{"id":18410,"date":"2017-05-03T06:14:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T10:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=18410"},"modified":"2017-05-02T06:23:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T10:23:13","slug":"inside-and-out-photographing-a-nice-new-little-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/inside-and-out-photographing-a-nice-new-little-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside and Out: Photographing a Nice New Little Train."},"content":{"rendered":"

Among the most attractive modern trains I experienced traveling in Switzerland at the end of April were Transports Publics du Chablais\u2019s (TPC) modern narrow gauge trains on its AOMC route that connects Aigle and Champ\u00e9ry.<\/p>\n

TPC\u2019s new Stadler railcars were clean, comfortable and nicely styled. These compact articulated narrow gauge vehicles are designed to work both adhesion and rack sections of TPC\u2019s line.<\/p>\n

Inside they are spacious, bright, and offer magnificent views of the Alpine scenery through large windows.<\/p>\n

The ability for passengers to look out forward and trailing windows is an excellent feature.<\/p>\n

I especially liked the styling treatment, which embraces TPC\u2019s bright green livery and works with the curves of Stadler\u2019s standardized modern railcar pattern. This is a pleasant contrast to many modern Swiss trains that wear dull, garish, or otherwise visually challenged liveries.<\/p>\n

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A TPC new Stadler railcar pauses between runs at Champ\u00e9ry, Switzerland. Exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1 fitted with a Zeiss 12mm Tuoit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Denis McCabe and I traveled the length of TPC\u2019s AOMC route. The most impressive section is the climb from Monthey to Champ\u00e9ry, where long sections of the line climb sharply into the mountains.<\/p>\n

I exposed these photos of TPC\u2019s new trains using my FujiFilm X-T1 digital camera.<\/p>\n

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Between Aigle and Monthey TPC’s AOMC route has an interurban railway quality with some roadside running. This view was made near Monthey at the junction with the line to Champ\u00e9ry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A train from Aigle in the afternoon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Detailed view exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1 fitted with a Zeiss 12mm Tuoit lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Detailed view exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1 fitted with a Zeiss 12mm Tuoit lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Interior view exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1 fitted with a Zeiss 12mm Tuoit lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Interior view exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1 fitted with a Zeiss 12mm Tuoit lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Among the most attractive modern trains I experienced traveling in Switzerland at the end of April were Transports Publics du Chablais\u2019s (TPC) modern narrow gauge trains on its AOMC route that connects Aigle and Champ\u00e9ry. TPC\u2019s new Stadler railcars were clean, comfortable and nicely styled. These compact articulated narrow gauge vehicles are designed to work … Continue reading Inside and Out: Photographing a Nice New Little Train.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18402,"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":[10,48],"tags":[4172,4173,4167,1304,2166,4166],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TPC_Stadler_detail_Champery_-2.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4MW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18410"}],"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=18410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18411,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18410\/revisions\/18411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}