{"id":38300,"date":"2024-02-15T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=38300"},"modified":"2024-02-09T22:27:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T03:27:50","slug":"yard-office-at-pittston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/yard-office-at-pittston\/","title":{"rendered":"Yard Office at Pittston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Back on November 17, 2023, Kris and I had paused at Reading &amp; Northern&#8217;s Pittston Junction yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It had been months since the last time I exposed a color slide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had my Nikon F3 with me because we were on our way to Cape Cod, and I anticipated wanting to make a few slides of our trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So after making a variety of photos with my digital cameras, I dusted off the F3 and made two Ektachrome slides of Reading &amp; Northern 2535, in what appeared as a classic railroad scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why just two slides? Well, this was because after I exposed the second photo the battery in the camera died. That is one of the dangers of infrequent camera use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we final got to the Cape, I replaced the battery and finished off my roll of film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"318\" data-attachment-id=\"38301\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/yard-office-at-pittston\/readingnorthern_2535_pittston-jct_pa_17nov_2023briansolomon_119692\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ReadingNorthern_2535_Pittston-Jct_PA_17Nov_2023\u00a9BrianSolomon_119692.jpg?fit=1800%2C1207\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1207\" 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=\"ReadingNorthern_2535_Pittston-Jct_PA_17Nov_2023\u00a9BrianSolomon_119692\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ReadingNorthern_2535_Pittston-Jct_PA_17Nov_2023\u00a9BrianSolomon_119692.jpg?fit=709%2C475\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ReadingNorthern_2535_Pittston-Jct_PA_17Nov_2023\u00a9BrianSolomon_119692.jpg?fit=474%2C318\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ReadingNorthern_2535_Pittston-Jct_PA_17Nov_2023\u00a9BrianSolomon_119692.jpg?resize=474%2C318\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ReadingNorthern_2535_Pittston-Jct_PA_17Nov_2023\u00a9BrianSolomon_119692.jpg?w=1800 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ReadingNorthern_2535_Pittston-Jct_PA_17Nov_2023\u00a9BrianSolomon_119692.jpg?resize=709%2C475 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ReadingNorthern_2535_Pittston-Jct_PA_17Nov_2023\u00a9BrianSolomon_119692.jpg?resize=1022%2C685 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ReadingNorthern_2535_Pittston-Jct_PA_17Nov_2023\u00a9BrianSolomon_119692.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ReadingNorthern_2535_Pittston-Jct_PA_17Nov_2023\u00a9BrianSolomon_119692.jpg?resize=1536%2C1030 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ReadingNorthern_2535_Pittston-Jct_PA_17Nov_2023\u00a9BrianSolomon_119692.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ReadingNorthern_2535_Pittston-Jct_PA_17Nov_2023\u00a9BrianSolomon_119692.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Exposed on Kodak Ektachrome 100 using a Nikon F3 with 35-70mm Nikkor zoom. 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