{"id":29493,"date":"2020-07-17T07:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T11:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=29493"},"modified":"2020-07-17T07:08:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T11:08:01","slug":"class-lamp-up-close-maine-central-252","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/class-lamp-up-close-maine-central-252\/","title":{"rendered":"Class Lamp Up Close\u2014Maine Central 252"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday I took a spin on the train to Conway. I made this view with my Lumix LX7 as I boarded the locomotive on the return trip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former Maine Central GP38 252 has been working Conway Scenic’s Valley Trains between North Conway and Conway, and to Bartlett for the last couple of weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historically classification lamps were used as part of the system of timetable and train order rules, where lights of different colors were part of a hierarchy that defined the superiority of trains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conway scenic still uses these rules, with extra trains flying white flags by day and displaying white lamps by night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the moment all of our trains are operated under timetable and train order rules as ‘extras’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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