{"id":33911,"date":"2022-07-23T07:23:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T11:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=33911"},"modified":"2022-07-22T21:47:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T01:47:18","slug":"clear-morning-at-allens-siding-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/clear-morning-at-allens-siding-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Clear Morning at Allens Siding Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;d been meaning to get some photos of Conway Scenic Railroad&#8217;s former Maine Central GP38 255 working New Hampshire&#8217;s Conway Branch in red paint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The railroad acquired this pure Maine Central GP38 from the Vermont Rail System last autumn, and in recent weeks it has been the regular locomotive for the Valley Train, which makes three Conway trips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plan is have this locomotive painted in a neo-Maine Central scheme, similar to its sister GP38, number 252, which also serves Conway Scenic, so time may be getting short to get good photos of it in the red scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These photos were exposed with my Nikon Z6 digital camera, but I also made a exposures on Ektachrome slide film for posterity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"247\" data-attachment-id=\"33912\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/clear-morning-at-allens-siding-road\/csrr_255_with_valley_train_at_allen_sidetrack_road_dsc_8872-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CSRR_255_with_Valley_Train_at_Allen_Sidetrack_Road_DSC_8872-2.jpg?fit=1700%2C885\" data-orig-size=\"1700,885\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CSRR_255_with_Valley_Train_at_Allen_Sidetrack_Road_DSC_8874.jpg?resize=1022%2C680 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CSRR_255_with_Valley_Train_at_Allen_Sidetrack_Road_DSC_8874.jpg?resize=205%2C136 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CSRR_255_with_Valley_Train_at_Allen_Sidetrack_Road_DSC_8874.jpg?resize=1536%2C1022 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CSRR_255_with_Valley_Train_at_Allen_Sidetrack_Road_DSC_8874.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CSRR_255_with_Valley_Train_at_Allen_Sidetrack_Road_DSC_8874.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I wonder, will the posterity even care about a red 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