{"id":6678,"date":"2014-05-10T02:33:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-10T06:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=6678"},"modified":"2014-05-09T16:43:51","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T20:43:51","slug":"genesee-valley-transportation-falls-road-railroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/genesee-valley-transportation-falls-road-railroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesee Valley Transportation, Falls Road Railroad"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 10, 2007\u2014Seven Years ago today.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2007, I coordinated a team of 37 photographers to document a full day\u2019s worth of North American railway activity from Nova Scotia to southern California and from the Pacific Northwest to southern Florida in what became a book titled The Railroad Never Sleeps<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>published by Voyageur Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition to coordination, I played an active role in making photographs. I\u2019d coordinated with Genesee Valley Transportation to ride a locomotive on their former New York Central Falls Road (now Falls Road Railroad) and boarded the train at Lockport, New York.<\/p>\n

My aim was to make photos of the crew to capture the feeling of an active short line railroad. Hal Reiser shadowed the train making photos from the ground, and at one point collected me so I could also make trackside views.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve included several of the images from May 10, 2007.<\/p>\n

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\"GVT_Falls_Road_RR_John_Brahaney_May10_2007_Brian<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"GVT_Falls_Road_RR_May10_2007Brian<\/a><\/p>\n

\"GVT_Falls_Road_RR_May10_2007_Brian<\/a><\/p>\n

Although The Railroad Never Sleeps<\/em><\/a> is now out of print, it remains a stunning photographic collection, which is especially impressive considering it was entirely accomplished within the limits of just one day!<\/p>\n

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