{"id":5087,"date":"2014-01-02T05:36:27","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T10:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=5087"},"modified":"2013-12-30T23:22:20","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T04:22:20","slug":"new-years-post-happy-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/new-years-post-happy-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW YEAR\u2019S POST: Happy 2014!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><strong><br \/>\nCSX Searchlights at Depew.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5088\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5088\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/01\/01\/new-years-post-happy-2014\/csx_stacks_w_searchlights_at_depew_ny_img_3614\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5088\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5088\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/new-years-post-happy-2014\/csx_stacks_w_searchlights_at_depew_ny_img_3614\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CSX_stacks_w_searchlights_at_Depew_NY_IMG_3614.jpg?fit=800%2C533\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1282329336&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;BrianSolomon&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CSX_stacks_w_searchlights_at_Depew_NY_IMG_3614_BrianSolomon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Canon EOS 7D with 100-400mm image stabilized zoom lens, set at 250mm.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CSX_stacks_w_searchlights_at_Depew_NY_IMG_3614.jpg?fit=709%2C472\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CSX_stacks_w_searchlights_at_Depew_NY_IMG_3614.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5088\" alt=\"CSX stack train with signals\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CSX_stacks_w_searchlights_at_Depew_NY_IMG_3614.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CSX_stacks_w_searchlights_at_Depew_NY_IMG_3614.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CSX_stacks_w_searchlights_at_Depew_NY_IMG_3614.jpg?resize=205%2C136 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CSX_stacks_w_searchlights_at_Depew_NY_IMG_3614.jpg?resize=709%2C472 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CSX_stacks_w_searchlights_at_Depew_NY_IMG_3614.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canon EOS 7D with 100-400mm image stabilized zoom lens, set at 250mm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I exposed this image on the evening of August 20, 2010 of a westward CSX stack train at CP431 in Depew, New York. What makes this photo interesting to me is the former New York Central signal bridge and searchlight signals.<\/p>\n<p>Since I made this photograph, CSX has replaced many of the searchlights on the Water Level Route with modern color light hardware. While I\u2019m sorry to see the old signals go, I\u2019m not surprised.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the 1990s, I wrote an editorial in Pacific RailNews (when I was editor of that magazine) warning enthusiasts that searchlights were on their way out, and explained why. At the time, searchlights were very common.<\/p>\n<p>The photo is timely. This year I\u2019ll be authoring a book tentatively titled Classic Railroad Signals to be published by Voyageur Press. It will be a follow up to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qbookshop.com\/products\/149727\/9780760338810\/Railroad-Signaling.html\" target=\"_blank\">Railroad Signaling<\/a>, that I wrote several years ago, and will feature a variety of classic American signal hardware:<\/p>\n<p>Semaphores, Searchlights, Positional Lights and Towers, of all varieties.<\/p>\n<p>This will be a great book. I\u2019ve been researching and photographing the subject for many years!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tracking the Light<\/a>\u00a0posts new material\u00a0every\u00a0morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Please spread the word and share\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tracking the Light<\/a>\u00a0with anyone who may enjoy seeing it!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/\">http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/members.jacksonville.com\/news\/metro\/2013-11-13\/story\/csx-and-ge-use-natural-gas-fuel-locomotives\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.zemanta.com\/220683202_80_80.jpg?w=474\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"http:\/\/members.jacksonville.com\/news\/metro\/2013-11-13\/story\/csx-and-ge-use-natural-gas-fuel-locomotives\" target=\"_blank\">CSX and GE to use natural gas to fuel locomotives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_c.png?w=474\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CSX Searchlights at Depew. I exposed this image on the evening of August 20, 2010 of a westward CSX stack train at CP431 in Depew, New York. What makes this photo interesting to me is the former New York Central signal bridge and searchlight signals. Since I made this photograph, CSX has replaced many of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/new-years-post-happy-2014\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NEW YEAR\u2019S POST: Happy 2014!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[10],"tags":[4537,50,35,193,7535,1643,219,641,7,1818,1819,33,200],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CSX_stacks_w_searchlights_at_Depew_NY_IMG_3614.jpg?fit=800%2C533","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-1k3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5087"}],"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=5087"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5100,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5087\/revisions\/5100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}