{"id":31955,"date":"2021-09-20T07:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T11:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=31955"},"modified":"2021-09-19T21:55:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T01:55:36","slug":"hoosac-tunnel-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/hoosac-tunnel-then-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoosac Tunnel Then and Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over 35 years some places have changed beyond recognition. While others have change very little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other day, my Fianc\u00e9 Kris and I visited the East Portal of the Hoosac Tunnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Completed in the 1870s, this 25,081 feet long bore is the longest railroad tunnel in New England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The East Portal has an elusive mystical quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recall another visit here on a chilled evening in February 1985, when my old pal TSH and I waited for an eastward freight to emerge from the depths of the mountain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is a vintage black & white photo exposed with my Leica on Ilford FP4 film on that trip, and a pair of the recent contemporary color digital images made with my Nikon Z6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headlight of an eastward Boston & Maine freight punctuates the inky gloom of the East Portal of the Hoosac Tunnel. Exposed in February 1985<\/em> on Ilford FP4 film using a Leica IIIA. Processed in Kodak D76.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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September 2021, East Portal of the Hoosac Tunnel exposed using a Nikon Z6 digital camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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September 2021, East Portal of the Hoosac Tunnel exposed using a Nikon Z6 digital camera.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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