{"id":6116,"date":"2014-04-03T03:29:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T07:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=6116"},"modified":"2014-03-26T06:29:12","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T10:29:12","slug":"amtrak-rdcs-depart-springfield-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-rdcs-depart-springfield-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak RDCs depart Springfield, Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Spring 1974.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6115\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/04\/03\/amtrak-rdcs-depart-springfield-massachusetts\/amtrak-rdcs-departing-springfield-c1974-brian-solomon-662991\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6115\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6115\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-rdcs-depart-springfield-massachusetts\/amtrak-rdcs-departing-springfield-c1974-brian-solomon-662991\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Amtrak-RDCs-departing-Springfield-c1974-Brian-Solomon-662991.jpg?fit=750%2C486\" data-orig-size=\"750,486\" 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=\"Amtrak RDCs departing Springfield c1974 Brian Solomon 662991\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Amtrak RDC&#8217;s depart Springfield, Massachusetts in Spring 1974. Nearby were a pair of bright yellow railroad snow plows. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Amtrak-RDCs-departing-Springfield-c1974-Brian-Solomon-662991.jpg?fit=709%2C459\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Amtrak-RDCs-departing-Springfield-c1974-Brian-Solomon-662991.jpg?fit=474%2C307\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6115\" alt=\"Amtrak RDC's depart Springfield, Massachusetts in Spring 1974. Nearby were a pair of bright yellow railroad snow plows. \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Amtrak-RDCs-departing-Springfield-c1974-Brian-Solomon-662991.jpg?resize=474%2C307\" width=\"474\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Amtrak-RDCs-departing-Springfield-c1974-Brian-Solomon-662991.jpg?w=750 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Amtrak-RDCs-departing-Springfield-c1974-Brian-Solomon-662991.jpg?resize=205%2C132 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Amtrak-RDCs-departing-Springfield-c1974-Brian-Solomon-662991.jpg?resize=709%2C459 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Amtrak-RDCs-departing-Springfield-c1974-Brian-Solomon-662991.jpg?resize=462%2C300 462w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amtrak RDC&#8217;s depart Springfield, Massachusetts in Spring 1974. Nearby were a pair of bright yellow railroad snow plows.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My father and I had spotted a northward Penn-Central freight near Hartford, Connecticut. We hopped on I-91 and raced north to Springfield.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My photos of the freight were poor efforts. 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My father and I had spotted a northward Penn-Central freight near Hartford, Connecticut. We hopped on I-91 and raced north to Springfield. My photos of the freight were poor efforts. However, a little while later this pair of Budd Rail Diesel Cars (RDCs) departed Springfield for Hartford and New Haven. 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