{"id":5010,"date":"2014-01-25T05:06:20","date_gmt":"2014-01-25T10:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=5010"},"modified":"2014-01-22T20:00:33","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T01:00:33","slug":"daily-post-springfield-massachusetts-april-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-springfield-massachusetts-april-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"DAILY POST: Springfield, Massachusetts, April 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"

Old Pointless Arrow and the Basketball Hall of Fame.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Springfield,<\/a>
Springfield, Massachusetts Union Station, where Boston & Maine, Boston & Albany and New Haven once shared common space. Today, its a local Amtrak hub. Exposed with a Contax G2 with 28mm Biogon lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ah Springfield! Probably best known because of the Simpson\u2019s cartoon set in a mythical city of that name. Could be Springfield, Massachusetts, or Illinois, any of a couple dozen other cities with this common name.<\/p>\n

On April 5, 2004, I met Tim Doherty for lunch and we made a few photos in Springfield.<\/p>\n

A visit to Union Station found a westward CSX freight with a Conrail blue General Electric DASH8-40CW rolling through.<\/p>\n

Later, we went down to an footbridge near the Basketball Hall of Fame to catch Guilford Rail System\u2019s elusive EDPL (East Deerfield to Plainville, Connecticut) freight.<\/p>\n

In 1982, Boston & Maine bought several Connecticut-based former New Haven Railroad operations from Conrail, and EDPL was one the only remnants of that transaction. At the time, the freight ran once a week. Catching it was a matter of planning and good luck.<\/p>\n

\"Westward<\/a>
Westward CSX freight rolls through Springfield Station on April 5, 2004.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Guilford's<\/a>
Guilford’s weekly EDPL against a backdrop of the Springfield skyline on April 5, 2004.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"This<\/a>
This slightly closer view of the same train suffers (or benefits, depending on your perspective) from tree-branch shadows on on the front of the locomotives. Contax G2 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Guilford's<\/a>
Guilford’s EDPL with Springfield’s top tourist attraction (or one would assume); the Basketball Hall of Fame.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I exposed these photos on Fujichrome Velvia 100F (RVP100F) color slide film using my Contax G2 rangefinder with a 28mm Biogon lens. The film was processed locally in Springfield at ComColor, which back then offered a 2-hour turn-around time for E6 films (processed and mounted).<\/p>\n

In 2008, ComColor ceased processing E6 film. At the time, I was told my rolls were \u2018the last run.\u2019<\/p>\n

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The Amherst Railway Society ‘BIG RAILROAD HOBBY SHOW<\/a>‘ is on this weekend (January 25 and 26, 2014) at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

See:\u00a0http:\/\/www.railroadhobbyshow.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Brian Solomon will cover the train show in Tracking the Light.<\/p>\n

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