{"id":45233,"date":"2026-10-12T07:48:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=45233"},"modified":"2026-10-12T08:11:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:11:36","slug":"kodachrome-days-at-boston-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/kodachrome-days-at-boston-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Kodachrome Days at Boston Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My posts about Attleboro generated discussion about the Boston & Providence route, including mention of a location east of Providence known as \u201cBoston Switch,\u201d where the Providence & Worcester\u2019s namesake line diverged from the old New Haven \u201cShore Line\u201d route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 40 years ago (June 30, 1986, to be specific), Bob Krambeles gave Bob Buck and me a tour of the Providence area, which included a brief visit to an overbridge looking toward Boston Switch in Central Falls, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We timed our visit to photograph the passage of Amtrak 175, The Minuteman<\/em>, which blasted by at 1:14 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I exposed this Kodachrome of what was then a standard consist on the Northeast Corridor. When the slide came back from Kodak, I labeled it and filed it away in my \u201cNew Haven Railroad\u201d box. (At the time, I identified all railroad routes by their historic owners.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Boston Switch as it appeared before electrification. K64 with Leica 3A. Scanned with a Nikon L5000 scanner usng VueScan software version 9.8.54.02, with final adjustment in Lightroom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is a slight variation on the top scan. I altered the color temp\/balance in Lightroom in an attempt to get a more neutral color balance. Kodachrome 64 is a difficult film to balance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When I went to locate this image, I found, to my surprise, that it was exactly where I thought it should be! Not bad after four decades in the dark. Upon researching Boston Switch using Google Maps, I see that the shell of the old tower is still there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tracking the Light steps back in time!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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