{"id":28899,"date":"2020-04-02T08:40:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T12:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=28899"},"modified":"2021-03-03T22:10:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T03:10:43","slug":"central-vermont-at-palmer-may-17-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/central-vermont-at-palmer-may-17-1985\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Vermont at Palmer\u2014May 17, 1985."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28900\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/central-vermont-at-palmer-may-17-1985\/cv_4925_palmer_1985_may-17_1985_brian-solomon-234749\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CV_4925_Palmer_1985_May-17_1985_Brian-Solomon-234749.jpg?fit=1500%2C894\" data-orig-size=\"1500,894\" 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=\"CV_4925_Palmer_1985_May-17_1985_Brian-Solomon-234749\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CV_4925_Palmer_1985_May-17_1985_Brian-Solomon-234749.jpg?fit=709%2C423\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CV_4925_Palmer_1985_May-17_1985_Brian-Solomon-234749.jpg?fit=474%2C282\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CV_4925_Palmer_1985_May-17_1985_Brian-Solomon-234749.jpg?resize=474%2C283\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28900\" width=\"474\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CV_4925_Palmer_1985_May-17_1985_Brian-Solomon-234749.jpg?w=1500 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CV_4925_Palmer_1985_May-17_1985_Brian-Solomon-234749.jpg?resize=709%2C423 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CV_4925_Palmer_1985_May-17_1985_Brian-Solomon-234749.jpg?resize=1022%2C609 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CV_4925_Palmer_1985_May-17_1985_Brian-Solomon-234749.jpg?resize=205%2C122 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CV_4925_Palmer_1985_May-17_1985_Brian-Solomon-234749.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CV_4925_Palmer_1985_May-17_1985_Brian-Solomon-234749.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a common scene in the mid-1980s; Central Vermont&#8217;s southward road freight with a large collection of GP9s crossing the Palmer diamond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What I find remarkable looking at this image is how few trees were around the tracks back then as compared with today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the bottom is a view of the New England Central at the same location a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28901\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/central-vermont-at-palmer-may-17-1985\/necr_palmer_diamond_dscf9392\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NECR_Palmer_Diamond_DSCF9392-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" 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=\"NECR_Palmer_Diamond_DSCF9392\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NECR_Palmer_Diamond_DSCF9392-scaled.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NECR_Palmer_Diamond_DSCF9392-scaled.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NECR_Palmer_Diamond_DSCF9392-scaled.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28901\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NECR_Palmer_Diamond_DSCF9392-scaled.jpg?w=2560 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NECR_Palmer_Diamond_DSCF9392-scaled.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NECR_Palmer_Diamond_DSCF9392-scaled.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NECR_Palmer_Diamond_DSCF9392-scaled.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NECR_Palmer_Diamond_DSCF9392-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NECR_Palmer_Diamond_DSCF9392-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NECR_Palmer_Diamond_DSCF9392-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NECR_Palmer_Diamond_DSCF9392-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#002da3\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Daily!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was a common scene in the mid-1980s; 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