{"id":32129,"date":"2021-10-26T07:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=32129"},"modified":"2021-10-26T21:01:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T01:01:11","slug":"chinese-orange-line-cars-at-north-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/chinese-orange-line-cars-at-north-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Orange Line Cars at North Station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thursday, October 21, 2021, I had my first experience with MBTA&#8217;s new Orange Line subway cars built by Chinese firm CRRC in Springfield, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was odd for me because the &#8216;Old&#8217; cars were delivered when I was in High School. I recall going on a Orange Line shop tour in 1983 with my old friend Dan Howard to see the &#8216;New Cars&#8217; (now the &#8216;Old&#8217; Cars). This had been organized by the Mystic Valley Railway Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kris and I were on our way to Malden, Massachusetts so that I could give a talk on Tracking the Light to Mass Bay Railroad Enthusiasts at the old Pearl Street Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made these orange line images using my Nikon Z6 mirroless digital camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" data-attachment-id=\"32130\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/chinese-orange-line-cars-at-north-station\/orange_line_north_station_dsc_9138\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Orange_Line_North_Station_DSC_9138.jpg?fit=1600%2C1065\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1065\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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