{"id":21837,"date":"2018-08-10T05:03:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T09:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=21837"},"modified":"2018-08-09T12:24:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T16:24:02","slug":"south-shore-revisted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/south-shore-revisted\/","title":{"rendered":"South Shore Revisted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Chris Guss and I revisited the Chicago, South Shore and South Bend street trackage at Michigan City, Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>This classic vestige of interurban railroading always makes for interesting photos.<\/p>\n<p>My father, Richard J. Solomon first visited the South Shore at Michigan City back in 1958.<\/p>\n<p>My first trip over the line was 26 years later.<\/p>\n<p>I exposed this sequence of an afternoon eastward electric train using my FujiFilm XT1 with prime 90mm telephoto. I was playing with the focus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21838\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21838\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1042.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21838\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/south-shore-revisted\/south_shore_east_bound_at_michigan_city_ind_dscf1042\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1042.jpg?fit=3464%2C2309\" data-orig-size=\"3464,2309\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1042\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1042.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1042.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21838\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1042.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1042.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1042.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1042.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1042.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1042.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At Michigan City the tracks are the subject.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21839\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21839\" style=\"width: 3464px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1048.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21839\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/south-shore-revisted\/south_shore_east_bound_at_michigan_city_ind_dscf1048\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1048.jpg?fit=3464%2C2309\" data-orig-size=\"3464,2309\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1048\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1048.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1048.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21839\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1048.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1048.jpg?w=3464 3464w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1048.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1048.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1048.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1048.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1048.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this view I&#8217;ve focused on the train. If the sun had been out, this would have been a harshly lit afternoon image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tracking the Light Posts Every Day!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Chris Guss and I revisited the Chicago, South Shore and South Bend street trackage at Michigan City, Indiana. This classic vestige of interurban railroading always makes for interesting photos. My father, Richard J. Solomon first visited the South Shore at Michigan City back in 1958. My first trip over the line was 26 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/south-shore-revisted\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">South Shore Revisted<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21839,"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":[4759,4843,4848,1183],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/South_Shore_east_bound_at_Michigan_City_IND_DSCF1048.jpg?fit=3464%2C2309","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5Gd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21837"}],"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=21837"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21840,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21837\/revisions\/21840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}