{"id":41253,"date":"2025-02-27T06:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=41253"},"modified":"2025-02-26T22:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T03:02:35","slug":"long-hood-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/long-hood-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Hood First"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The General Motors EMD model SD45 remains among my favorite diesels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During my years in California, I exposed countless color slides of SD45s in action on both Southern Pacific and Santa Fe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Kodachrome is a memorable image that shows an SP SD45E in near silhouette as it leads a light helper set downgrade in the Tehachapis near Marcel, Calif. This view emphasizes the locomotive&#8217;s characteristic flared radiator intakes, which are among the SD45&#8217;s noteworthy external features. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I  like the geometric play of the signal code lines and the soft background of tapered hills fading into the morning mist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"332\" data-attachment-id=\"41255\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/long-hood-first\/sp_sd45_longhood_first_tehachapi_mountains_mar29_1992brian_solomon_122928\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SP_SD45_longhood_first_Tehachapi_mountains_Mar29_1992\u00a9Brian_Solomon_122928.jpg?fit=2048%2C1433\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1433\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;LS-5000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1740498419&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9BrianSolomon&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=\"SP_SD45_longhood_first_Tehachapi_mountains_Mar29_1992\u00a9Brian_Solomon_122928\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SP_SD45_longhood_first_Tehachapi_mountains_Mar29_1992\u00a9Brian_Solomon_122928.jpg?fit=709%2C496\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SP_SD45_longhood_first_Tehachapi_mountains_Mar29_1992\u00a9Brian_Solomon_122928.jpg?fit=474%2C332\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SP_SD45_longhood_first_Tehachapi_mountains_Mar29_1992\u00a9Brian_Solomon_122928.jpg?resize=474%2C332&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SP_SD45_longhood_first_Tehachapi_mountains_Mar29_1992\u00a9Brian_Solomon_122928.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SP_SD45_longhood_first_Tehachapi_mountains_Mar29_1992\u00a9Brian_Solomon_122928.jpg?resize=709%2C496 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SP_SD45_longhood_first_Tehachapi_mountains_Mar29_1992\u00a9Brian_Solomon_122928.jpg?resize=1022%2C715 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SP_SD45_longhood_first_Tehachapi_mountains_Mar29_1992\u00a9Brian_Solomon_122928.jpg?resize=205%2C143 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SP_SD45_longhood_first_Tehachapi_mountains_Mar29_1992\u00a9Brian_Solomon_122928.jpg?resize=1536%2C1075 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SP_SD45_longhood_first_Tehachapi_mountains_Mar29_1992\u00a9Brian_Solomon_122928.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SP_SD45_longhood_first_Tehachapi_mountains_Mar29_1992\u00a9Brian_Solomon_122928.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nikon F3T with f4.0 200mm Nikkor telephoto. 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