{"id":7181,"date":"2014-06-13T02:43:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T06:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=7181"},"modified":"2014-06-07T09:50:45","modified_gmt":"2014-06-07T13:50:45","slug":"tracking-the-light-looks-at-north-carolina-light-rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-looks-at-north-carolina-light-rail\/","title":{"rendered":"TRACKING THE LIGHT Looks at North Carolina Light Rail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>A Brief Glimpse of Charlotte\u2019s Lynx.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was a bright afternoon in Charlotte. I was curious to see this city\u2019s innovative light rail system that uses Siemens built trams. Charlotte\u2019s public transport goes by the initial\u2019s \u2018CATS\u2019 while the Blue Line light rail is called the \u2018Lynx.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>More tracks are being built, and a heritage style trolley is in the works.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a few views made with the Lumix LX-7.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/06\/14\/tracking-the-light-looks-at-north-carolina-light-rail\/lynx_logo_p1040032\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7176\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7176\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-looks-at-north-carolina-light-rail\/lynx_logo_p1040032\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_logo_P1040032.jpg?fit=700%2C467\" data-orig-size=\"700,467\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1&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;6554.7073901769&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1.4429776067452&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lynx_logo_P1040032\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_logo_P1040032.jpg?fit=700%2C467\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_logo_P1040032.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7176\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_logo_P1040032.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"Lynx_logo_P1040032\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_logo_P1040032.jpg?w=700 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_logo_P1040032.jpg?resize=205%2C136 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_logo_P1040032.jpg?resize=449%2C300 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7179\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/06\/14\/tracking-the-light-looks-at-north-carolina-light-rail\/lynx_at_tremont_w_skyline_p1040004\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7179\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7179\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-looks-at-north-carolina-light-rail\/lynx_at_tremont_w_skyline_p1040004\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_at_Tremont_w_skyline_P1040004.jpg?fit=700%2C467\" data-orig-size=\"700,467\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1&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;6810.1364991726&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1.4429776067452&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lynx_at_Tremont_w_skyline_P1040004\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lynx outbound near Tremont with Charlotte skyline.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_at_Tremont_w_skyline_P1040004.jpg?fit=700%2C467\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_at_Tremont_w_skyline_P1040004.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7179\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_at_Tremont_w_skyline_P1040004.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"Lynx outbound near Tremont with Charlotte skyline.\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_at_Tremont_w_skyline_P1040004.jpg?w=700 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_at_Tremont_w_skyline_P1040004.jpg?resize=205%2C136 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_at_Tremont_w_skyline_P1040004.jpg?resize=449%2C300 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lynx outbound near Tremont with Charlotte skyline.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7178\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/06\/14\/tracking-the-light-looks-at-north-carolina-light-rail\/lynx_broadside_w_hedge_p1040125\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7178\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7178\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-looks-at-north-carolina-light-rail\/lynx_broadside_w_hedge_p1040125\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_broadside_w_hedge_P1040125.jpg?fit=700%2C467\" data-orig-size=\"700,467\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1&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;6810.1364991726&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1.4429776067452&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lynx_broadside_w_hedge_P1040125\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Some of the light rail cars carry advertising.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_broadside_w_hedge_P1040125.jpg?fit=700%2C467\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_broadside_w_hedge_P1040125.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7178\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_broadside_w_hedge_P1040125.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"Some of the light rail cars carry advertising.\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_broadside_w_hedge_P1040125.jpg?w=700 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_broadside_w_hedge_P1040125.jpg?resize=205%2C136 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_broadside_w_hedge_P1040125.jpg?resize=449%2C300 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the light rail cars carry advertising.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7177\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7177\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/06\/14\/tracking-the-light-looks-at-north-carolina-light-rail\/lynx_in_suburban_charlotte_p1040118\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7177\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7177\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-looks-at-north-carolina-light-rail\/lynx_in_suburban_charlotte_p1040118\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_in_suburban_Charlotte_P1040118.jpg?fit=700%2C467\" data-orig-size=\"700,467\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1&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;6554.6515661107&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1.4429776067452&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lynx_in_suburban_Charlotte_P1040118\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Light rail along Norfolk Southern in suburban Charlotte.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_in_suburban_Charlotte_P1040118.jpg?fit=700%2C467\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_in_suburban_Charlotte_P1040118.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7177\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_in_suburban_Charlotte_P1040118.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"Light rail along Norfolk Southern in suburban Charlotte.\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_in_suburban_Charlotte_P1040118.jpg?w=700 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_in_suburban_Charlotte_P1040118.jpg?resize=205%2C136 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_in_suburban_Charlotte_P1040118.jpg?resize=449%2C300 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Light rail along Norfolk Southern in suburban Charlotte.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/06\/14\/tracking-the-light-looks-at-north-carolina-light-rail\/charlotte_mod1_img_6589\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7180\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7180\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-looks-at-north-carolina-light-rail\/charlotte_mod1_img_6589\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Charlotte_MOD1_IMG_6589.jpg?fit=700%2C467\" data-orig-size=\"700,467\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;258.29&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;acintosh&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;(&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;:06:01 00:11:&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0.5440349736203&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;3.5230860236709&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Charlotte_MOD1_IMG_6589\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Charlotte_MOD1_IMG_6589.jpg?fit=700%2C467\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Charlotte_MOD1_IMG_6589.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7180\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Charlotte_MOD1_IMG_6589.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"Charlotte_MOD1_IMG_6589\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Charlotte_MOD1_IMG_6589.jpg?w=700 700w, 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It was a bright afternoon in Charlotte. I was curious to see this city\u2019s innovative light rail system that uses Siemens built trams. Charlotte\u2019s public transport goes by the initial\u2019s \u2018CATS\u2019 while the Blue Line light rail is called the \u2018Lynx.\u2019 More tracks are being built, and a heritage &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-looks-at-north-carolina-light-rail\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TRACKING THE LIGHT Looks at North Carolina Light Rail<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[2223,2224,2225,2193],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lynx_logo_P1040032.jpg?fit=700%2C467","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-1RP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7181"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7181"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7184,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7181\/revisions\/7184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}