{"id":21407,"date":"2018-06-16T06:49:26","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T10:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=21407"},"modified":"2018-06-16T21:25:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T01:25:12","slug":"more-new-england-central-gp38s-four-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/more-new-england-central-gp38s-four-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"More New England Central GP38s-Four Photos!"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the last month, New England Central\u2019s 608 (Willimantic, Connecticut to Palmer, Massachusetts and back) has continued to run with a\u00a0 pair of GP38s.<\/p>\n

(I missed the day when 608 ran with three!)<\/p>\n

What\u2019s so special about this?<\/p>\n

These locomotives began with New England Central when it commenced operations in February 1995, and have continued to work the railroad in the same paint (if not the same numbers) ever since.<\/p>\n

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A classic view of 608 running northward near Stafford Springs, Connecticut. Exposed with my FujiFilm X-T1 and 27mm pancake lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A classic view of 608 running northward near Stafford Springs, Connecticut. Exposed with my FujiFilm X-T1 and 27mm pancake lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Originally there were a dozen, but the ranks have thinned.<\/p>\n

New England Central has changed owners twice since 1995; it was originally a RailTex property, then RailAmerica, today Genesee & Wyoming.<\/p>\n

NECR has acquired or borrowed many other diesels over the years.<\/p>\n

Yet for me the few surviving blue and yellow GP38s offer a sense of continuity, and also represent a throw-back to when EMD\u2019s 645 diesels were dominant on American railroads.<\/p>\n

How much longer will New England Central continue this vintage railroading?<\/p>\n

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A view of 608 running northward passing Stafford Springs, Connecticut. Exposed with my FujiFilm X-T1 and 90mm telephoto lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Will these GP38s see\u00a0G&W corporate colors? Will they be reassigned elsewhere on the expansive G&W railroad family? Will newer locomotives assume their duties?<\/p>\n

Never take anything on the railroad for granted; eventually everything changes.<\/p>\n

Change makes old photos more interesting.<\/p>\n

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A 12mm view with my Zeiss Tuoit lens fitted to the FujiFilm X-T1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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For the last month, New England Central\u2019s 608 (Willimantic, Connecticut to Palmer, Massachusetts and back) has continued to run with a\u00a0 pair of GP38s. (I missed the day when 608 ran with three!) What\u2019s so special about this? These locomotives began with New England Central when it commenced operations in February 1995, and have continued … Continue reading More New England Central GP38s-Four Photos!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21408,"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":[4718,4756,4712,4537,7535,212],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/NECR_train_608_Plains_Road_south_of_Stafford_Springs_DSCF9170.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5zh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21407"}],"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=21407"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21434,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21407\/revisions\/21434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}