{"id":33549,"date":"2022-06-01T07:31:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=33549"},"modified":"2022-05-31T22:41:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T02:41:29","slug":"ballast-train-at-girders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/ballast-train-at-girders\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballast Train at Girders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There&#8217;s a certain satisfaction in repetition with a variation on a theme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 1, 2021, I posted a view of Conway Scenic&#8217;s Mountaineer crossing the Girders Bridge at Crawford Notch, NH. See: <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2021\/10\/01\/mountaineer-at-the-girders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2021\/10\/01\/mountaineer-at-the-girders\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, May 30, 2022, I photographed the company ballast train at almost precisely the same place. In these views Conway Scenic GP35 216 works upgrade with three loaded ballast cars plus rider coach 6743.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made these recent photos using my Nikon Z6 with 24-70mm lens. 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