{"id":44087,"date":"2026-04-21T06:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=44087"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:02:12","slug":"rolling-along-at-old-goose-creek-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/rolling-along-at-old-goose-creek-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolling Along at Old Goose Creek Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve often found that a place appears very different lineside compared to the view from the train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a rainy evening, we photographed Amtrak No. 50, the eastward Cardinal<\/em>, plying the old Chesapeake & Ohio along Old Goose Creek Road between Staunton and Waynesboro, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of evenings later we rolled through in the same direction aboard the dome on Virginia Scenic Railway’s Blue Ridge Flyer <\/em>and I had a complete different impression of this location. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All photos exposed digitally using a Nikon Z6-III with 24-70mm Nikkor Z-series zoom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tracking the Light Explores Railroad Photography Daily!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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