{"id":42432,"date":"2025-08-09T06:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=42432"},"modified":"2025-08-08T22:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T02:35:07","slug":"no-90-in-hazy-high-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/no-90-in-hazy-high-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 90 in Hazy High Sun."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Not every situation is made to order for photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was on my way to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania to conduct research for my next book. Since I was just a little early, I opted to divert via Esbenshade Road and roll by Strasburg Rail Road’s returning 1pm train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I heard the engine working the grade. On most recent visits, former Canadian National 2-6-0 No. 89 has been assigned to the run. Since this is a relative small locomotive the crews have to work it reasonably hard ascending the grade from Cherry Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, on this afternoon I listened carefully; the softer bark of the stack told me that the engine wasn’t working especially hard. This couldn’t be 89, so it must be No. 90\u2014the former Great Western 2-10-0 (a relatively big Baldwin). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inded it was!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canadian wildfires made for the air thick with particulates, and the sunlight was tinged with brown. Not pretty light at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos exposed using my Nikon Z7-II with 24-70mm lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEF RAW files were adjusted using Lightroom to maximize detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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