{"id":2647,"date":"2013-05-30T09:03:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T13:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=2647"},"modified":"2013-05-30T10:27:49","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T14:27:49","slug":"a-view-from-breakneck-ridge-cold-spring-new-york-august-1989","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/a-view-from-breakneck-ridge-cold-spring-new-york-august-1989\/","title":{"rendered":"A View From Breakneck Ridge, Cold Spring, New York, August 1989"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Amtrak Turbotrain Races Southward Along the Hudson<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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An Amtrak Turbotrain works along the east shore of the Hudson River approaching the Breakneck Ridge tunnels at Cold Spring, New York on August 1989. The historic Bannerman Castle makes for a Rhein-like prop in the distance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I made this view from a hiking trail on Breakneck Ridge along the Hudson River in August 1989. At the time my standard camera was a Leica M2 that I tended to use with Kodachrome 25. Turbotrains were standard equipment on Amtrak\u2019s Empire Corridor trains making for common sights along the Hudson.<\/p>\n

While common on this route, Amtrak\u2019s Turbotrains were an anomaly in American operating practice, making them an unusual and worthy subject for photography. These reminded me of the original streamlined trains of the 1930s such as Burlington\u2019s Zephyrs<\/i>, Illinois Central\u2019s Green Diamond<\/i>, and New Haven Railroad\u2019s Comet.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Today I\u2019m happy to have a nice selection of these trains at work, but I regret not having traveled on them. I was always puzzled when my fellow photographers opted not to make photos of\u00a0 them. Perhaps Turbotrains seemed too common?<\/p>\n

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