{"id":1805,"date":"2013-03-22T06:41:51","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T10:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=1805"},"modified":"2013-03-19T09:37:54","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T13:37:54","slug":"metra-sunset-at-highlands-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/metra-sunset-at-highlands-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"METRA Sunset at Highlands, Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1804\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1804\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?attachment_id=1804\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1804\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1804\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/metra-sunset-at-highlands-illinois\/metra-at-highlands-ill-feb-25-1995-cover-of-ptj-217-brian-solomon-661608\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Metra-at-Highlands-ILL-Feb-25-1995-cover-of-PTJ-217-Brian-Solomon-661608.jpg?fit=800%2C509\" data-orig-size=\"800,509\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"Metra at Highlands ILL Feb 25 1995 cover of PTJ 217 Brian Solomon 661608\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;PTJ cover photo at sunset.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Highlands, Illinois on February 25,1995&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Metra-at-Highlands-ILL-Feb-25-1995-cover-of-PTJ-217-Brian-Solomon-661608.jpg?fit=512%2C325\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Metra-at-Highlands-ILL-Feb-25-1995-cover-of-PTJ-217-Brian-Solomon-661608.jpg?fit=474%2C302\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1804\" alt=\"Metra train at Sunset\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Metra-at-Highlands-ILL-Feb-25-1995-cover-of-PTJ-217-Brian-Solomon-661608.jpg?resize=474%2C302\" width=\"474\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Metra-at-Highlands-ILL-Feb-25-1995-cover-of-PTJ-217-Brian-Solomon-661608.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Metra-at-Highlands-ILL-Feb-25-1995-cover-of-PTJ-217-Brian-Solomon-661608.jpg?resize=205%2C130 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Metra-at-Highlands-ILL-Feb-25-1995-cover-of-PTJ-217-Brian-Solomon-661608.jpg?resize=512%2C325 512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Metra-at-Highlands-ILL-Feb-25-1995-cover-of-PTJ-217-Brian-Solomon-661608.jpg?resize=471%2C300 471w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Highlands (Metra)\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=41.8051,-87.9183&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=41.8051,-87.9183 (Highlands%20%28Metra%29)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Highlands<\/a>, Illinois on February 25,1995<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On February 25,1995, I made this atmospheric image of an inbound Metra train on the \u2018Burlington Triple Track\u2019 at Highlands, Illinois (Today a BNSF mainline). A mix of thin high clouds and smog has tinted the winter sun. A cropped version appeared on the cover of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Passenger Train Journal\" href=\"http:\/\/whiteriverproductions.com\/shopcontent.asp?type=PTJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Passenger Train Journal<\/a> issue 217. At the time, I was employed as an Associate Editor at <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Pentrex\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pentrex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Pentrex<\/a> Publishing, including PTJ, and often contributed photograph to the Pentrex magazines.<\/p>\n<p>Also see: <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-t1\">yesterday&#8217;s post on Metra&#8217;s F40Cs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2013\/03\/19\/bnsf-eastbound-along-the-mississippi-river-at-savannah-illinois\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.zemanta.com\/153445140_80_80.jpg?w=474\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2013\/03\/19\/bnsf-eastbound-along-the-mississippi-river-at-savannah-illinois\/\" target=\"_blank\">BNSF Eastbound Along The Mississippi River at Savannah, Illinois.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_c.png?w=474\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 25,1995, I made this atmospheric image of an inbound Metra train on the \u2018Burlington Triple Track\u2019 at Highlands, Illinois (Today a BNSF mainline). A mix of thin high clouds and smog has tinted the winter sun. A cropped version appeared on the cover of Passenger Train Journal issue 217. At the time, I &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/metra-sunset-at-highlands-illinois\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">METRA Sunset at Highlands, Illinois<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[4537,530,224,7535,544,484,226,545,547,549,92,546,548],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-t7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1805"}],"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=1805"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1808,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1805\/revisions\/1808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}