{"id":4391,"date":"2013-11-03T05:43:21","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T10:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=4391"},"modified":"2013-11-01T08:33:37","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T12:33:37","slug":"csx-crosses-the-quaboag-river-at-west-warren-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/csx-crosses-the-quaboag-river-at-west-warren-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"DAILY POST: Quaboag River Arches at West Warren, Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Autumn Color and Mirror-Like River Make for a Diorama-Like Setting.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The rugged unsettled Quaboag Valley between Palmer and West Warren is a beautiful place, but difficult to work with photographically. Access is limited and the narrow valley combined with heavy overgrowth shadows the line much of the day.<\/p>\n

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CSX\u2019s Q022-22 works east on the former Boston & Albany mainline near West Warren, Massachusetts. Exposed with a Canon EOS 7D and 40mm pancake lens. Minor adjustments in post-processing were necessary to control contrast and improve exposure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My favorite vantage-point is this twin stone-arch bridge near West Warren. Since my last visit, logging efforts have opened the vista a bit more, allowing a slightly higher view of the tracks.<\/p>\n

On October 23, 2013, I learned that CSX\u2019s Q022 (eastward Intermodal container train destined for Worcester) was about an hour away, so I put myself in position to make a photograph.<\/p>\n

The season\u2019s leaves were just past peak, which is my preferred time to make autumn images of trains. Why? I\u2019ve found that when almost all the trees are orange, brown and yellow, with hints of red, images seem more autumnal than when some trees are their most brilliant shades of red and orange but others remain green.<\/p>\n

A stroke of luck was the very still day: there was virtually no wind while relatively low water-levels in the Quaboag allowed for a mirror like reflection of the bridge and train. This effect is much harder to achieve when the sun is out causing light breezes that tend blur the surface of the water.<\/p>\n

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