{"id":41713,"date":"2025-05-13T18:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T22:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=41713"},"modified":"2025-05-12T20:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T00:36:04","slug":"mogul-on-a-bright-may-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/mogul-on-a-bright-may-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Mogul on a Bright May Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was a clear morning last Saturday and I was aiming to try something a little different. Over the last couple of years, I&#8217;ve made countless photos of Strasburg Rail Road number 89 (a former Canadian National 2-6-0 Mogul type) crossing the pastoral fields in Pennsylvania Dutch country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with the contrast of mid-morning, I exposed this view of 89 on its return run from Leaman Place. 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