{"id":37382,"date":"2023-10-23T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=37382"},"modified":"2023-10-13T22:40:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T02:40:00","slug":"last-ride-over-mount-holly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/last-ride-over-mount-holly\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Ride over Mount Holly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>October 23, 1983: I traveled with Bob Buck to Bellows Falls, Vermont for the last run of Steamtown in Vermont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canadian Pacific Pacific No. 1246 and all three Green Mountain Railroad RS-1s were assigned to an epic consist that ran over Mount Holly to Rutland and back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the westward climb to Mount Holly, I made this view from the window of the train using my Leica 3A. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was impressed by the large number of chasers on Route 103  in hot pursuit of the train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day had started out 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