{"id":44228,"date":"2026-05-11T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=44228"},"modified":"2026-05-10T06:46:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T10:46:43","slug":"rare-photo-or-missed-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/rare-photo-or-missed-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Photo or Missed Opportunity?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In May 1985, I was on the last leg of a two-week railroad trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’d used up most of my film making photos of trains at a variety of destinations and stopovers from Atlanta, to Cumberland, Chicago and Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this final bright morning, I rolled by the action at Dorval in suburban Montreal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although I still had a few frames of 120 black & white film left in my father\u2019s Rolleiflex, along with some Kodachrome 64 loaded in my Leica 3A, I opted to make this image on 35mm black & white film using a spare Leica fitted with an old Elmar lens with antiquated coatings. While sharp, the lens was poorly suited to modern image-making. Complicating matters, I did a poor job processing the film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My results were flat, grainy, and uninspired. I wish I\u2019d used the tools at hand to make a better photograph of this\u00a0VIA Rail LRC\u2014an MLW-powered tilting train, the likes of which I\u2019m unlikely ever to see again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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