{"id":16451,"date":"2016-08-15T05:43:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T09:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=16451"},"modified":"2016-08-14T07:04:49","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T11:04:49","slug":"metro-rail-expo-line-light-rail-under-sunny-skies-los-angeles-august-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/metro-rail-expo-line-light-rail-under-sunny-skies-los-angeles-august-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro Rail Expo Line; Light Rail under Sunny Skies\u2014Los Angeles, August 2016."},"content":{"rendered":"

I was keen to explore one of the Los Angeles-area’s most recent light rail extensions:\u00a0 Metro Rail’s so-called Expo Line that runs west from a connection with the Blue Line (near downtown) and roughly follows the alignment of an old Pacific Electric route along Exposition Boulevard to Santa Monica.<\/p>\n

The portion of the line from Culver City to Santa Monica was opened in May this year, and so still has that newly-built appearance.<\/p>\n

LA Metro Rail pays tribute to the old Pacific Electric at its stations with artwork and historical interludes.<\/p>\n

\"Attention
Attention to the platform art will yield the viewer bits of history and PE heritage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Using my Lumix LX7 and FujiFilm X-T1 I made these images under bright sunny skies. Yet, I wonder about the opportunities for evening and twilight images on this line?<\/p>\n

The Expo Line\u2019s largely east-west alignment combined with LA\u2019s propensity for air-pollution should present some impressive lighting conditions.<\/p>\n

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I’m not the first observer to embrace the pictorial effects of Los Angeles air quality.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Perhaps a visit with a very long lens during a smog alert could yield some colorful results?<\/p>\n

\"A
A telephoto view exposed with my FujiFilm X-T1 of a modern light rail car approaching Santa Monica.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The Expo Line features a variety of light rail equipment, which is an uncommon feature for such a new line. Exposed at Santa Monica with my FujiFilm X-T1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Many
Many stations are decorated with artwork and embellished with historical tidbits. Exposed with my FujiFilm X-T1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Expo
Expo Line station at Santa Monica.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A
A Lumix LX7 view of an LA-bound car departing Santa Monica.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Trailing
Trailing view of the same cars. Metro Rail is advertising the Expo Line on the side of this car.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"An
An old car in new paint graces the streets of Santa Monica. LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Clean
Clean new signs are a feature of the Expo Line extension.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Outbound
Outbound cars at Jefferson. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jefferson;
Jefferson; cars stop just long enough to make a photo before boarding. This one is 1027; do YOU remember the significance of that number?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"At
At Pico, the Expo Line shares platforms with the Blue Line (that runs to Long Beach). Careful, you might board the wrong car outbound!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Pico
Pico looking toward downtown LA. Lumix LX7 view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For more on the Expo Line see this article in the LA Times:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-expo-line-speed-snap-story.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Also see: https:\/\/www.metro.net\/riding\/maps\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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I was keen to explore one of the Los Angeles-area’s most recent light rail extensions:\u00a0 Metro Rail’s so-called Expo Line that runs west from a connection with the Blue Line (near downtown) and roughly follows the alignment of an old Pacific Electric route along Exposition Boulevard to Santa Monica. The portion of the line from … Continue reading Metro Rail Expo Line; Light Rail under Sunny Skies\u2014Los Angeles, August 2016.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16440,"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":[3786,3750,23,750,3721,3751],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Expo_Line_at_Santa_Monica_P1500530.jpg?fit=2448%2C1634","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4hl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16451"}],"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=16451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16452,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16451\/revisions\/16452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}