{"id":25895,"date":"2019-03-17T11:22:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T15:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=25895"},"modified":"2019-03-17T16:27:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-17T20:27:19","slug":"july-30-1987-conrail-sd45-2s-downgrade-at-bennington-curve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/july-30-1987-conrail-sd45-2s-downgrade-at-bennington-curve\/","title":{"rendered":"July 30, 1987: Conrail SD45-2s downgrade at Bennington Curve."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Less often photographed than the famous Horseshoe Curve, is Bennington Curve further up the old Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line grade toward Gallitzin, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in July 1987, my pal TSH and I camped near the curve. I was kept awake by the roar of uphill diesels and the ear-piercing flange squeal of wheels in the curve. At sunrise I was track side to photograph the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of my first images of the morning was this black & white view of a light helper set returning down grade toward Altoona to assist a westward freight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 1987 my choice film was Kodak T-Max 400, then a relative new emulsion. After about a year of work with T-max, I returned to using older emulsions such as Kodak Tri-X, which I felt produced better results.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At that time Conrail routinely assigned its 13 former Erie-Lackawanna SD45-2s as helpers based at Cresson near the top of the hill on the West Slope.
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