{"id":24153,"date":"2019-03-02T07:48:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T12:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=24153"},"modified":"2019-03-02T07:33:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T12:33:05","slug":"norfolk-southern-on-the-west-slope-at-south-fork-pennsylvania-march-10-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/norfolk-southern-on-the-west-slope-at-south-fork-pennsylvania-march-10-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"Norfolk Southern on the West Slope at South Fork, Pennsylvania\u2014March 10, 2001."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br \/>It was a bright late-winter\u2019s afternoon. Mike Gardner and I were on one of our many photographic explorations of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made this view west of South Fork of an eastward Norfolk Southern freight ascending the famous \u2018West Slope,\u2019 on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here I\u2019ve used just a hint of soft glint light to accent the freight, catching the exhaust from the GE diesels as they work upgrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24154\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/norfolk-southern-on-the-west-slope-at-south-fork-pennsylvania-march-10-2001\/ns_eastward_freight_south_fork_pa_10mar_2001_brian-solomon-494725\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/NS_eastward_freight_South_Fork_PA_10Mar_2001_Brian-Solomon-494725.jpg?fit=1287%2C851\" data-orig-size=\"1287,851\" 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_eastward_freight_South_Fork_PA_10Mar_2001_Brian Solomon 494725\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I\u2019ve used just a hint of soft glint light to accent the freight, catching the exhaust from the GE diesels as they work upgrade&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/NS_eastward_freight_South_Fork_PA_10Mar_2001_Brian-Solomon-494725.jpg?fit=709%2C469\" 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