{"id":33568,"date":"2022-06-05T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=33568"},"modified":"2022-06-03T20:04:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T00:04:30","slug":"mystery-photo-of-maine-central-262","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/mystery-photo-of-maine-central-262\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Photo of Maine Central 262"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Working at Conway Scenic Railroad, I see former Maine Central GP38 252 almost every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My familiarity with 252, makes this image of sister locomotive 262 interesting to me today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I exposed this on February 17, 1985 with with my father’s Leica M3 loaded Kodak Plus X. My friends and I had been following an eastward Boston & Maine freight symbol EDAY that was led by a GP18-GP9- GP18 combination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along the way, we found this eastward freight tied down without a crew. It was led by MEC 262. I don’t really remember that part of the day, and I can’t place this location. Somewhere I took notes, but most of my notes from January to October of 1985 are missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My guess is that this west of the passenger station in Ayer, Massachusetts, as I made a variety of photos in Ayer that day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in 1985, a backlit Maine Central GP38 with its headlight off wasn’t worth a lot of my attention, but at least I made this image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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