{"id":17904,"date":"2017-02-14T04:52:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T09:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=17904"},"modified":"2017-02-10T17:02:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T22:02:36","slug":"berlin-connecticut-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/berlin-connecticut-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin, Connecticut Revisited."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a follow up to my <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4yb\" target=\"_blank\">Tracking the Light<\/a> post of <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4yb\" target=\"_blank\">December 23, 2016<\/a>,\u00a0where I explained that on Wednesday December\u00a021, 2016, Otto Vondrak sent me the sad news that the old station at Berlin, Connecticut had been gutted by fire.<\/p>\n<p>This was reported as a \u2018total loss.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>I generally avoid accidents, derailment sites, and fires. However, a few weeks ago, I decided I should take a look at the remains of the Berlin station before the scene was made unrecognizable.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17906\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17906\" style=\"width: 1784px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17906\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/berlin-connecticut-revisited\/brian_solomon_53601628\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601628.jpg?fit=1784%2C1120\" data-orig-size=\"1784,1120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601628\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601628.jpg?fit=709%2C445\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601628.jpg?fit=474%2C298\" class=\"wp-image-17906 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601628.jpg?resize=474%2C298\" width=\"474\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601628.jpg?w=1784 1784w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601628.jpg?resize=205%2C129 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601628.jpg?resize=709%2C445 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601628.jpg?resize=1022%2C642 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601628.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601628.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This was not an easy photo to make. I have a lot of happy memories of this place. Exposed in January 2017 on film using my Nikon F3.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17905\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17905\" style=\"width: 1745px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17905\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/berlin-connecticut-revisited\/amtrak_station_berlin_ct_sept2004_brian-solomon-899079\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Amtrak_station_Berlin_CT_Sept2004_Brian-Solomon-899079.jpg?fit=1745%2C1145\" data-orig-size=\"1745,1145\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Amtrak_station_Berlin_CT_Sept2004_Brian Solomon 899079\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Here&#8217;s the Berlin Station&#8217;s arched window as it appeared in September 2004.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Amtrak_station_Berlin_CT_Sept2004_Brian-Solomon-899079.jpg?fit=709%2C465\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Amtrak_station_Berlin_CT_Sept2004_Brian-Solomon-899079.jpg?fit=474%2C311\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17905\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Amtrak_station_Berlin_CT_Sept2004_Brian-Solomon-899079.jpg?resize=474%2C311\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Amtrak_station_Berlin_CT_Sept2004_Brian-Solomon-899079.jpg?w=1745 1745w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Amtrak_station_Berlin_CT_Sept2004_Brian-Solomon-899079.jpg?resize=205%2C135 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Amtrak_station_Berlin_CT_Sept2004_Brian-Solomon-899079.jpg?resize=709%2C465 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Amtrak_station_Berlin_CT_Sept2004_Brian-Solomon-899079.jpg?resize=1022%2C671 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Amtrak_station_Berlin_CT_Sept2004_Brian-Solomon-899079.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Amtrak_station_Berlin_CT_Sept2004_Brian-Solomon-899079.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here&#8217;s the Berlin Station&#8217;s arched window as it appeared in September 2004.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Brian Solomon&#8217;s Tracking the Light posts daily.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a follow up to my Tracking the Light post of December 23, 2016,\u00a0where I explained that on Wednesday December\u00a021, 2016, Otto Vondrak sent me the sad news that the old station at Berlin, Connecticut had been gutted by fire. This was reported as a \u2018total loss.\u2019 I generally avoid accidents, derailment sites, and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/berlin-connecticut-revisited\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Berlin, Connecticut Revisited.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17905,"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],"tags":[3976,949,116,1631],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Amtrak_station_Berlin_CT_Sept2004_Brian-Solomon-899079.jpg?fit=1745%2C1145","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4EM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17904"}],"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=17904"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17910,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17904\/revisions\/17910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}