{"id":33786,"date":"2022-07-04T09:47:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T13:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=33786"},"modified":"2022-07-04T10:56:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T14:56:27","slug":"sunrise-at-danville-junction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/sunrise-at-danville-junction\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunrise at Danville Junction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In October 1999, I was working for Great Train Escapes, a Seattle-based tour company that operated fall foliage rail excursions in New England in conjunction with its regional bus tours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of the itinerary was to travel on a neo-streamliner from the Portland, Maine area to Gorham, New Hampshire. The train in 1999 was part of a leased set normally operated by the Copper Canyon Train in Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made this sunrise view with an Nikon N90s loaded with Fujichrome at Danville Junction\u2014where St. Lawrence &amp; Atlantic crossed Guilford&#8217;s Maine Central. The tour buses were unloading the guests to board the train here for the journey to Gorham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"324\" data-attachment-id=\"33789\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/sunrise-at-danville-junction\/st_lawrenceatlantic_danville_jct_me_oct1999briansolomon_203300\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/St_LawrenceAtlantic_Danville_Jct_Me_Oct1999\u00a9BrianSolomon_203300.jpg?fit=1700%2C1162\" data-orig-size=\"1700,1162\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;LS-5000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1656926420&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"St_LawrenceAtlantic_Danville_Jct_Me_Oct1999\u00a9BrianSolomon_203300\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/St_LawrenceAtlantic_Danville_Jct_Me_Oct1999\u00a9BrianSolomon_203300.jpg?fit=709%2C485\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/St_LawrenceAtlantic_Danville_Jct_Me_Oct1999\u00a9BrianSolomon_203300.jpg?fit=474%2C324\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/St_LawrenceAtlantic_Danville_Jct_Me_Oct1999\u00a9BrianSolomon_203300.jpg?resize=474%2C324\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/St_LawrenceAtlantic_Danville_Jct_Me_Oct1999\u00a9BrianSolomon_203300.jpg?resize=1022%2C699 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/St_LawrenceAtlantic_Danville_Jct_Me_Oct1999\u00a9BrianSolomon_203300.jpg?resize=709%2C485 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/St_LawrenceAtlantic_Danville_Jct_Me_Oct1999\u00a9BrianSolomon_203300.jpg?resize=205%2C140 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/St_LawrenceAtlantic_Danville_Jct_Me_Oct1999\u00a9BrianSolomon_203300.jpg?resize=1536%2C1050 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/St_LawrenceAtlantic_Danville_Jct_Me_Oct1999\u00a9BrianSolomon_203300.jpg?w=1700 1700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/St_LawrenceAtlantic_Danville_Jct_Me_Oct1999\u00a9BrianSolomon_203300.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/St_LawrenceAtlantic_Danville_Jct_Me_Oct1999\u00a9BrianSolomon_203300.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The leading locomotive was one of St. Lawrence &amp; 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