{"id":32362,"date":"2021-11-29T07:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T12:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=32362"},"modified":"2021-11-29T09:30:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T14:30:38","slug":"bnsf-antiques-at-rochelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/bnsf-antiques-at-rochelle\/","title":{"rendered":"BNSF Antiques at Rochelle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the 1980s a pair of SD40-2s was a common find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today these old locomotives seem noteworthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Kris and I visited Rochelle, Illinois two weeks ago and found this clean pair of BNSF SD40-2s in the siding east of the Union Pacific crossing. I made a few photos with my Lumix LX7 and Nikon Z6 digital cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The light was dull, the landscape uninspiring, but the bright orange paint on the old diesels made for a photogenic subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"320\" data-attachment-id=\"32364\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/bnsf-antiques-at-rochelle\/bnsf_1759_at_rochelle_ill_p1030416\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/BNSF_1759_at_Rochelle_Ill_P1030416.jpg?fit=1500%2C1012\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1012\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/BNSF_1775_Rochelle_Illinois_DSC_0778.jpg?resize=1536%2C1022 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/BNSF_1775_Rochelle_Illinois_DSC_0778.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/BNSF_1775_Rochelle_Illinois_DSC_0778.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/BNSF_1775_Rochelle_Illinois_DSC_0778.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I wonder if in my travels I had ever previously crossed paths with either of these two antique Electro-Motive diesels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#d67d1c\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Daily!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Kris and I visited 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