{"id":32697,"date":"2022-01-19T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T12:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=32697"},"modified":"2022-01-18T20:45:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T01:45:38","slug":"reading-vista-from-the-vista-cruiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/reading-vista-from-the-vista-cruiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Vista from the Vista Cruiser."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In August 1981, my family and I were on a loosely mapped vacation in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the second day of our trip, we were driving from Hazelton to Strasburg to visit the famous Strasburg Rail Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast forward 41 years: yesterday, if you’d asked me if I’d ever photographed Conrail running freight on the old Reading Company, I’d have been hard pressed to come up with an answer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, yet here is a Conrail caboose crossing PA 501 near Prescott, PA exposed on the move from the rear window of our 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leica 3A with 50mm Summitar lens-Kodak 5063 (Tri-X) processed in Microdol-X developer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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I scanned the negative a little while ago. Unsure as to the location, I enlarged the photo. Thinking back, I recalled a train crossing over us enroute, but as a teenager wasn’t good with my Pennsylvania geography. Looking a the photo, I noticed the Route 501 sign, which gave me the needed clue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A quick Google search placed this location near Prescott (where 501 ducks under the former Reading Company Crossline route). Looking a Google Earth, I’ve nearly confirmed the location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ironically, the next few frames on the roll show static cabooses at Strasburg’s The Red Caboose caboose-themed motel. Ironic, because in 1981, cabooses (of all colors) were still common on most America freight trains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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