{"id":17706,"date":"2017-01-19T05:05:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T10:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=17706"},"modified":"2017-01-17T10:12:07","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T15:12:07","slug":"battenkill-railroad-vignettes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/battenkill-railroad-vignettes\/","title":{"rendered":"Battenkill Railroad Vignettes."},"content":{"rendered":"

New York State\u2019s Battenkill Railroad is a throwback to another time. It is best known for its ancient Alco RS-3 diesels, a once common model, now virtually extinct.<\/p>\n

However, the railway\u2019s rustic charm comes from its old stations, rolling jointed rail, and old-school agricultural landscapes.<\/p>\n

Last week, Mike Gardner and I explored the line, working north from the interchange at Eagle Bridge.<\/p>\n

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In the foreground are Battenkill’s tracks at Eagle Bridge, New York, while Pan Am Southern’s Boston & Maine tracks and signals are at the next crossing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Shushan, New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Beaded grade crossing signs, once standard, are now relics.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lonely tracks that only see one or two trains a week.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This old Alco is still lettered fro Battenkill’s predecessor, Greenwich & Johnsonville.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I’ve panned this Alco RS-3 to convey a sense of motion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I made these views with my Nikon F3 on Ilford HP5 black & white film. Railroads like this are rare in 2017. I wonder how much longer it will\u00a0survive\u00a0in its present condition?<\/p>\n

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New York State\u2019s Battenkill Railroad is a throwback to another time. It is best known for its ancient Alco RS-3 diesels, a once common model, now virtually extinct. However, the railway\u2019s rustic charm comes from its old stations, rolling jointed rail, and old-school agricultural landscapes. Last week, Mike Gardner and I explored the line, working … Continue reading Battenkill Railroad Vignettes.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17693,"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":[48],"tags":[4021,3814,4024,4023,4022,3337,2182,357],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601360.jpg?fit=1794%2C1115","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4BA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17706"}],"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=17706"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17710,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17706\/revisions\/17710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}