{"id":41783,"date":"2025-05-23T06:44:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=41783"},"modified":"2025-05-22T21:09:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T01:09:59","slug":"hummelstown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/hummelstown\/","title":{"rendered":"& Hummelstown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday’s post featured the Middletown & Hummelstown, a classic shortline that connects its namesake Pennsylvania towns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last 18 years, I’ve paid more than a dozen visits to Middletown. However until last Sunday I hadn’t visited Hummelstown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[That’s not precisely accurate. Back in 1992, I traveled through Hummelstown by rail on the way to Pittsburgh. I recall passing the nearby Hershey plant.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kris had suggested that we take a drive to see if we could find a train on the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we drove into Hummelstown for our first visit, we heard a distant horn sounding for a crossing. We made our way to the tracks, arriving in time to spot the headlights of an eastward Norfolk Southern double-stack container freight. Evening sun made for a nicely glinting silhoette. Talk about lucky!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I reached for my Nikon Z6 with 70-200mm zoom and exposed a series of photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In post-processing, I cropped the distant image. Below are three versions of the distant view plus a closer image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Full-frame without cropping.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Same image as above cropped to emphasize horizontal elements. The M&H track is at the left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is the same file with a few adjustements to contrast and exposure, plus cropping to emphasize vertical elements.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Closer view of the same train at Hummelstown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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