{"id":43571,"date":"2026-02-10T06:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T11:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=43571"},"modified":"2026-02-08T07:46:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T12:46:27","slug":"reading-northern-in-the-snow-at-tamaqua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/reading-northern-in-the-snow-at-tamaqua\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading &#038; Northern in the Snow at Tamaqua."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kris and I paused at Tamaqua, Pa., where I made a few photo of Reading &amp; Northern&#8217;s locomotive parked in the snow covered yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bright sun made for some extreme contrast between light and dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All photos displayed here were exposed using my Nikon Z6 with 24-70mm Z-series zoom lens. 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