{"id":33698,"date":"2022-06-20T08:19:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T12:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=33698"},"modified":"2022-06-20T08:19:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T12:19:56","slug":"travels-on-the-lake-shore-limited-june-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/travels-on-the-lake-shore-limited-june-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Travels on the Lake Shore Limited-June 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this day nine years ago, I was traveling east from Chicago to Worcester, Massachusetts on Amtrak&#8217;s Lake Shore Limited (Train 48\/448) and made these photos of the  journey with my Lumix LX3 digital camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time I was working on a book about Chicago&#8217;s railroads with Mike Blaszak, Chris Guss and John Gruber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"238\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/My_seat_on_448_P1500998-2.jpg?resize=1536%2C1026 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/My_seat_on_448_P1500998-2.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/My_seat_on_448_P1500998-2.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>My seat on Amtrak 448 with my old Apple laptop. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"33703\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/travels-on-the-lake-shore-limited-june-2013\/brian_on_448_w_flash_p1510002\/\" 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