{"id":31150,"date":"2021-05-07T06:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T10:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=31150"},"modified":"2021-05-06T23:46:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T03:46:39","slug":"clear-day-at-moat-brook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/clear-day-at-moat-brook\/","title":{"rendered":"Clear Day at Moat Brook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Among the most pictured locations on Conway Scenic’s former Boston & Maine Conway Branch is the wooden pile trestle at Moat Brook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This stream is named for the Moat Mountains compass west of the railroad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few weeks ago during my bridge inspection with Wayne Duffett of TEC Associates, I carefully studied the bridge and its environs, considering how to best find a different angle on the bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It occurred to me: while the bridge is often photographed, the stream itself is not. The reason is simple: much of the year there is very little water in the stream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week Thursday and Friday were very wet. But Saturday was clear and sunny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I walked the line and secured a new vantage point compass east of the famous bridge and along the swollen stream, where I captured the returning Valley train led by GP35 216 with engineer Tom Carver at the throttle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These photos were exposed using my FujiFilm XT1 with 16-55mm lens,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I posted variations of these images on Conway Scenic’s Facebook page to assist with promotion of the popular Valley train on its Conway run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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