{"id":35726,"date":"2023-03-28T07:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T11:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=35726"},"modified":"2023-03-27T21:27:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T01:27:21","slug":"emd-sw8-at-zylonite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/emd-sw8-at-zylonite\/","title":{"rendered":"EMD SW8 at Zylonite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last night, I interviewed some of my friends at the Berkshire Scenic Railroad via Zoom for an article I&#8217;m planning for Trains Magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the items on the agenda was a bit of history behind SW8 8619. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-color has-text-color\">Kris and I photographed this historic former New York Central locomotive last May on a trip with the New York Central System Historical Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made this image on Ektachrome slide film with my vintage Nikon F3 during a planned runby at Zylonite, Massachusetts on a vestige of the former Boston &amp; Albany Adams Branch operated on weekends by Berkshire Scenic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is one of three former New York Central SW8s that I photographed last Spring!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"321\" data-attachment-id=\"35727\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/emd-sw8-at-zylonite\/berkshire_scenic_sw8_8619_at_zylonite_may2022_briansolomon2023_203686\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Berkshire_Scenic_SW8_8619_at_Zylonite_May2022_BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203686.jpg?fit=1800%2C1220\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1220\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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