{"id":21906,"date":"2018-08-15T06:21:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T10:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=21906"},"modified":"2018-08-15T06:21:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T10:21:29","slug":"curiosity-of-northern-indiana-some-call-it-the-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/curiosity-of-northern-indiana-some-call-it-the-chicken\/","title":{"rendered":"Curiosity of Northern Indiana: Some call it \u2018the Chicken\u2019."},"content":{"rendered":"

The reference is a pronunciation of the Chesapeake & Indiana\u2019s reporting marks; CKIN.<\/p>\n

Chris Guss and I had hoped to catch this curious short line railroad on the move.<\/p>\n

No such luck. But we did make some photographs of their General Motors-built locomotives near their interchange with CSX at Wellsboro. Some of these wear Southern Railway style paint.<\/p>\n

Southern\u2019s been gone since the 1980s so it\u2019s a flashback to see these colors again.<\/p>\n

If only I\u2019d been more awake! I\u2019d just traveled overnight on Amtrak 449 (Lake Shore Limited) from Worcester, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

Photos exposed on a overcast July morning using a FujiFilm XT1; files adjusted digitally for contrast and exposure to maximize highlight and shadow detail.<\/p>\n

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Union Mills, Wellsboro, Indiana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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High hazy sunlight in Northern Indiana with black locomotives makes for a photographic challenge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The reference is a pronunciation of the Chesapeake & Indiana\u2019s reporting marks; CKIN. Chris Guss and I had hoped to catch this curious short line railroad on the move. No such luck. But we did make some photographs of their General Motors-built locomotives near their interchange with CSX at Wellsboro. Some of these wear Southern … Continue reading Curiosity of Northern Indiana: Some call it \u2018the Chicken\u2019.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21911,"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":[4857,4858,4859,4860,1187],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Chesapeake__Indiana_5093_Union_Mills_IND_DSCF0921-2.jpg?fit=3464%2C2309","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5Hk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21906"}],"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=21906"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21912,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21906\/revisions\/21912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}