{"id":39444,"date":"2024-07-01T06:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T10:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=39444"},"modified":"2024-06-28T22:24:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T02:24:25","slug":"ct-rail-hartford-line-iconic-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/ct-rail-hartford-line-iconic-view\/","title":{"rendered":"CT Rail\u2014Hartford Line Iconic View"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the last 40 years, I’ve made many photographs along Amtrak’s former New Haven route between Springfield, Massachusetts and New Haven, Connecticut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among my favorite vantage points is this view of the Farmington River bridge in Windsor, Connecticut. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a tricky location for a couple reasons; the skewed angle of the bridge can make it difficult to make a level photo; trains operating on the southward track will result in cropping of the trucks\/wheels owing to the relatively low position along the riverside; and without careful planning it is easy to miss the benefit of the reflection in the river water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CT Rail-Hartford Line began operations just over six years ago. My father and I took advantage of the ‘free rides’ offered on opening day and spent the second day of operations making photos along the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This view exposed was two weeks ago. It was my first photo of a CT Rail painted GENESIS 1 diesels working the line. I was delighted to get this clean push-pull set (working train 6400 from New Haven) crossing the bridge with the locomotive trailing. It makes the most of the iconic view of the bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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