{"id":20594,"date":"2018-03-13T07:30:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T11:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=20594"},"modified":"2018-03-13T07:55:44","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T11:55:44","slug":"mechanicville-new-york-then-and-now-part-2-boston-maine-east-of-reynolds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/mechanicville-new-york-then-and-now-part-2-boston-maine-east-of-reynolds\/","title":{"rendered":"Mechanicville, New York; Then and Now Part 2: Boston & Maine east of Reynolds."},"content":{"rendered":"

At the end of December 2017, I revisited Mechanicville, New York with an aim of making some contemporary photos at the same angles as images I\u2019d made back in November 1984.<\/p>\n

Then and Now comparisons are common enough, but what makes these photos significant is that I\u2019ve exposed both the historic photos as well as the modern images \u00a0using the same type of film and equipment (a Leica IIIA with 50mm Sumitar loaded with Kodak 35mm Tri-X).<\/p>\n

I describe my technique in the earlier post:<\/p>\n

See: Mechanicville, New York; Then and Now Part 1. [https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5ha<\/a>].<\/p>\n

These pairs of photos show the Hansen Road Bridge east of Reynolds, New York, which is just a couple of miles from XO Tower at Mechanicville. In the 1984 views, my friends and I were following an eastward Boston & Maine train.<\/p>\n

Back then the B&M route was much busier than it is today, although the line still carries a good share of freight.<\/p>\n

Double track from Mechanicville extended east to an interlocking (which I believe was called \u2018Schneiders\u2019) east of Reynolds and near Schaghticoke. The main tracks were grade separated on approach to the interlocking, which made this a distinctive location.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Maine Central 252 leads an eastward Boston & Maine freight at Hansen Road east of Reynolds, New York. Exposed on Kodak Tri-X with a Leica IIIA with 50mm Sumitar. November 1984.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Comparison view on \u00a0December 29, \u00a02017 also with a Leica IIIA, 50mm Sumitar and exposed on Tri-X. Sorry there’s no MEC GP38 in this view! (You’ll need to visit the Conway Scenic to see that). The other main track was lifted in the early 1990s after a decline in freight traffic on the B&M route.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Trailing view from Hansen Road, November 1984. The open top auto racks really date the photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Comparison view from Hansen Road on December 29, 2017. The trees have really grown up in the last three decades.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the 33 year interval between photos, the Hansen Road bridge was replaced, which slightly alters the angle for photography.<\/p>\n

Tracking the Light Posts Daily!<\/span><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the end of December 2017, I revisited Mechanicville, New York with an aim of making some contemporary photos at the same angles as images I\u2019d made back in November 1984. Then and Now comparisons are common enough, but what makes these photos significant is that I\u2019ve exposed both the historic photos as well as … Continue reading Mechanicville, New York; Then and Now Part 2: Boston & Maine east of Reynolds.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20590,"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":[4241,4464,4537,3804,242,219,1401],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Reynolds_1984\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601881-2.jpg?fit=1100%2C1816","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5ma","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20594"}],"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=20594"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20622,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20594\/revisions\/20622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}