{"id":43238,"date":"2025-12-29T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=43238"},"modified":"2025-12-29T08:39:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:39:34","slug":"feather-river-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/feather-river-canyon\/","title":{"rendered":"Feather River Canyon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The other day I began scanning a batch of black & white negatives that I exposed on an extended visit to California in autumn 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among these was a 120-size roll of Kodak Tri-X from a trip to the Sierra with John Gruber. On the morning of November 11, 2003, we chased a westward BNSF freight operating via trackage rights on Union Pacific’s former Western Pacific line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had found this freight near Reno Junction in the morning and followed it on California Highway 70.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the famed ‘Keddie Wye,’ I made a portrait of John with his famous Nikon F, as we waited for the train to roll west.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the photo of John means a lot more to me than the pictures of the freight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BNSF westward freight on the former Western Pacific at Spring Garden, California on November 11, 2003. Exposed on Kodak Tri-X using a Rolleiflex Model T with Zeiss Tessar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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John Gruber at the ‘Keddie Wye.’ Exposed on Kodak Tri-X using a Rolleiflex Model T with Zeiss Tessar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Exposed on Kodak Tri-X using a Rolleiflex Model T with Zeiss Tessar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tracking the Light explores railroad photography!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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