{"id":28264,"date":"2019-12-07T09:02:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T14:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=28264"},"modified":"2019-12-05T09:09:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T14:09:25","slug":"sound-of-power-conrail-ballast-train-june-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/sound-of-power-conrail-ballast-train-june-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"Sound of Power: Conrail Ballast Train June 1984"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just imagine the roar! Conrail C30-7 6600 leads three former Erie-Lackawanna 20-cylinder EMDs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far as I can remember, this was the only time I caught an SDP45 (second unit) hard at work on the Boston Line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28265\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/sound-of-power-conrail-ballast-train-june-1984\/conrail_ballast_train_at_middlefield_station_with_6600_and_el_sdp45_and_sd45-2s_june3_1984brian_solomon_538593\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Conrail_Ballast_train_at_Middlefield_Station_with_6600_and_EL_SDP45_and_SD45-2s_June3_1984\u00a9Brian_Solomon_538593.jpg?fit=4000%2C2009\" data-orig-size=\"4000,2009\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made these views of an uphill BAL (Ballast train) at Middlefield, Massachusetts on a day&#8217;s photography with my old pal TSH on a beautiful spring evening in June 1984. I was a week away from my high-school graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My only regret is that I didn&#8217;t have better photography skills and better equipment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Daily!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just imagine the roar! 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