{"id":27104,"date":"2019-06-17T09:24:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T13:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=27104"},"modified":"2019-06-17T09:24:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T13:24:34","slug":"amtraks-lake-shore-limited-in-the-1980s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtraks-lake-shore-limited-in-the-1980s\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak\u2019s Lake Shore Limited in the 1980s."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Amtrak 448 approaching milepost 84 in Monson, Massachusetts. March 1986.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On March 16, 1986, I hiked west of milepost 84 on Conrail\u2019s Boston & Albany route to photograph Amtrak train 448, the eastward Lake Shore Limited<\/em>(Boston section).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was just a few months before Conrail single tracked the line between Springfield and Palmer, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was keen to document the Boston & Albany\u2019s line that passed through the northern reaches of my home town, Monson, Massachusetts, in the railroad\u2019s traditional directional double track configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This lone image is part of my much more extensive project to document the Boston & Albany route on film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I exposed the photo on 120 roll film using my father\u2019s Rollei Model T. In May 2019, I scanned the negatives using an Epson V750 flatbed scanner. For presentation here, I adjusted contrast and exposure using Lightroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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