{"id":27991,"date":"2019-10-25T06:43:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T10:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=27991"},"modified":"2019-10-25T07:03:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T11:03:16","slug":"dusk-on-the-corridor-october-25-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/dusk-on-the-corridor-october-25-1991\/","title":{"rendered":"Dusk on the Corridor\u2014October 25, 1991"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Twenty eight years ago on this day, my brother Sean and I made a survey of the former PRR electrified mainline south (timetable west) of Philadelphia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than literal interpretations, I was aiming for something more interpretive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019d bought a roll of Kodak Ektachrome 160 slide film. This featured a \u2018tungsten balance\u2019 designed to work with incandescent lamps and so featured a very cool color temperature, which accentuates the effect of dusk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"27992\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/dusk-on-the-corridor-october-25-1991\/headlight-on-nec-south-of-philadelphia-oct-25-1991-brian-solomon-288871\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Headlight-on-NEC-south-of-Philadelphia-Oct-25-1991-Brian-Solomon-288871.jpg?fit=3000%2C2003\" data-orig-size=\"3000,2003\" 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=\"Headlight-on-NEC-south-of-Philadelphia-Oct-25-1991-Brian-Solomon-288871\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Headlight-on-NEC-south-of-Philadelphia-Oct-25-1991-Brian-Solomon-288871.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Headlight-on-NEC-south-of-Philadelphia-Oct-25-1991-Brian-Solomon-288871.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Headlight-on-NEC-south-of-Philadelphia-Oct-25-1991-Brian-Solomon-288871.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Headlight-on-NEC-south-of-Philadelphia-Oct-25-1991-Brian-Solomon-288871.jpg?w=3000 3000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Headlight-on-NEC-south-of-Philadelphia-Oct-25-1991-Brian-Solomon-288871.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Headlight-on-NEC-south-of-Philadelphia-Oct-25-1991-Brian-Solomon-288871.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Headlight-on-NEC-south-of-Philadelphia-Oct-25-1991-Brian-Solomon-288871.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Headlight-on-NEC-south-of-Philadelphia-Oct-25-1991-Brian-Solomon-288871.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Headlight-on-NEC-south-of-Philadelphia-Oct-25-1991-Brian-Solomon-288871.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My notes from the day are nearly 4,000 miles away, so I can\u2019t tell you which suburban platform on which we were standing when I made this time exposure of a rapidly approaching Amtrak train in the blue glow of the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What I remember most from that evening was a sky filled with migratory birds, chirping, singing and squawking as they flew by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#190f8d;text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Everyday, sometimes more than once!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019d bought a roll of Kodak Ektachrome 160 slide film. 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