{"id":28880,"date":"2020-03-29T09:29:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T13:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=28880"},"modified":"2020-03-29T09:29:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T13:29:11","slug":"top-of-the-boston-albany-may-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/top-of-the-boston-albany-may-1985\/","title":{"rendered":"Top of the Boston & Albany\u2014May 1985."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the mid-1980s, my friends and I would convene at Washington Summit on Conrail\u2019s former Boston & Albany mainline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Located in the Berkshires, several miles timetable east of the old station at Hinsdale, the summit offered a good view in both directions and a pleasant, quiet place to wait for trains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this May 1985 afternoon, the chugging of an eastward freight could be heard for several miles before it came into view. I opted to frame the train with the Top of the B&A sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This sign was replaced in the 1990s; Conrail was divided by CSX and Norfolk Southern in 1999; the old Bullards Road over bridge (seen in the distance) was removed in 2003; and the trees have grown much taller. So there\u2019s not much left of this scene today, although the tracks are still there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exposed on black & white film using a Leica 3A with Canon f1.8 50mm lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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