{"id":21945,"date":"2018-08-21T08:06:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T12:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=21945"},"modified":"2018-08-21T10:27:26","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T14:27:26","slug":"wisconsins-byron-hill-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wisconsins-byron-hill-then-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin\u2019s Byron Hill: Then and Now."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two views almost 24 years apart.<\/p>\n<p>Both feature southward trains on the former Soo Line, Wisconsin Central route ascending Byron Hill on their way south from Fond du Lac, exposed in the morning from the overhead bridge near the top of the grade.<\/p>\n<p>In the interval between the images, the line was improved to two-main track and Wisconsin Central Limited became part of the Canadian National system.<\/p>\n<p>The locomotives are very different too.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21946\" style=\"width: 3451px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WC-6501-climbing-Byron-Hill-Dec-3-1994-by-Brian-Solomon-234120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21946\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wisconsins-byron-hill-then-and-now\/wc-6501-climbing-byron-hill-dec-3-1994-by-brian-solomon-234120\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WC-6501-climbing-Byron-Hill-Dec-3-1994-by-Brian-Solomon-234120.jpg?fit=3451%2C2318\" data-orig-size=\"3451,2318\" 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=\"WC 6501 climbing Byron Hill Dec 3 1994 by Brian Solomon 234120\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WC-6501-climbing-Byron-Hill-Dec-3-1994-by-Brian-Solomon-234120.jpg?fit=709%2C476\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WC-6501-climbing-Byron-Hill-Dec-3-1994-by-Brian-Solomon-234120.jpg?fit=474%2C318\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21946\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WC-6501-climbing-Byron-Hill-Dec-3-1994-by-Brian-Solomon-234120.jpg?resize=474%2C318\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WC-6501-climbing-Byron-Hill-Dec-3-1994-by-Brian-Solomon-234120.jpg?w=3451 3451w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WC-6501-climbing-Byron-Hill-Dec-3-1994-by-Brian-Solomon-234120.jpg?resize=205%2C138 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WC-6501-climbing-Byron-Hill-Dec-3-1994-by-Brian-Solomon-234120.jpg?resize=709%2C476 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WC-6501-climbing-Byron-Hill-Dec-3-1994-by-Brian-Solomon-234120.jpg?resize=1022%2C686 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WC-6501-climbing-Byron-Hill-Dec-3-1994-by-Brian-Solomon-234120.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WC-6501-climbing-Byron-Hill-Dec-3-1994-by-Brian-Solomon-234120.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">For this December 1994 image, I exposed a Kodachrome 25 slide using a Nikon F3t with Nikkor f4 200mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21947\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21947\" style=\"width: 3464px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/CN_2813_w_M342_41_30_near_hwyF-on_Byron_Hill_Wisconsin_DSCF1286.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21947\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wisconsins-byron-hill-then-and-now\/cn_2813_w_m342_41_30_near_hwyf-on_byron_hill_wisconsin_dscf1286\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/CN_2813_w_M342_41_30_near_hwyF-on_Byron_Hill_Wisconsin_DSCF1286.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=\"CN_2813_w_M342_41_30_near_hwyF-on_Byron_Hill_Wisconsin_DSCF1286\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/CN_2813_w_M342_41_30_near_hwyF-on_Byron_Hill_Wisconsin_DSCF1286.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/CN_2813_w_M342_41_30_near_hwyF-on_Byron_Hill_Wisconsin_DSCF1286.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21947\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/CN_2813_w_M342_41_30_near_hwyF-on_Byron_Hill_Wisconsin_DSCF1286.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/CN_2813_w_M342_41_30_near_hwyF-on_Byron_Hill_Wisconsin_DSCF1286.jpg?w=3464 3464w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/CN_2813_w_M342_41_30_near_hwyF-on_Byron_Hill_Wisconsin_DSCF1286.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/CN_2813_w_M342_41_30_near_hwyF-on_Byron_Hill_Wisconsin_DSCF1286.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/CN_2813_w_M342_41_30_near_hwyF-on_Byron_Hill_Wisconsin_DSCF1286.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/CN_2813_w_M342_41_30_near_hwyF-on_Byron_Hill_Wisconsin_DSCF1286.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/CN_2813_w_M342_41_30_near_hwyF-on_Byron_Hill_Wisconsin_DSCF1286.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In August 2018, I worked with my FujiFilm XT1 with 18-135mm Fujinon zoom, that approximates the perspective of the earlier photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tracking the Light Posts Daily.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two views almost 24 years apart. Both feature southward trains on the former Soo Line, Wisconsin Central route ascending Byron Hill on their way south from Fond du Lac, exposed in the morning from the overhead bridge near the top of the grade. In the interval between the images, the line was improved to two-main &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wisconsins-byron-hill-then-and-now\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wisconsin\u2019s Byron Hill: Then and Now.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21950,"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":[4869,1586,493,466,619],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/CN_2813_w_M342_41_30_near_hwyF-on_Byron_Hill_Wisconsin_DSCF1288.jpg?fit=3464%2C2309","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5HX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21945"}],"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=21945"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21957,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21945\/revisions\/21957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}