{"id":43739,"date":"2026-03-08T06:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T10:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=43739"},"modified":"2026-03-08T09:20:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T13:20:56","slug":"conn-river-caboose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/conn-river-caboose\/","title":{"rendered":"Conn River Caboose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here’s an hidden gem from my black & white negative collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In December 1984, I was in my first year of college. On weekends, I’d catch up with my rail-photographer friends to make explorations of New England operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this afternoon, we caught southward Connecticut River line freight rolling through Greenfield, Massachusetts on Guilford’s Boston & Maine. By this time, cabooses were on the wane. Most Fitchburg route freights were already running without them. Yet, the Conn River jobs still carried cabooses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made this trailing view on Ilford FP4 using my father’s Leica M3. I located this negative last month, and finally after more than 40 years in the dark now it can see the light of day.. For presentation here, I made a few cosmetic alterations using Adobe Lightroom to improve the contrast and make the most of the wintery sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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