{"id":32553,"date":"2021-12-26T06:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T11:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=32553"},"modified":"2021-12-26T08:40:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T13:40:43","slug":"slam-door-stoack-at-copyhold-junction-near-haywards-heath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/slam-door-stoack-at-copyhold-junction-near-haywards-heath\/","title":{"rendered":"Slam Door Stock at Copyhold Junction Near Haywards Heath"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a pleasant June evening in June 2001 when I made the short walk from the bed &amp; breakfast where I was staying to this bridge at Copyhold Junction, north of Haywards Heath, England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the railway line was in shadow, I exposed a few black &amp; white photos with my Rolleiflex Model T.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This image interests me because it features a two-piece diesel-electric multiple unit of the now obsolete \u2018slam door\u2019 type. The \u2018slam door\u2019 cars featured multiple doors to allow for rapid boarding and unload and were a characteristic type of train on the old Southern Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While in 2001, these cars were still relatively plentiful, they were soon to be phased out in favor of more modern equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"495\" data-attachment-id=\"32556\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/slam-door-stoack-at-copyhold-junction-near-haywards-heath\/hayward_heath_uk_southern_region_june_2001_briansolomon442583\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hayward_Heath_UK_Southern_Region_June_2001_\u00a9BrianSolomon442583.jpg?fit=1435%2C1500\" data-orig-size=\"1435,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hayward_Heath_UK_Southern_Region_June_2001_\u00a9BrianSolomon442583\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hayward_Heath_UK_Southern_Region_June_2001_\u00a9BrianSolomon442583.jpg?fit=678%2C709\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hayward_Heath_UK_Southern_Region_June_2001_\u00a9BrianSolomon442583.jpg?fit=474%2C495\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hayward_Heath_UK_Southern_Region_June_2001_\u00a9BrianSolomon442583.jpg?resize=474%2C495\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hayward_Heath_UK_Southern_Region_June_2001_\u00a9BrianSolomon442583.jpg?resize=978%2C1022 978w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hayward_Heath_UK_Southern_Region_June_2001_\u00a9BrianSolomon442583.jpg?resize=678%2C709 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hayward_Heath_UK_Southern_Region_June_2001_\u00a9BrianSolomon442583.jpg?resize=144%2C150 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hayward_Heath_UK_Southern_Region_June_2001_\u00a9BrianSolomon442583.jpg?w=1435 1435w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider this: my primary goal of my 2001 visit to this area was to photograph the nearby Bluebell Railway, a well-known preserved line famous for its steam power. Twenty years later, the Bluebell Railway remains as one of Briain\u2019s most popular heritage railways and hasn\u2019t changed radically in its overall appearance. By comparison, the era of  \u2018Slam Door\u2019 trains (such as that pictured) working regular revenue mainline services are largely a memory. (A few have been preserved)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lessons: an ordinary train may make for a more significant historical photo than an image of preserved train. Yet, I\u2019d be willing to bet that the photos I made of Bluebell\u2019s steam will still draw greater interest than the Slam Door DEMU on the move!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Daily<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a pleasant June evening in June 2001 when I made the short walk from the bed &#038; breakfast where I was staying to this bridge at Copyhold Junction, north of Haywards Heath, England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[7038,7039,7037,7535],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hayward_Heath_UK_Southern_Region_June_2001_\u00a9BrianSolomon442583-2.jpg?fit=1500%2C899","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-8t3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32553"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32553"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32566,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32553\/revisions\/32566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}