{"id":20991,"date":"2018-04-23T09:11:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T13:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=20991"},"modified":"2018-04-23T11:00:43","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T15:00:43","slug":"in-the-shadow-of-the-jungfrau-one-year-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/in-the-shadow-of-the-jungfrau-one-year-ago-today\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Shadow of the Jungfrau\u2014One Year Ago Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"

On this day (23 April) 2017, I was photographing at Grindelwald, Switzerland while researching my Railway Guide to Europe<\/a>. (Just published by Kalmbach Books).<\/p>\n

See:\u00a0https:\/\/kalmbachhobbystore.com\/product\/book\/01304?<\/a><\/p>\n

I made these views from the station platform at Grindelwald, where the Bernese Oberland Bahn (BOB) meets the Wengernalpbahn. The Wengernalpbahn drops into the valley toward Grindelwald Grund, where the line reverses for the steep rack-aided ascent toward Kleine Scheidegg.<\/p>\n

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Exposed using a FujiFilm X-T1 with 18-135mm zoom lens. Bright morning sun made for perfect lighting on this dramatic mountain scene.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Exposed using a FujiFilm X-T1 with 18-135mm zoom lens. A\u00a0Wengernalpbahn train descends toward Grund.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This was among the many lines Denis McCabe and I photographed in Switzerland that week.<\/p>\n

In my book, I offer a variety of useful and practical advice for traveling European railways, while highlighting scenic journeys, interesting routes, and some of Europe’s most interesting cities and towns. The book compiles more than 20 years of European travel in to just over 400 pages.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to order Brian Solomon\u2019s Railway Guide to Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I exposed the cover photo in Germany’s Rhein Valley using my FujiFilm XT1 with 18-135mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tracking the Light posts Daily!<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On this day (23 April) 2017, I was photographing at Grindelwald, Switzerland while researching my Railway Guide to Europe. (Just published by Kalmbach Books). See:\u00a0https:\/\/kalmbachhobbystore.com\/product\/book\/01304? I made these views from the station platform at Grindelwald, where the Bernese Oberland Bahn (BOB) meets the Wengernalpbahn. The Wengernalpbahn drops into the valley toward Grindelwald Grund, where the … Continue reading In the Shadow of the Jungfrau\u2014One Year Ago Today!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20989,"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":[4648,4649,4537,4187,2166],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Wengernalbahn_Grindlewal_Grund_DSCF4044.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5sz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20991"}],"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=20991"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20996,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20991\/revisions\/20996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}