{"id":32285,"date":"2021-11-19T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T12:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=32285"},"modified":"2021-11-17T20:55:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T01:55:30","slug":"empire-builder-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/empire-builder-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire Builder\u2014Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The light was fading. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No 8 was running late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kris and I arrived at Duplainville, Wisconsin where the Canadian National&#8217;s former Wisconsin Central crosses Canadian Pacific&#8217;s former Milwaukee Road. We were there  just in time to see that the signals were cleared for an eastward train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We got into position, post haste,  to roll by Amtrak&#8217;s eastward <em>Empire Builder\u2014<\/em>train No. 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" data-attachment-id=\"32286\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/empire-builder-part-1\/amtrak_no8_empire_builder_duplainville_dsc_0439\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Amtrak_No8_Empire_Builder_Duplainville_DSC_0439.jpg?fit=1600%2C1065\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1065\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Amtrak_No8_Empire_Builder_Duplainville_DSC_0441.jpg?resize=1536%2C1022 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Amtrak_No8_Empire_Builder_Duplainville_DSC_0441.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Amtrak_No8_Empire_Builder_Duplainville_DSC_0441.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Amtrak_No8_Empire_Builder_Duplainville_DSC_0441.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Amtrak No.8, the <em>Empire Builder <\/em>rolls toward Brookfield Wisconsin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As No. 8 blitzed by, I made these images working with my Nikon Z6 mirror-less digital camera. 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