{"id":5120,"date":"2014-01-09T05:35:59","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T10:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=5120"},"modified":"2014-01-09T09:43:03","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T14:43:03","slug":"daily-post-penn-central-texture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-penn-central-texture\/","title":{"rendered":"DAILY POST: Penn Central Texture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking Back on a Logo.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Exposed with a Rolleiflex Model T on black & white negative film. Image scanned from a 5×7 print.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I was growing up in New England, Penn Central was a railroad that everyone loved to hate.<\/p>\n

It was hated for representing a decaying industry. It was hated for its unimaginative paint scheme and its Spartan image.<\/p>\n

It was hated for not being the sum of its parts and not being the railroads that spawned it. It was hated for its financial debacles.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t hate Penn Central.<\/p>\n

To me it was fascinating, and in my earliest memories, it was<\/i> the railroad. It was E-units and passenger trains. It was GG1s under wire. It was yards full of freight cars worked by old Alco S-switchers. It was Grand Central Terminal and Boston\u2019s South Station.<\/p>\n

But by the time I really become conscious of Penn Central, it had already been melded into Conrail. I have a few true Penn Central photos, but they aren\u2019t very good.<\/p>\n

I made this image in 1986, ten years after Penn Central\u2019s operations had been conveyed to Conrail. At the time I often made \u2018details\u2019\u2014close up views of railroading.<\/p>\n

For me the texture of the image shouts the \u2018Penn Central\u2019 of its detractors.<\/p>\n

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