{"id":16527,"date":"2016-08-28T05:29:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T09:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=16527"},"modified":"2016-08-25T19:40:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T23:40:11","slug":"new-england-central-at-stafford-springs-august-23-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/new-england-central-at-stafford-springs-august-23-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"New England Central at Stafford Springs\u2014August 23, 2016."},"content":{"rendered":"

The familiar sound of 645 thunder down in the valley spurred me into action.<\/p>\n

A southward New England Central freight was climbing Stateline Hill in Monson, Massachusetts. This is an old routine (and yes, I\u2019ve written about this before.)<\/p>\n

When I hear a train coming through Monson, I have a few minutes to get organized. In this instance, a brilliant clear blue dome with nice morning light was the deciding consideration.<\/p>\n

En route, I heard the southward train get its \u2018paper\u2019 (radio\u2013issued track authority) to proceed toward Willimantic, Connecticut. In this instance, I was alerted to the location of the train; south of milepost 55 (near the Massachusetts-Connecticut state line).<\/p>\n

I headed for my preferred spot in downtown Stafford Springs, Connecticut south of milepost 49.<\/p>\n

\"FujiFilm
FujiFilm XT1 digital photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One advantage of Stafford Springs is that the railroad makes an east-west twist through the village on its otherwise north-south run. This favors the morning light for a southward train.<\/p>\n

The other advantage is Stafford\u2019s quaint and distinctive New England setting.<\/p>\n

\"Here's
Here’s the trailing view that shows the village.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Photos exposed digitally using my FujiFilm XT1<\/p>\n

Tracking the Light posts everyday!<\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The familiar sound of 645 thunder down in the valley spurred me into action. A southward New England Central freight was climbing Stateline Hill in Monson, Massachusetts. This is an old routine (and yes, I\u2019ve written about this before.) When I hear a train coming through Monson, I have a few minutes to get organized. … Continue reading New England Central at Stafford Springs\u2014August 23, 2016.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16526,"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":[3786,116,7535,212,81,293],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NECR_3850_south_Stafford_Springs_DSCF3211.jpg?fit=3456%2C2304","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4iz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16527"}],"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=16527"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16544,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16527\/revisions\/16544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}