{"id":44532,"date":"2026-06-25T06:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=44532"},"modified":"2026-06-25T09:22:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:22:34","slug":"listening-at-duncannon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/listening-at-duncannon\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening at Duncannon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As we drove east, I thought I heard a train calling signals on the radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We pulled in at Duncannon at the old Pennsylvania Railroad station. This location is on a sweeping curve and offers a good view of the Susquehanna River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I waited for a minute, listening for a train. Sure enough, there was the telltale \u2018chug\u2019 of GE diesels and the dull roar of freight cars on the roll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking to the west, I headlight illuminated the rails shortly before this eastward freight rolled into view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made these images of the passing train using my Z6 with 24-70mm lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the old days, I described this type of railroad image as a \u201cthree-quarter\u201d view\u2014a straightforward, formulaic action photograph that has long been prized by railroad photographers. Blue skies, puffy clouds, and over-the-shoulder lighting: sometimes the simplest approach is the best one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Blue sky, puffy clouds and over the shoulder light: sometimes \u2018simple\u2019 is the best option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6060,10,6108,48],"tags":[8685,5383,6630],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NS_4430_eb_Pittsburgh_Line_Duncannon_PA_\u00a9BrianSolomon_DSC_6357.jpg?fit=2048%2C1241","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-bAg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44532"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44532"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44540,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44532\/revisions\/44540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}