{"id":29521,"date":"2020-07-23T08:23:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=29521"},"modified":"2020-07-22T23:28:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T03:28:26","slug":"unexpected-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/unexpected-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected Surprise."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The other day I was scanning some vintage Guilford photos from my 1980s and 1990s file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This photo came up in the rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photographer Mike Gardner and I had spent a productive May 1997 day photographing Guilford trains on former Boston & Maine lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toward the end of the day, we caught EDLA (East Deerfield to Lawrence, Massachusetts) working eastbound upgrade near Farley, Massachusetts (east of Millers Falls).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was working with my N90S fitted with an 80-200 Nikon zoom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember the day well! But when I scanned the slide, I had an unexpected surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially, when I saw the lead locomotive, I thought it was Guilford\u2019s 352, a GP40 that has often worked out of East Deerfield Yard. It was only on second inspection that I notice what this engine\u2019s true identity . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was 252! Former Maine Central 252. In other words, Conway Scenic\u2019s locomotive which I see everyday and have hundreds of photos working in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wow, that\u2019s kind of cool, to suddenly find a vintage photo I made of this now familiar GP38, back when it was a common freight hauler and not a darling of the tourist trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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June 27, 2020 at North Conway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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