{"id":5590,"date":"2014-02-15T05:12:30","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T10:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=5590"},"modified":"2014-02-01T11:19:25","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T16:19:25","slug":"daily-post-new-york-central-in-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-new-york-central-in-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Post; New York Central in 1984"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Photographing a bit of History.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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New York Central 50-foot boxcar at West Springfield, Massachusetts, July 1984. Exposed with a Leica 3A with 50mm Summitar lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My friend Bob Buck of Warren had advised me to photograph old freight cars, especially those from the \u2018fallen flags\u2019 (railroads that had merged or were otherwise lost).<\/p>\n

I kept a keen eye out for the cars of Conrail\u2019s predecessors, which were a special interest to me.<\/p>\n

In July 1984, I was passing Conrail\u2019s sprawling West Springfield Yards on my way to the Boston & Albany \u2018West End,\u2019 when I saw this old New York Central \u2018Early Bird\u2019 50ft double door car.<\/p>\n

By that time, New York Central had been gone 16 years, and I was only 17, so the time seemed like a lifetime to me. Following Bob\u2019s advice, I dutifully exposed a three-quarter view of the car. One frame. That is all.<\/p>\n

In retrospect, I wish that I\u2019d taken a few more images of the car. Today, I\u2019d focus on the car and make some detailed views. Looking back on this car today, what I find noteworthy was that it still had its catwalks, an accessory that had been out of favor for years by the time I\u2019d exposed this image.<\/p>\n

New York Central 50-foot boxcar at West Springfield, Massachusetts, July 1984. Exposed with a Leica 3A with 50mm Summitar lens.<\/p>\n

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