{"id":43769,"date":"2026-03-11T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=43769"},"modified":"2026-03-09T22:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T02:47:12","slug":"evening-adventures-in-the-fog-with-the-36a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/evening-adventures-in-the-fog-with-the-36a\/","title":{"rendered":"Evening Adventures in the Fog with the 36A"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The other evening, mist blanketed the Susquehanna Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kris, Seamus-the-Dog, and I went out looking for trains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The signals at Washington Boro were lined for an eastbound on the Port Road Secondary. A distant rumble indicated an approaching train, and all the pieces of our adventure came together. Norfolk Southern 36A (Enola, Pa.,  to Edgemoor, Delaware) appeared, its headlights piercing the evening fog like the eyes of a primordial beast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We followed the rolling mass down the valley and arrived at Safe Harbor with ample time to watch the freight pass beneath the immense viaduct that one carried the Atgen &amp; Susquehanna Low Grade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"43770\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/evening-adventures-in-the-fog-with-the-36a\/approach_limited_for_36a_at_washington_boro_pa_briansolomondsc_0936-dxo_deepprime-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Approach_Limited_for_36A_at_Washington_Boro_PA_\u00a9BrianSolomonDSC_0936-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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