassandra-July1_2010_IMG_1761.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Helpers-on-a-unit-coal-train-at-Cassandra-July1_2010_IMG_1761.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Helpers-on-a-unit-coal-train-at-Cassandra-July1_2010_IMG_1761.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Helpers-on-a-unit-coal-train-at-Cassandra-July1_2010_IMG_1761.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On July 1, 2010, helpers work at the back of a loaded coal train. By including some leaves and branches of near by trees I&#8217;ve added depth to the photograph.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Norfolk Southern helpers are in &#8216;run-8&#8217; working at the back of a loaded coal train at Cassandra, Pennsylvania on the famed &#8216;West Slope&#8217;\u2014the old Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line grade over the Alleghenies.<\/p>\n<p>Morning glint illuminates the tops of the locomotives and accentuates the exhaust smoke for added drama. The train was working upgrade at a crawl.<\/p>\n<p>Exposed digitally using my Canon 7D.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tracking the Light is daily.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norfolk Southern helpers are in &#8216;run-8&#8217; working at the back of a loaded coal train at Cassandra, Pennsylvania on the famed &#8216;West Slope&#8217;\u2014the old Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line grade over the Alleghenies. Morning glint illuminates the tops of the locomotives and accentuates the exhaust smoke for added drama. The train was working upgrade at a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/norfolk-southern-helpers-at-cassandra-july-2010\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Norfolk Southern Helpers at Cassandra-July 2010.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16162,"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":[623,1966,7535,3693,122,59,199,123],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Helpers-on-a-unit-coal-train-at-Cassandra-July1_2010_IMG_1761.jpg?fit=2449%2C1633","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4dj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16201"}],"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=16201"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16313,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16201\/revisions\/16313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}