{"id":36544,"date":"2023-07-07T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=36544"},"modified":"2023-07-06T21:30:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T01:30:42","slug":"reading-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/reading-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Details"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Or call it: &#8216;2102 Up Close&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like to put the railroad in the context of its environment, but I also like to make macro views of the equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last weekend I had several opportunities to get up close to Reading &amp; Northern&#8217;s T-1 class 4-8-4 #2102 to make a selection of detailed views of the machinery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"346\" data-attachment-id=\"36545\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/reading-details\/reading_2102_rods_down_dsc_8317\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Reading_2102_rods_down_DSC_8317.jpg?fit=1700%2C1242\" data-orig-size=\"1700,1242\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;BrianSolomon&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=\"Reading_2102_rods_down_DSC_8317\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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Station, Reading Pennsylvania.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"36547\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/reading-details\/rn_2102_valve_gear_dsc_3465-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/RN_2102_Valve_Gear_DSC_3465-2.jpg?fit=1700%2C1133\" data-orig-size=\"1700,1133\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&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=\"RN_2102_Valve_Gear_DSC_3465-2\" 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