{"id":40284,"date":"2024-10-18T06:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T10:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=40284"},"modified":"2024-10-18T07:39:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T11:39:16","slug":"reading-northern-at-milepost-105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/reading-northern-at-milepost-105\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading &#038; Northern at Milepost 105"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last Saturday was warm and clear. We had a late start, but decided to make another drive into coal country to photograph Reading &amp; Northern Autumn Foliage Excursions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since we had a little time, we explored a few different locations. Kris liked the view from a grade crossing between East Mahanoy Junction and Haucks (compass north of Tamaqua, Pa.) at milepost 105. This was once a very railroad intense part of Pennsylvania. Today several lines still converge on this area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We didn&#8217;t have long to wait and Reading &amp; Northern&#8217;s return trip to Pottsville passed us with three vintage Budd RDCs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" data-attachment-id=\"40285\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/reading-northern-at-milepost-105\/reading__northern_rdcs_mp_105_dsc_2428\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Reading__Northern_RDCs_MP_105_DSC_2428.jpg?fit=2048%2C1363\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1363\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 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