{"id":43979,"date":"2026-04-14T06:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=43979"},"modified":"2026-04-12T10:42:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:42:51","slug":"trail-van-pan-on-the-diamonds-in-erie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/trail-van-pan-on-the-diamonds-in-erie\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail Van Pan on the Diamonds in Erie."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

April 30th, 1988 was a good day on Conrail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I spent the day working my way west from Rochester, New York following the former New York Central ‘Water Level Route’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By early afternoon I’d made it all the way to Erie, Pa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the photos I exposed in Erie was this panned view of a Conrail Trail Van trailer rolling across the diamond with the former Pennsylvania Railroad. If you look carefully, you can see in the distance Norfolk Southern’s former Nickle Plate Road bridge over the PRR line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After exposing my photos, I drove all the way back to Rochester. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leica M2 with 50mm f2.0 Summicron lens; Kodachrome 25 slide film.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tracking the Light Explores Conrail on the 50th Anniversary of its commencement of operations!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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