{"id":17607,"date":"2017-01-07T05:30:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T10:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=17607"},"modified":"2017-01-07T09:11:04","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T14:11:04","slug":"pan-am-railways-new-dash8-40cs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/pan-am-railways-new-dash8-40cs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pan Am Railways\u2019 ‘New’ DASH8-40Cs."},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in 1989, the DASH8-40C was the latest offering from General Electric. In April that year, I photographed some glistening Conrail units at Buffalo\u2019s Bison Yard. Some months later I was delighted to catch a freshly painted CSX DASH8-40C working on the old Baltimore & Ohio at Deshler, Ohio.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to 2017; reports of Pan Am\u2019s recent acquisition of 20 former CSX DASH8-40Cs has interested New England railroad observers. I\u2019ll admit, I find it strange that these locomotives causing such a stir.<\/p>\n

On Thursday January 5, 2017, fellow photographer Mike Gardner and I visited Pan Am\u2019s East Deerfield Yard (located near Greenfield, Massachusetts).<\/p>\n

Upon our arrival, we saw road freight EDRJ (East Deerfield to Rotterdam Junction) getting ready for its westward journey. In the lead was a pair of the \u2018New\u2019 DASH8-40Cs.<\/p>\n

I learned that this was the first run of these locomotives since arriving on Pan Am a few days earlier. Not to waste an opportunity we geared up for some photography.<\/p>\n

And, yes, among the trains we photographed that day was EDRJ (always a favorite train to catch on the scenic westend of the old Boston & Maine). We followed it all the way to Eagle Bridge, New York, \u2018new\u2019 GEs in the lead.<\/p>\n

Below are a few of the photos I made using my FujiFilm XT1 digital camera. While we made the most of these old \u2018new\u2019 locomotives, in truth we probably would have photographed Pan Am\u2019s EDRJ regardless of its motive power.<\/p>\n

Still, I\u2019ll be keen to see these old goats painted in Pan Am blue and white.<\/p>\n

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DASH8-40Cs glint in the morning sun at East Deerfield Yard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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EDRJ works upgrade along the Deerfield River at Zoar, Massachusetts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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EDRJ ambles along near Pownal, Vermont.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sun and clouds color the sky near North Pownal, Vermont.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Approaching Petersburg Junction near the New York-Vermont state line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Back in 1989, the DASH8-40C was the latest offering from General Electric. In April that year, I photographed some glistening Conrail units at Buffalo\u2019s Bison Yard. Some months later I was delighted to catch a freshly painted CSX DASH8-40C working on the old Baltimore & Ohio at Deshler, Ohio. Fast forward to 2017; reports of … Continue reading Pan Am Railways\u2019 ‘New’ DASH8-40Cs.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17600,"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":true,"_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":[242,35,768,82],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Pan_Am_DASH8-40Cs_with_EDRJ_at_Hoosac_Tunnel_Station_Florida_Mass_DSCF0155.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4zZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17607"}],"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=17607"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17620,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17607\/revisions\/17620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}