{"id":44727,"date":"2026-07-22T06:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=44727"},"modified":"2026-07-20T21:54:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T01:54:43","slug":"pennsylvania-railroad-44-ton-diesel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/pennsylvania-railroad-44-ton-diesel\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Railroad 44-Ton Diesel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In November 2008, I made this photo of Pennsylvania Railroad 44-Ton diesel 9331 in midday light at Strasburg. This locomotive had worked Strasburg Rail Road since before I was born. I\u2019ve read that it left the property in 2013 for a new home in Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than fifty years earlier, my father photographed a similar locomotive (9347) working Philadelphia waterfront street trackage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"320\" data-attachment-id=\"44729\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/pennsylvania-railroad-44-ton-diesel\/strasburg_rr_prr_44-ton_9331_nov2008brian_solomon_210941\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Strasburg_RR_PRR_44-ton_9331_Nov2008\u00a9Brian_Solomon_210941.jpg?fit=2048%2C1381\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1381\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Strasburg_RR_PRR_44-ton_9331_Nov2008\u00a9Brian_Solomon_210941.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Strasburg_RR_PRR_44-ton_9331_Nov2008\u00a9Brian_Solomon_210941.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Strasburg_RR_PRR_44-ton_9331_Nov2008\u00a9Brian_Solomon_210941.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I exposed this image on Fujichrome using a Canon EOS-3 with 24mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Tracking the Light looks back!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I exposed this image on Fujichrome using a Canon EOS-3 with 24mm 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