{"id":36663,"date":"2023-07-18T06:48:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T10:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=36663"},"modified":"2023-07-16T10:56:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T14:56:22","slug":"the-march-of-a-twelve-wheeler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/the-march-of-a-twelve-wheeler\/","title":{"rendered":"The March of a Twelve-Wheeler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the last month of so, Kris and I have paid weekly visits to Pennsylvania’s Strasburg Rail Road to observe and photograph their trains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this time, former Canadian National Mogul-type 89 has been the star attraction. However, on Friday, we observed the 5 and 7pm trains that ran with former Norfolk & Western 4-8-0 number 475.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I really like the way this locomotive looks and sounds. It had a long tapered boiler and smoke box that gives it a classic appearance, while its whistle makes a low mournful cry that stirs a vision of the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We waited at Esbenshade road for the return of the 7pm train, listening to the engine work upgrade and sound for the crossings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made this sequence of photos with my Nikon Z digital cameras as the train approached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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