{"id":29535,"date":"2020-07-25T09:35:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T13:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=29535"},"modified":"2020-07-25T09:35:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T13:35:22","slug":"working-on-the-railroad-216-with-a-work-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/working-on-the-railroad-216-with-a-work-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Working on the Railroad: 216 with a work train."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My Dad’s 1946 Lionel train set featured a Pennsylvania Railroad S2 Steam turbine and a collection of work cars including: a crane, work caboose, dump car, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I kid, I routinely operated work trains using this O-gauge equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s a subtle charm to work trains. These are an integral part of the railroad, yet often go unnoticed and undocumented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week Conway Scenic Railroad operated a work train to perform maintenance on the Conway Branch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I made these photos of the train as it was prepared in our North Conway, New Hampshire yards. All were exposed using my Lumix LX7 digital camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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