{"id":32570,"date":"2021-12-29T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T12:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=32570"},"modified":"2021-12-28T21:46:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T02:46:57","slug":"255-from-the-wisps-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/255-from-the-wisps-of-time\/","title":{"rendered":"255 From the Wisps of Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In my archive of Kodachrome slides, I found this view from October 1982.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’d been traveling on a Mystic Valley excursion that was returning from a run through the Hoosac Tunnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Greenfield, Massachusetts we overtook an eastward Boston & Maine freight led by Maine Central run-through power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the lead was GP38 255.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time, locomotive 255 was just one of 13 Maine Central GP38s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today 255 is Conway Scenic’s latest purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly, in October 1982, Maine Central’s Mountain Division was still open as a through freight route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My 39 year slide is a difficult image. Hard backlighting, combined with suboptimal exposure on my part led to a pretty dark slide. Worse, in processing Kodak didn’t produce the best result, which suffers from a heavy magenta color bias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I scanned the image and then made a series of adjustments to make it better. I’ve also included a recent photo of former Maine Central 255 on Conway Scenic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unaltered Kodachrome slide of Maine Central 255 at Greenfield, Massachusetts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Adjusted slide.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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