{"id":30207,"date":"2020-11-17T07:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T12:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=30207"},"modified":"2020-11-15T22:22:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T03:22:03","slug":"mbta-at-walpole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/mbta-at-walpole\/","title":{"rendered":"MBTA at Walpole."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In conjunction with line works on the west end of MBTA’s Franklin Branch, weekend trains were terminating at Walpole, Massachusetts with bus connections to Norfolk, Franklin and Forge Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The old passenger station is still in use at this location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, the Franklin Branch crosses the former New Haven Railroad Old Colony line that runs between Mansfield and Framingham, Massachusetts on a traditional diamond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 30 years ago I visited Walpole on several occasions to photograph trains passing the steam era semaphores that still protected the diamond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These photos were made in November 2020 using my Nikon Z6 mirrorless digital camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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