{"id":32135,"date":"2021-10-27T07:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T11:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=32135"},"modified":"2021-10-26T20:52:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T00:52:59","slug":"aem-7-and-an-e-unit-august-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/aem-7-and-an-e-unit-august-1981\/","title":{"rendered":"AEM-7 and an E-unit\u2014August 1981."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My grandparents had a grand view of the old New Haven Railroad at Pelham Bay Park from their apartment in Co-op City, The Bronx, New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using my old Leica IIIa, I made hundreds of photos of trains rolling along under wire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is among the more unsual photos from their 19th floor terrace. On a visit in August 1981, I made numerous photos of diesels underwire, as the result of a failure with the early 1900s electrification that had forced Amtrak to tow its normally electrically hauled trains with diesels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this photo, one of Amtrak’s few remaining EMD E8As hauls a then-new AEM-7 electric and train eastward toward New Haven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the center of image is Goose Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exposed using a Leica IIIa with 50mm Sumitar lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Enlarged portion of the train showing the diesel and electric locomotives.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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