{"id":17627,"date":"2017-01-08T05:54:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T10:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=17627"},"modified":"2017-01-08T11:13:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T16:13:00","slug":"on-the-roll-with-norfolk-southerns-virginian-heritage-locomotive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/on-the-roll-with-norfolk-southerns-virginian-heritage-locomotive\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Roll with Norfolk Southern\u2019s Virginian Heritage Locomotive."},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s another case of dumb luck. The other day, when Mike Gardner and I headed for Pan Am Southern\u2019s Boston & Maine at East Deerfield, we had vague notions that we\u2019d follow one of their trains.<\/p>\n

As with many of our photographic adventures, our plan was little more than a loose agreement that we\u2019d explore and make photos. Mike does the driving, I help with the navigation and interpreting the scanner.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d brought a wide selection of cameras, including two Nikon film cameras and my old Rollei Model T for black & white work.<\/p>\n

Early in our day we bumped into some fellow photographers who tipped us off on the westward approach of empty autorack train 287 led by Norfolk Southern 1069 painted to honor the old Virginian.<\/p>\n

The Virginian is long before my time. It was melded into Norfolk & Western 7 years before I was born. However, I was familiar with the line through my father\u2019s color slides.<\/p>\n

As the day unfolded we learned that we had a pair of westward trains to work with. As noted in yesterday\u2019s post, Pan Am\u2019s EDRJ was working with recently acquired former CSX DASH8-40Cs. Initially, it was 287 with the Virginian painted locomotive that caught our attention.<\/p>\n

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January 5, 2017 East Deerfield, Massachusetts. Exposed with a FujiFilm XT1 with 18-135mm lens. Pan Am’s EDRJ (with former CSX DASH8-40Cs) waits for auto rack 287 with NS 1069 \u00a0to clear the yard before making its double.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Exposed on Fomapan 200 with a Rollei Model T. Film processed in D76.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pacing view near Charlemont, Massachusetts. Exposed with a FujiFilm XT1 with 18-135mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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To the River!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pan Am Southern 287 passes the classic location at Zoar, Massachusetts. Exposed with a FujiFilm XT1 with 18-135mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Eagle Bridge, New York. Exposed with a FujiFilm XT1 with 18-135mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Horace Greeley\u2019s advice played out well that day! (But we aren\u2019t as young as we were once).<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s Horace Greeley?\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s another case of dumb luck. The other day, when Mike Gardner and I headed for Pan Am Southern\u2019s Boston & Maine at East Deerfield, we had vague notions that we\u2019d follow one of their trains. As with many of our photographic adventures, our plan was little more than a loose agreement that we\u2019d explore … Continue reading On the Roll with Norfolk Southern\u2019s Virginian Heritage Locomotive.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17626,"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":[48],"tags":[3814,4003,4002,241,1954,59,883],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NS_287_w_VGN_heritage_loco_near_Zoar_from_Mikes_truck_DSCF0028.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4Aj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17627"}],"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=17627"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17629,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17627\/revisions\/17629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}