{"id":21044,"date":"2018-04-30T07:55:53","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T11:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=21044"},"modified":"2018-04-30T07:58:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T11:58:11","slug":"csx-intermodal-on-the-edge-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/csx-intermodal-on-the-edge-of-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"CSX Intermodal on the Edge of Spring."},"content":{"rendered":"

On my way through Palmer, Massachusetts, I noticed New England Central\u2019s northward 608 blocked at the diamond crossing with CSX\u2019s Boston Line.<\/p>\n

That was a good indication that a CSX train might be close.<\/p>\n

After a very short wait this eastward CSX intermodal train came into view. It was probably Q012;\u2011one of several daily trains that runs to Worcester for unloading.<\/p>\n

The trees are still bare, but the sun was bright. In just a few more days the trees will begin to leaf, the grass will become green, and Spring will be in the air.<\/p>\n

Exposed digitally with my FujiFilm X-T1 fitted with a 90mm Fujinon telephoto. I\u2019ve composed the image to take in the old Union Station, now Palmer\u2019s Steaming Tender restaurant, while positioning the lead locomotive between the control signals at CP83, and keeping the horizon in view.<\/p>\n

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Mid morning light in Palmer, Massachusetts, April 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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On my way through Palmer, Massachusetts, I noticed New England Central\u2019s northward 608 blocked at the diamond crossing with CSX\u2019s Boston Line. That was a good indication that a CSX train might be close. After a very short wait this eastward CSX intermodal train came into view. It was probably Q012;\u2011one of several daily trains … Continue reading CSX Intermodal on the Edge of Spring.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21043,"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":[4660,41,1669,35,30],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/CSX_3049_w_Intermodal_at_Palmer_DSCF7318.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5tq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21044"}],"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=21044"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21046,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21044\/revisions\/21046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}