{"id":32787,"date":"2022-02-05T07:33:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T12:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=32787"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:50:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T00:50:00","slug":"conrail-sd45-2s-at-bullards-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/conrail-sd45-2s-at-bullards-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Conrail SD45-2s at Bullards Road."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You know this must have sounded good! Former Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s lead a loaded ballast extra westbound at the summit of the Boston & Albany at Bullards Road near Hinsdale, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made this photo on the evening of August 23, 1984 using a Leica 3A loaded Kodak Tri-X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In retrospect, I wish I had a slightly longer lens here and better exposure and processing skills. With in a few years, I had better cameras and my photography had improved dramatically, but catching scenes like this one of SD45-2s on the B&A route were a thing of the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And, I really wish I’d recorded the sound of this train. All those 20-cylinder 645 diesels in Run-8, wow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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