{"id":26798,"date":"2019-05-16T08:41:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T12:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=26798"},"modified":"2019-05-16T08:41:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T12:41:28","slug":"ct-rail-farmington-river-and-fishermen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/ct-rail-farmington-river-and-fishermen\/","title":{"rendered":"CT Rail, Farmington River and Fishermen."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last Thursday, May 9, 2019, photographer Mike Gardner and I set up at the former New Haven Railroad stone arch viaduct over the Farmington River at Windsor, Connecticut to catch  CT Rail &#8216;s southward commuter train number 4407 .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we arrived a line of a half dozen fishermen were in position on the south bank of the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly before the train was due to pass, most of them concluded  fishing and began to pack up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It turns out that the Farmington River bridge is more famous as a place to fish than as a place to picture trains. There&#8217;s a plaque about the fishing and everything! 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There&#8217;s a plaque about the fishing and everything! 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