{"id":30793,"date":"2021-03-01T06:50:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T11:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=30793"},"modified":"2021-02-28T22:59:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T03:59:40","slug":"reading-northern-425-near-auburn-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/reading-northern-425-near-auburn-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading &#038; Northern 425 near Auburn, PA."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On December 13, 2014, Pat  Yough and I visited Reading &amp; Northern&#8217;s former Reading Company main line near Auburn, Pennsylvania where the former Pennsylvania Railroad Schuylkill Branch crossed on a through truss bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with my Canon EOS-7D fitted with a 100mm lens, I exposed a sequence of Reading &amp; Northern&#8217;s 4-6-2 Pacific number 425 that was leading a Christmas excursion toward Schuylkill Haven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"30795\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/reading-northern-425-near-auburn-pa\/rn_425_under_prr_bridge_auburn_pa_img_0011\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/RN_425_under_PRR_bridge_Auburn_PA_IMG_0011.jpg?fit=2102%2C1401\" data-orig-size=\"2102,1401\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1418508066&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;BrianSolomon&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RN_425_under_PRR_bridge_Auburn_PA_IMG_0011\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/RN_425_under_PRR_bridge_Auburn_PA_IMG_0011.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/RN_425_under_PRR_bridge_Auburn_PA_IMG_0011.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/RN_425_under_PRR_bridge_Auburn_PA_IMG_0011.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/RN_425_under_PRR_bridge_Auburn_PA_IMG_0011.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/RN_425_under_PRR_bridge_Auburn_PA_IMG_0011.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/RN_425_under_PRR_bridge_Auburn_PA_IMG_0011.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/RN_425_under_PRR_bridge_Auburn_PA_IMG_0011.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/RN_425_under_PRR_bridge_Auburn_PA_IMG_0011.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/RN_425_under_PRR_bridge_Auburn_PA_IMG_0011.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/RN_425_under_PRR_bridge_Auburn_PA_IMG_0011.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is among the scenes that inspired me to recreate the Reading Company in HO scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#5d76c0\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Daily!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 13, 2014, Pat  Yough and I visited Reading &#038; 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