{"id":37305,"date":"2023-10-06T06:54:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T10:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=37305"},"modified":"2023-10-03T22:38:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T02:38:15","slug":"ns-local-at-horseshoe-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/ns-local-at-horseshoe-road\/","title":{"rendered":"NS Local at Horseshoe Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Leaving the supermarket, I heard an engine sounding for Greenfield Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was about the time I normally hear Norfolk Southern&#8217;s New Holland Branch local heads toward its Pennsylvania namesake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I drove via Hartman Station Road and spotted the train with an NS SD40E running long-hood first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turning onto Horseshoe Road, I continued in the direction of the local freight&#8217;s eastward path. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I arrived at the Horseshoe Road grade crossing with enough time to set up a shot looking 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