{"id":30480,"date":"2021-01-03T10:35:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T15:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=30480"},"modified":"2021-01-03T10:35:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T15:35:12","slug":"a-ride-on-the-water-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/a-ride-on-the-water-train\/","title":{"rendered":"A Ride on the Water Train"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday\u2014January 2, 2021\u2014I traveled on Conway Scenic&#8217;s Water Train, &#8216;Work Extra 573,&#8217; that cleared the line of snow and carried the tank car filled with 5,000 gallons of water to refill the tender of steam locomotive 7470.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the support train for the main event. <em>Winter Steam<\/em> was Conway Scenic&#8217;s first steam excursion of the new year.  Locomotive 7470, the railroad&#8217;s  former Grand Trunk Railway 0-6-0, followed the Water Train by about an hour, running to from North Conway, New Hampshire to Sawyers and back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sawyers is the siding on the old Maine Central Mountain Division located immediately timetable west of 4th Iron, where the railroad crosses Sawyer River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made all of these photos using my FujiFilm XT1 with 27mm pancake lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for photos of Winter Steam!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"30481\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/a-ride-on-the-water-train\/view_at_mp64_dscf8754\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/View_at_Mp64_DSCF8754.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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Hampshire.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"30482\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/a-ride-on-the-water-train\/extra_573_with_water_car_dscf8765\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Extra_573_with_Water_car_DSCF8765.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1609582331&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;27&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Extra_573_with_Water_car_DSCF8765.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Extra_573_with_Water_car_DSCF8765.jpg?w=1500 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Extra_573_with_Water_car_DSCF8765.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Extra_573_with_Water_car_DSCF8765.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Paused at Glen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"711\" data-attachment-id=\"30483\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/a-ride-on-the-water-train\/water_car_dscf8769\/\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Water_car_DSCF8769.jpg?fit=474%2C711\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Water_car_DSCF8769.jpg?resize=474%2C711\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Water_car_DSCF8769.jpg?resize=681%2C1022 681w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Water_car_DSCF8769.jpg?resize=473%2C709 473w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Water_car_DSCF8769.jpg?resize=100%2C150 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Water_car_DSCF8769.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Water_car_DSCF8769.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Testing the new pump on the waterer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"30485\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/a-ride-on-the-water-train\/extra_573_with_water_car_dscf8759\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Extra_573_with_Water_car_DSCF8759.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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