{"id":5711,"date":"2014-02-23T05:43:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-23T10:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=5711"},"modified":"2014-02-15T08:53:55","modified_gmt":"2014-02-15T13:53:55","slug":"daily-post-power-shot-wisconsin-central-sd45s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-power-shot-wisconsin-central-sd45s\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Post: Power Shot, Wisconsin Central SD45s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #888888;\">Byron, Wisconsin, March 23, 1996.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It had been a busy morning at Byron. This southward freight had made a meet and was just coming out of the siding, so I had ample time to make images of these SD45s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5710\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5710\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/02\/23\/daily-post-power-shot-wisconsin-central-sd45s\/wc-sd45s-at-byron-wis-march-23-1996-brian-solomon1-661850\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5710\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5710\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-power-shot-wisconsin-central-sd45s\/wc-sd45s-at-byron-wis-march-23-1996-brian-solomon1-661850\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/WC-SD45s-at-Byron-Wis-March-23-1996-Brian-Solomon1-661850.jpg?fit=750%2C497\" data-orig-size=\"750,497\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WC SD45s at Byron Wis March 23 1996 Brian Solomon1 661850\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Wisconsin Central SD45 loom large as the lead a southward freight out of the siding at Byron, Wisconsin on March 23, 1996.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/WC-SD45s-at-Byron-Wis-March-23-1996-Brian-Solomon1-661850.jpg?fit=709%2C469\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/WC-SD45s-at-Byron-Wis-March-23-1996-Brian-Solomon1-661850.jpg?fit=474%2C314\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5710\" alt=\"Wisconsin Central SD45 loom large as the lead a southward freight out of the siding at Byron, Wisconsin on March 23, 1996.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/WC-SD45s-at-Byron-Wis-March-23-1996-Brian-Solomon1-661850.jpg?resize=474%2C314\" width=\"474\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/WC-SD45s-at-Byron-Wis-March-23-1996-Brian-Solomon1-661850.jpg?w=750 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/WC-SD45s-at-Byron-Wis-March-23-1996-Brian-Solomon1-661850.jpg?resize=205%2C135 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/WC-SD45s-at-Byron-Wis-March-23-1996-Brian-Solomon1-661850.jpg?resize=709%2C469 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/WC-SD45s-at-Byron-Wis-March-23-1996-Brian-Solomon1-661850.jpg?resize=452%2C300 452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wisconsin Central SD45 loom large as the lead a southward freight out of the siding at Byron, Wisconsin on March 23, 1996.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the train grew close, I made a couple of final images on Kodachrome with my Nikormat FT3 and 28mm Nikkor Lens. I took this low view with a wide-angle to get a dynamic photograph.<\/p>\n<p>I was Editor of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Pacific RailNews\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacific_RailNews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Pacific RailNews<\/a>, and we often had a need for photographs with lots of sky to use as opening spreads. It was a style of times to run headlines, credits and sometimes text across the top of the image. I had that thought in my mind when I made this particular angle.<\/p>\n<p>I was also trying to minimize the ballast and drainage ditch that I found visually unappealing, while making the most of the clear blue dome and allowing for a dramatic position for the locomotives relative to the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>Variations of this image have appeared in print over the years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-OL\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Tracking the Light\u00a0posts\u00a0new\u00a0material\u00a0every\u00a0morning.<\/strong><\/a><\/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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tomorrow: &#8216;Oh No! 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