{"id":33063,"date":"2022-03-25T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=33063"},"modified":"2022-03-24T22:35:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T02:35:54","slug":"rare-bird-on-the-reading-northern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/rare-bird-on-the-reading-northern\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Bird on the Reading & Northern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A week ago (March 18, 2022), Kris and I called into the Reading & Northern at Port Clinton, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We obtained permission to be on the property and make photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although, I had visions of seeing something older, grander, and of greater personal interest, I was impressed by the vintage EMD diesels sitting outside the company offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading & Northern 2000 was a classic SD38, a 2,000 hp six-motor EMD, built for the Penn Central in 1970, and later served Conrail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where the GP38 was a common type (as were the GP40 and SD40 models), the SD38 was unusual\u2014a real rare bird with just 63 built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve only photographed a scant few SD38s in all my years wandering North American rails, including those operated by Conrail, the US Steel roads: Bessemer & Lake Erie, Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range, and Elgin, Joliet & Eastern; and at least one Grand Trunk Western unit, that back in 1986 showed up on Central Vermont in Palmer, Massachusetts leading a cable laying train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So here we find this rare diesel, ripe for a few photos: I made this photo with my Nikon Z6 with 24-70mm Z-series lens. But, I also exposed a frame or two of HP5 using an antique Nikon F3 with 50mm lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soon we were on the verge of finding something rarer, cooler, and the reason for our visit . . . stay tuned!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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