{"id":35515,"date":"2023-02-24T06:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T11:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=35515"},"modified":"2023-02-23T21:57:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T02:57:36","slug":"ellis-river-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/ellis-river-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellis River Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday morning, I made this view of former Maine Central GP38 255 leading Conway Scenic&#8217;s Snow Train crossing the Ellis River Bridge in Glen, New Hampshire on the return run from Attitash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This locomotive was a delivered to Maine Central just a few weeks after I was born. It routinely worked the Mountain Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was involved in Conway Scenic&#8217;s decision to acquire the locomotive from the Vermont Rail System where it had labored for nearly a quarter century. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, 255 is one of the railroad&#8217;s most useful locomotives, in part because it is equipped with &#8216;Hotstart&#8217; equipment. that allows the locomotive to be stored outside during the colder months <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are two similar interpretations of the same NEF RAW file exposed with a Nikon Z6 fitted with a Nikkor Series Z f2.8 70-200mm  zoom lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" data-attachment-id=\"35516\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/ellis-river-bridge\/snow_train_at_glen-ellis_crossing_ellis_river_dsc_6901\/\" 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