{"id":36085,"date":"2023-05-12T06:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T10:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=36085"},"modified":"2023-05-11T22:06:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T02:06:38","slug":"first-capitol-connect-harpenden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/first-capitol-connect-harpenden\/","title":{"rendered":"First Capitol Connect\u2014Harpenden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On this day in 2010, (12 May) I traveled from Harpenden to central London on the Midland mainline using the First Capitol Connect franchise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While waiting for my train, I made these photos of another train serving the opposite platform. The wild electric paint livery and window reflections made for a modern composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Midland mainline is among the busiest trunk routes in the UK with trains passing every few minutes on a quad track line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos were made as RAW files with a Lumix LX3. This was my first digital camera. 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