{"id":5205,"date":"2014-01-16T05:56:17","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T10:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=5205"},"modified":"2014-01-16T10:48:57","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T15:48:57","slug":"daily-post-lucky-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-lucky-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"DAILY POST: Lucky Afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went to the Post Office and Scored a Train.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The other day, I had a few packages to send out. I\u2019d delayed going to the post office until after the school buses were out, using the logic that if I waited, I wouldn\u2019t get stuck behind one on the way back.<\/p>\n

On the way into the PO, I heard a distant whistle. And while at the desk, a train rumbled by.<\/p>\n

New England Central\u2019s (NECR) former Central Vermont line runs on a slightly elevated gradient behind the Monson, Massachusetts PO. This is on the climb up State Line hill, and heavy trains make a good racket coming though town. This freight, however, wasn\u2019t very heavy and the engines weren\u2019t working too hard.<\/p>\n

I made an expeditious exit after mailing my packages, and started south on Route 32. No sooner than I was south of town, I found myself looking at the back of a school bus!<\/p>\n

And this bus then stopped, as required, at the South Monson grade crossing.<\/p>\n

I could hear the southward climbing. It had already gone through. Fortunately, once over the tracks, the bus driver kindly pulled in to let traffic around. I sailed southward, and arrived at State Line crossing. Once out of the car, I could hear the train working.<\/p>\n

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New England Central’s daily freight at the Massachusetts-Connecticut state line. Notice the granite marker to the left of the locomotives. Exposed with a Lumix LX3, set at ISO 200.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although the light was fading, there was enough to work with. While, I\u2019d left most of my cameras at home, I had my Lumix LX3 in my coat pocket. I set up a shot immediately south of the Massachusetts-Connecticut state line, and included the granite marker at the left of the image.<\/p>\n

After the train passed, I followed it to Stafford Springs, where I made a few more photos. As it turns out, these NECR images are my first railway photos for 2014.<\/p>\n

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New England Central’s GP38s lead a southward freight through downtown Stafford Springs, Connecticut on January 9, 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"NECR\"<\/a>
New England Central’s GP38s lead a southward freight through downtown Stafford Springs, Connecticut on the afternoon of January 9, 2014. Lumix LX3 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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