{"id":30940,"date":"2021-03-31T07:56:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T11:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=30940"},"modified":"2021-03-31T07:56:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T11:56:37","slug":"new-england-central-palmer-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/new-england-central-palmer-mass\/","title":{"rendered":"New ENgland Central \u2014Palmer, Mass."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Years gone by, I would have made a pass through Palmer on my way out of town to get the lay of the land on the railroad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We went through this exercise a few weeks back when visiting from New Hampshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On our way through Palmer, Massachusetts, Kris Sabbatino &amp; I checked the signals on CSX&#8217;s former Boston &amp; Albany route at CP83. Then we inspected New England Central&#8217;s former Central Vermont yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For old time sake, and to record the scene for posterity, I made these photos using my Nikon Z6 with 24-70mm zoom lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" data-attachment-id=\"30942\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/new-england-central-palmer-mass\/necr_palmer_ma_dsc_3824\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NECR_Palmer_MA_DSC_3824.jpg?fit=1600%2C1065\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1065\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1615066610&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;BrianSolomon&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NECR_Palmer_MA_DSC_3824\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NECR_Palmer_MA_DSC_3824.jpg?fit=709%2C472\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NECR_Palmer_MA_DSC_3824.jpg?fit=474%2C315\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NECR_Palmer_MA_DSC_3824.jpg?resize=474%2C315\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NECR_Palmer_MA_DSC_3824.jpg?resize=1022%2C680 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NECR_Palmer_MA_DSC_3824.jpg?resize=709%2C472 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NECR_Palmer_MA_DSC_3824.jpg?resize=205%2C136 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NECR_Palmer_MA_DSC_3824.jpg?resize=1536%2C1022 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NECR_Palmer_MA_DSC_3824.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NECR_Palmer_MA_DSC_3824.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NECR_Palmer_MA_DSC_3824.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>The &#8216;Simpsons Sky&#8217; was an added bonus. 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