{"id":31289,"date":"2021-05-28T07:22:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T11:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=31289"},"modified":"2021-05-27T21:35:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T01:35:16","slug":"over-and-under-five-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/over-and-under-five-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Over and Under Five Years Ago!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Five years ago on this day, May 28, 2016, I paid a visit to the Berkshire Scenic at North Adams, Massachusetts to photograph their historic Budd RDC at work on the old Boston &amp; Albany branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this trailing view, I caught the class self-propelled diesel car passing below the Pan Am&#8217;s Boston &amp; Maine Fitchburg mainline. Consider the irony of the CSX auto rack!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oddly, these days I find myself having to answer the question, &#8216;What does self-propelled mean?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"31291\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/over-and-under-five-years-ago\/berkshire_scenic_rdc_under_over_at_north_adams_dscf8176-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Berkshire_Scenic_RDC_under_over_at_North_Adams_DSCF8176.jpg?fit=1400%2C933\" data-orig-size=\"1400,933\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&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=\"Berkshire_Scenic_RDC_under_over_at_North_Adams_DSCF8176\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Berkshire_Scenic_RDC_under_over_at_North_Adams_DSCF8176.jpg?fit=709%2C472\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Berkshire_Scenic_RDC_under_over_at_North_Adams_DSCF8176.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Berkshire_Scenic_RDC_under_over_at_North_Adams_DSCF8176.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Berkshire_Scenic_RDC_under_over_at_North_Adams_DSCF8176.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Berkshire_Scenic_RDC_under_over_at_North_Adams_DSCF8176.jpg?resize=709%2C472 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Berkshire_Scenic_RDC_under_over_at_North_Adams_DSCF8176.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Berkshire_Scenic_RDC_under_over_at_North_Adams_DSCF8176.jpg?w=1400 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Berkshire_Scenic_RDC_under_over_at_North_Adams_DSCF8176.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#001ca3\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Daily!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five years ago on this day, May 28, 2016, I paid a visit to the Berkshire Scenic at North Adams, Massachusetts to photograph their historic Budd RDC at work on the old Boston &amp; Albany branch. 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