{"id":28605,"date":"2020-01-31T08:22:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T13:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=28605"},"modified":"2020-01-31T08:18:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T13:18:28","slug":"new-england-central-on-the-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/new-england-central-on-the-roll\/","title":{"rendered":"New England Central on the Roll!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After departing Greenfield, where I\u2019d had the fortuity to catch a westward Pan Am empty grain train (Thursday\u2019s posting on Tracking the Light), I drove to Millers Falls, Mass. My friends Tim and Pat were photographing the northward New England Central 611 turn on its run from Palmer back toward Brattleboro, Vermont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I phoned Pat when I arrived at Millers Falls. \u201cWhere are you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in South Amherst, 611 is passing Amherst now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was just the information I needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I knew it would be cutting it a bit fine (in other words; with the wind a my back, I\u2019d barely make it) but I was going to try to run against this freight and intercept it at Leverett (north of Amherst on the old Central Vermont).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m no novice at following trains on this line. I recall a spirited chase of CV freight from Amherst to Millers Falls back in Spring 1986!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had a clear shot to Leverett (I didn\u2019t get stuck behind a school bus). I pulled in, grabbed my FujiFilm XT1, jumped out of the car and listened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could hear multiple 16-645E3 diesels working in run 7 or 8. They were very close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I needed to change lenses and had just enough time to switch from a 27mm pancake lens to my fixed focal length \u2018prime\u2019 90mm telephoto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I set my exposure, the freight roared around the bend! I exposed a burst of images and then laid chase back north again. At one point, I gazed in my rear-view and saw that my friends were behind me. Classic train chase!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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