{"id":40007,"date":"2024-09-14T06:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T10:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=40007"},"modified":"2024-09-13T22:24:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T02:24:24","slug":"rare-photo-spv-2000-at-spring-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/rare-photo-spv-2000-at-spring-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Photo-SPV-2000 at Spring Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I don’t remember the exact circumstances behind this photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June 1984, I was at Spring Tower where Conrail’s Boston Line crossed the connecting track between the Boston & Maine Connecticut River Line and Amtrak’s former New Haven Railroad in Springfield, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tower was located below I-91, west of Springfield Union Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connecticut DOT’s Budd-built SPV-2000 No.50 was turning on the wye at Springfield. While I don’t recall the reason, I suspect the car had something wrong with the cab at the northward end and needed to turn to make the return trip to New Haven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CDOT had bought 13 of the SPV-2000s; cars 988-999 carried both Amtrak and CDOT logos and largely worked Springfield-New Haven shuttle services, while a lone car number 50 came with Amtrak stripes but was only lettered CDOT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made this photo on black & white film using my Leica IIIA fitted with a Canon screw-mount f1.8 50mm lens. If I made detailed notes on this day, I’ve misplaced them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what makes this a rare photo? C-DOT No. 50 was the only car painted this way (without the Amtrak markings) ; the SPV’s self-propelled days were relatively short-lived; it was unusual to see a single car turning on the wye at Springfield. Have you ever seen another photo of this car crossing the old Boston & Albany at Spring Tower?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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