{"id":31042,"date":"2021-04-18T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=31042"},"modified":"2021-04-18T08:29:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T12:29:34","slug":"summer-evening-at-silver-creek-july-24-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/summer-evening-at-silver-creek-july-24-1987\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Evening at Silver Creek\u2014July 24, 1987."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Working west of Buffalo, New York, my old pal TSH and I paused at Silver Creek between the parallel mainlines operated by Conrail and Norfolk Southern. We were on one of our epic Summer photo journeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made this photo on Professional Kodachrome 25 (PKM) using my recently-purchased Leica M2 rangefinder fitted with f2.0 50mm Summicron lens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Conrail freight was rolling eastward along the old New York Central Waterlevel Route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was standing under the awning of the disused former  Nickel Plate Road freight station that was situated between the two highly polished mains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"322\" data-attachment-id=\"31043\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/summer-evening-at-silver-creek-july-24-1987\/old_freight_station_at_silver_creek_ny_along_nkp_and_nyc_mainlines_jul24_1987_pkmbriansolomon_203123\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Old_freight_station_at_Silver_Creek_NY_along_NKP_and_NYC_mainlines_Jul24_1987_PKM\u00a9BrianSolomon_203123.jpg?fit=1000%2C680\" data-orig-size=\"1000,680\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;LS-5000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1617669480&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Old_freight_station_at_Silver_Creek_NY_along_NKP_and_NYC_mainlines_Jul24_1987_PKM\u00a9BrianSolomon_203123\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Old_freight_station_at_Silver_Creek_NY_along_NKP_and_NYC_mainlines_Jul24_1987_PKM\u00a9BrianSolomon_203123.jpg?fit=709%2C482\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Old_freight_station_at_Silver_Creek_NY_along_NKP_and_NYC_mainlines_Jul24_1987_PKM\u00a9BrianSolomon_203123.jpg?fit=474%2C322\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Old_freight_station_at_Silver_Creek_NY_along_NKP_and_NYC_mainlines_Jul24_1987_PKM\u00a9BrianSolomon_203123.jpg?resize=474%2C322\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Old_freight_station_at_Silver_Creek_NY_along_NKP_and_NYC_mainlines_Jul24_1987_PKM\u00a9BrianSolomon_203123.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Old_freight_station_at_Silver_Creek_NY_along_NKP_and_NYC_mainlines_Jul24_1987_PKM\u00a9BrianSolomon_203123.jpg?resize=709%2C482 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Old_freight_station_at_Silver_Creek_NY_along_NKP_and_NYC_mainlines_Jul24_1987_PKM\u00a9BrianSolomon_203123.jpg?resize=205%2C139 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Old_freight_station_at_Silver_Creek_NY_along_NKP_and_NYC_mainlines_Jul24_1987_PKM\u00a9BrianSolomon_203123.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Silver Creek, NY on July 24, 1987.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, I rediscovered this 33-year old slide in a collection of other photos from the same trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notice how the missing floor boards mimic the pattern of the code line poles partially obscured by the bushes, and also the window pattern on the freight station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#65b4d6\"><strong>Tracking the Light is a daily blog that explores railroad photography!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working west of Buffalo, New York, my old pal TSH and I paused at Silver Creek between the parallel mainlines operated by Conrail and Norfolk Southern. 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