{"id":28253,"date":"2019-12-04T08:14:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T13:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=28253"},"modified":"2019-12-04T08:14:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T13:14:54","slug":"csx-sd40-2-at-rotterdam-jct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/csx-sd40-2-at-rotterdam-jct\/","title":{"rendered":"CSX SD40-2 at Rotterdam Jct."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday I scanned this 20-year old slide of an eastward CSX freight passing the signals at CPRJ\u2014Rotterdam Junction, New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;d exposed the slide using my first Nikon N90S on Fujichrome Sensia RA slide film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28254\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/csx-sd40-2-at-rotterdam-jct\/csx_8104_east_rotterdam_jct_ny_sept12_1999brian_solomon_538835\/\" 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