{"id":3252,"date":"2013-07-22T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=3252"},"modified":"2013-07-21T12:37:23","modified_gmt":"2013-07-21T16:37:23","slug":"two-freights-24-hours-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/two-freights-24-hours-apart\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Freights 24 Hours Apart"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOrange Engine at Stafford Springs, Ct.,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>and Irish Rail\u2019s IWT Liner <\/span><\/strong>i<\/strong><\/span>n Dublin.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"New<\/a>
New England Central 3015 in fresh Genesee & Wyoming corporate colors passes the Stafford Historical Society in Stafford Springs, Connecticut. Canon EOS 7D with 28-135mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Dublin\"<\/a>
Irish Rail’s IWT liner passes Islandbridge Junction in Dublin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last week I made these photos, nearly exactly 24 hours apart (one in the morning, the other in the afternoon).<\/p>\n

The first image shows New England Central\u2019s freshly painted GP402-L 3015 leading a southward freight at Stafford Springs, Connecticut. I was delighted to finally get this elusive orange engine operating on a road-freight in daylight.<\/p>\n

The next image was made in Dublin, after a trans Atlantic crossing courtesy of Aer Lingus<\/a>. This shows locomotive 073 struggling along with the second IWT Liner at Islandbridge<\/a> Junction near Heuston Station<\/a> in Dublin, Ireland.<\/p>\n

Later,\u00a0I heard through the grapevine \u00a0that 073 failed a few miles down the line and require assistance.<\/p>\n

Both images were made with my Canon EOS 7D<\/a>. Also both feature 1970s-era General Motors diesels singly hauling freight under bright sunny skies.<\/p>\n

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