{"id":21918,"date":"2018-08-17T07:53:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T11:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=21918"},"modified":"2018-08-16T04:00:57","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T08:00:57","slug":"documenting-the-common-norfolk-southern-double-stacks-at-cp485","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/documenting-the-common-norfolk-southern-double-stacks-at-cp485\/","title":{"rendered":"Documenting the Common: Norfolk Southern Double-stacks at CP485."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Norfolk Southern\u2019s Water Level Route is among the busiest freight routes in the East.<\/p>\n<p>It features a continual parade of trains; long freights led by common modern diesels.<\/p>\n<p>Here a cookie-cutter General Electric Evolution-series works east with a double stack train, ducking under the South Shore line at CP485 near Burns Harbor, Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>Isn\u2019t this freight the modern day equivalent of a New York Central freight led by F7s; or a generation earlier by a common Central H-10 Mikado?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NS_east_ward_stacks_near_Burns_Harbor_IND_DSCF1096.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21919\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/documenting-the-common-norfolk-southern-double-stacks-at-cp485\/ns_east_ward_stacks_near_burns_harbor_ind_dscf1096\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NS_east_ward_stacks_near_Burns_Harbor_IND_DSCF1096.jpg?fit=3464%2C2309\" data-orig-size=\"3464,2309\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NS_east_ward_stacks_near_Burns_Harbor_IND_DSCF1096.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NS_east_ward_stacks_near_Burns_Harbor_IND_DSCF1096.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21920\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21920\" style=\"width: 3464px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NS_east_ward_JB_Hunt_stacks_near_Burns_Harbor_IND_DSCF1107.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21920\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/documenting-the-common-norfolk-southern-double-stacks-at-cp485\/ns_east_ward_jb_hunt_stacks_near_burns_harbor_ind_dscf1107\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NS_east_ward_JB_Hunt_stacks_near_Burns_Harbor_IND_DSCF1107.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=\"NS_east_ward_JB_Hunt_stacks_near_Burns_Harbor_IND_DSCF1107\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NS_east_ward_JB_Hunt_stacks_near_Burns_Harbor_IND_DSCF1107.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NS_east_ward_JB_Hunt_stacks_near_Burns_Harbor_IND_DSCF1107.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21920\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NS_east_ward_JB_Hunt_stacks_near_Burns_Harbor_IND_DSCF1107.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NS_east_ward_JB_Hunt_stacks_near_Burns_Harbor_IND_DSCF1107.jpg?w=3464 3464w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NS_east_ward_JB_Hunt_stacks_near_Burns_Harbor_IND_DSCF1107.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NS_east_ward_JB_Hunt_stacks_near_Burns_Harbor_IND_DSCF1107.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NS_east_ward_JB_Hunt_stacks_near_Burns_Harbor_IND_DSCF1107.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NS_east_ward_JB_Hunt_stacks_near_Burns_Harbor_IND_DSCF1107.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NS_east_ward_JB_Hunt_stacks_near_Burns_Harbor_IND_DSCF1107.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freight trains are about freight and I&#8217;ll often make photos of the consist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But does it matter that I exposed this image? Where does it fit in the BIG picture?<\/p>\n<p>I was pleased when I made this view. Chris Guss and I had enough time to set up, but didn\u2019t wait long. I recalled a photo made more than 20 years ago in this same territory; Mike Danneman and I spent a snowy February morning photographing Conrail. Those photos are looking better all the time.<\/p>\n<p>The common deserves to be recorded.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Tracking the Light Posts Daily.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norfolk Southern\u2019s Water Level Route is among the busiest freight routes in the East. It features a continual parade of trains; long freights led by common modern diesels. Here a cookie-cutter General Electric Evolution-series works east with a double stack train, ducking under the South Shore line at CP485 near Burns Harbor, Indiana. Isn\u2019t this &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/documenting-the-common-norfolk-southern-double-stacks-at-cp485\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Documenting the Common: Norfolk Southern Double-stacks at CP485.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21919,"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":[4863,4864,7535,59],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NS_east_ward_stacks_near_Burns_Harbor_IND_DSCF1096.jpg?fit=3464%2C2309","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5Hw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21918"}],"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=21918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21921,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21918\/revisions\/21921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}