{"id":40864,"date":"2024-12-30T06:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=40864"},"modified":"2024-12-25T17:39:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T22:39:49","slug":"reading-northern-sw8-803","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/reading-northern-sw8-803\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading & Northern SW8 803"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sometimes a locomotive photo is just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a recent visit to Port Clinton, Pa., I made this photo of Reading & Northern SW8M 803. This antique EMD switcher is well worth photographing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

End-cab switchers were once common on American railroads, but in recent decades the type has become increasingly scarce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This particular locomotive was built in 1951 for the Lehigh Valley, and according to R&N, it once carried the number Lehigh Valley 270. It survives on the R&N roster along with other vintage examples of EMD’s end-cab switchers, and is among several operational examples of former Lehigh Valley switchers remaining in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exposed using a Nikon Z7-II with 24-70mm Nikkor Z-Series zoom lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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