{"id":18550,"date":"2017-05-22T05:56:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T09:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=18550"},"modified":"2017-05-20T11:55:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T15:55:27","slug":"new-england-central-making-the-most-of-a-sunny-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/new-england-central-making-the-most-of-a-sunny-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"New England Central\u2014Making the Most of a Sunny Morning."},"content":{"rendered":"

Lately, New England Central\u2019s (NECR) Willimantic-Palmer freight 608 has been running on favorable schedule for photography.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve been following Tracking the Light lately, you might have gleaned the mistaken impression that New England Central\u2019s northward freight can only be photographed hard out of the sun at Stafford Springs, Connecticut.<\/p>\n

In fact \u00a0on its present schedule there are many nicely lit photographs of the northward run between Willington, Connecticut and Palmer, Massachusetts,\u00a0this time of year.<\/p>\n

And, when the crew turns quickly at Palmer, there can be a host of very nicely lit locations in the southward direction.<\/p>\n

It helps to know where and when to go. I\u2019ve been at this a while. Back in Central Vermont Railway days (precursor to New England Central) and before I could drive, I\u2019d chase this line on my bicycle. By the time I was 15 I knew all the best angles.<\/p>\n

These views are from one productive morning a few weeks ago. More to come!<\/p>\n

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Leica view on black & white film\u2014Ilford HP5 rated at 320 ISO, processed in Ilford Perceptol developer and toned with selenium.\u00a0NECR 608 northbound at Plains Road Willington, Connecticut.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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NECR 608 northbound at Plains Road Willington, Connecticut. FujiFIlm X-T1 digital photo using in-camera. Velvia color profile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Stafford Springs, Connecticut.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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NECR 608 northbound at Stafford Springs, Connecticut.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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NER 608 about to cross Rt319 north of Stafford Springs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A few minutes later at Stateline (on the Massachusetts-Connecticut border). Note the passing siding. I’m standing on Route 32 looking southward.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Leica view at Stateline.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Washington Street in Monson, Massachusetts, near the site of the old Central Vermont Railway Monson Station (gone more than 60 years).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Leica view on HP5 at Washington Street.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Lately, New England Central\u2019s (NECR) Willimantic-Palmer freight 608 has been running on favorable schedule for photography. If you\u2019ve been following Tracking the Light lately, you might have gleaned the mistaken impression that New England Central\u2019s northward freight can only be photographed hard out of the sun at Stafford Springs, Connecticut. In fact \u00a0on its present … Continue reading New England Central\u2014Making the Most of a Sunny Morning.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18545,"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":[3814,2606,1067,81,293,3344],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/NECR_608_northbound_Washington_Street_Monson_wide_DSCF4782.jpg?fit=4896%2C3264","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4Pc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18550"}],"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=18550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18551,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18550\/revisions\/18551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}