{"id":28977,"date":"2020-04-16T09:23:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T13:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=28977"},"modified":"2020-04-17T08:25:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T12:25:39","slug":"revisiting-my-1992-whitefield-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/revisiting-my-1992-whitefield-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting my 1992 Whitefield Photo."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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My April 3rd, 2020 post featured a Kodachrome slide that I\u2019d exposed at Whitefield, New Hampshire back in October 1992.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time I made that image, Whitefield was on the periphery of my photographic territory. I was visiting New England from California where I\u2019d been living for more than three years. I arrived at Whitefield to inspect the famous ball signal, and I was fortunate to catch the New Hampshire & Vermont working with an Alco RS-11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I never thought that I might be based in New Hampshire in 28 years time and that Whitefield would be in easy reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking back, I find it fascinating to locate these old chromes and revisit the locations today. It\u2019s a pity that there is much less activity on some lines now. So while the tracks remain at Whitefield, there is virtually no traffic and train movements are exceptionally rare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week photographer Kris Sabbatino and I paused at Whitefield so that I could make a \u2018now\u2019 view at the same spot as my 1992 photo. Using my iPhone to access Tracking the Light, I brought up my April 3rd posting and used that to help re-establish my earlier vantage point. The tracks remain in place, although it doesn’t appear that anything has used them in recent times and the crossing protection has been removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, except for the ill-fated Alco RS-11, most of the remaining elements of the scene are still in place.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My friend Dan Howard researched the RS-11 and reported, \u2018it went to the Lake State Railway where it became their 1195 and was subsequently scrapped.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n


I used my Lumix LX7 to approximate the angle of the 1992 slide, which was exposed with my old Leica M2 with 50mm Summicron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll need to try this again, since the lighting was flat in my contemporary view, and my positioning was only about 98 percent correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Complicating this comparison is that my notes from the day are in Monson, Mass., which has me guessing on some details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There I am at the historic spot. Thanks to Kris Sabbatino for the guest Tracking the Light image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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