{"id":31626,"date":"2021-07-23T06:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T10:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=31626"},"modified":"2021-07-23T07:53:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T11:53:08","slug":"mifflin-pa-nov-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/mifflin-pa-nov-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"Mifflin, PA\u2014Nov 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The old Pennsylvania Railroad Middle Division is a favorite stretch of railroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I first visited this location on the heavily traveled east-west trunk route back in 1988 with my old pal TSH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In November 2001, Mike Gardner and I were on a week-long photograph blitz of Pennsylvania and paused a Mifflin for a few hours to make photos of the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"293\" data-attachment-id=\"31627\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/mifflin-pa-nov-2001\/ns_8306_ex_conrail_dash840c_mifflin_pa_nov2001briansolomon_525036\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NS_8306_ex_Conrail_DASH840C_Mifflin_PA_Nov2001\u00a9BrianSolomon_525036.jpg?fit=1400%2C865\" data-orig-size=\"1400,865\" 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=\"NS_8306_ex_Conrail_DASH840C_Mifflin_PA_Nov2001\u00a9BrianSolomon_525036\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NS_8306_ex_Conrail_DASH840C_Mifflin_PA_Nov2001\u00a9BrianSolomon_525036.jpg?fit=709%2C438\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NS_8306_ex_Conrail_DASH840C_Mifflin_PA_Nov2001\u00a9BrianSolomon_525036.jpg?fit=474%2C293\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NS_8306_ex_Conrail_DASH840C_Mifflin_PA_Nov2001\u00a9BrianSolomon_525036.jpg?resize=474%2C293\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NS_8306_ex_Conrail_DASH840C_Mifflin_PA_Nov2001\u00a9BrianSolomon_525036.jpg?resize=1022%2C631 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NS_8306_ex_Conrail_DASH840C_Mifflin_PA_Nov2001\u00a9BrianSolomon_525036.jpg?resize=709%2C438 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NS_8306_ex_Conrail_DASH840C_Mifflin_PA_Nov2001\u00a9BrianSolomon_525036.jpg?resize=205%2C127 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NS_8306_ex_Conrail_DASH840C_Mifflin_PA_Nov2001\u00a9BrianSolomon_525036.jpg?w=1400 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NS_8306_ex_Conrail_DASH840C_Mifflin_PA_Nov2001\u00a9BrianSolomon_525036.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>A Norfolk Southern eastward freight led by a former Conrail DASH8-40C rolls by the old Pennsylvania Railroad station at Mifflin, PA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I exposed this Fujichrome color slide using my Contax G2 rangefinder fitted with a 28mm Zeiss Biogon lens. 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