{"id":37485,"date":"2023-11-03T06:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T10:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=37485"},"modified":"2023-11-01T22:05:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T02:05:59","slug":"standing-on-the-inspiration-for-my-old-model-railroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/standing-on-the-inspiration-for-my-old-model-railroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing on the Inspiration for my old Model Railroad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On my birthday I went to visit the railroad that had inspired my HO-scale Wee Reading Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May, Kris and I had traded the joy of the Wee Reading Company\u2014a microcosm that I created of Pennsylvania anthracite country railroading\u2014in order to move to and live in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fellow photographer Dan Cupper joined me on a day-long exploration of Reading & Northern operations. We began the day at Port Clinton, and followed the PNPV (Port Clinton to Pottsville) freight to West Cressona on the old Mine Hill Railroad\u2014one of the component lines of the Reading system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I made photos at the old yard, along the street and houses that I\u2019d conceptually recreated as the center-piece of my HO-scale fantasy\u2014itself now a memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This seemed completely surreal, but resulted in some interesting photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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