{"id":37977,"date":"2024-01-01T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T11:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=37977"},"modified":"2023-12-31T21:17:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T02:17:39","slug":"square-mount-january-1-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/square-mount-january-1-1980\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Mount\u2014January 1, 1980"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I made comparatively few color photos prior to 1980 and I have precious few &#8216;square mount&#8217; Kodachrome slides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 1, 1980, I traveled with my family from The Bronx, New York back to our home in Monson, Massachusetts. On the way, we stopped at New Haven, Connecticut to take a look at Amtrak GG1 4935 that had been repainted into the Raymond Loewy designed PRR scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using my old Leica 3A rangefinder I made this Kodachrome color slide of a Chevy pickup truck parked next to the antique electric locomotive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what became of the pickup but today the old GG1 is preserved and displayed at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Pa. I&#8217;ve featured this locomotive in several recent Tracking the Light posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"321\" data-attachment-id=\"37979\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/square-mount-january-1-1980\/amtrak_gg1_4935_new_haven_ct_jan1_1980briansolomon_119479\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Amtrak_GG1_4935_New_Haven_Ct_Jan1_1980\u00a9BrianSolomon_119479.jpg?fit=1800%2C1220\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1220\" 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;\\u00a9BrianSolomon2023&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=\"Amtrak_GG1_4935_New_Haven_Ct_Jan1_1980\u00a9BrianSolomon_119479\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Amtrak_GG1_4935_New_Haven_Ct_Jan1_1980\u00a9BrianSolomon_119479.jpg?fit=709%2C481\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Amtrak_GG1_4935_New_Haven_Ct_Jan1_1980\u00a9BrianSolomon_119479.jpg?fit=474%2C321\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Amtrak_GG1_4935_New_Haven_Ct_Jan1_1980\u00a9BrianSolomon_119479.jpg?resize=474%2C321\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Amtrak_GG1_4935_New_Haven_Ct_Jan1_1980\u00a9BrianSolomon_119479.jpg?w=1800 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Amtrak_GG1_4935_New_Haven_Ct_Jan1_1980\u00a9BrianSolomon_119479.jpg?resize=709%2C481 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Amtrak_GG1_4935_New_Haven_Ct_Jan1_1980\u00a9BrianSolomon_119479.jpg?resize=1022%2C693 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Amtrak_GG1_4935_New_Haven_Ct_Jan1_1980\u00a9BrianSolomon_119479.jpg?resize=205%2C139 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Amtrak_GG1_4935_New_Haven_Ct_Jan1_1980\u00a9BrianSolomon_119479.jpg?resize=1536%2C1041 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Amtrak_GG1_4935_New_Haven_Ct_Jan1_1980\u00a9BrianSolomon_119479.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Amtrak_GG1_4935_New_Haven_Ct_Jan1_1980\u00a9BrianSolomon_119479.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This Kodachrome slide was exposed 44 years ago!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Happy 2024 from Tracking the Light!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 1, 1980, I traveled with my family from The Bronx, New York back to our home in Monson, Massachusetts. 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