{"id":30832,"date":"2021-03-09T08:27:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T13:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=30832"},"modified":"2021-03-09T08:27:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T13:27:34","slug":"against-the-sun-at-millers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/against-the-sun-at-millers\/","title":{"rendered":"Against the Sun at Millers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After photographing Pan Am Southern&#8217;s eastward ED8 passing searchlight signals at Lake Pleasant (See Monday&#8217;s Post), the chase was on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kris Sabbatino and I rolled eastward after the 106 car freight as it ascended the grade up the valley of the Millers River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Millers Falls, Massachusetts, we paused at the overhead bridge near the center of town that spans both former Boston &amp; Maine and Central Vermont lines (now operated by Pan Am Southern and New England Central respectively) for a dramatic photo 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