{"id":7512,"date":"2014-07-20T02:48:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T06:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=7512"},"modified":"2014-07-13T09:22:45","modified_gmt":"2014-07-13T13:22:45","slug":"tracking-the-light-daily-post-septa-at-overbrook-pennsylvania-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-daily-post-septa-at-overbrook-pennsylvania-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking the Light Daily Post: SEPTA at Overbrook, Pennsylvania\u2014Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another day another Angle.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On evening July 2, 2014, my brother Sean and I returned to Overbrook. I wanted to get there a bit earlier to focus on SEPTA\u2019s electric locomotive-hauled rush hour services, including the named \u2018Great Valley Flyer.\u2019 Also, I wished to feature the signaling more closely. Those vintage Pennsylvania Railroad position lights won\u2019t be around forever.<\/p>\n

The lighting was more diffused than the previous day, but this offered different opportunities.<\/p>\n

\"SEPTA<\/a>
SEPTA Silverliners meet at Overbrook on July 2, 2014. \u00a0Here we have a classic view that features the trains, the railway station and ornate passenger shelters, plus SEPTA’s connecting bus. If every town could only be as fortunate as Overbrook! Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"SEPTA's<\/a>
SEPTA’s Great Valley Flyer crosses over at Overbrook. Pat Yough had warned me of this in advance, so I was prepared. Exposed with a Canon EOS 7D with 200mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Only<\/a>
Only a handful of SEPTA’s suburban trains run with electric locomotives; most are EMUs. Canon EOS 7D photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"SEPTA's<\/a>
SEPTA’s Great Valley Flyer, one of the system’s few named trains. What other modern commuter operators have named suburban services? I wanted to feature the train passing the tower.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"SEPTA's<\/a>
SEPTA’s Great Valley Flyer doesn’t serve Overbrook. Lumix LX7.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Often it helps to revisit locations several days in a row. Becoming more familiar with a place, helps to find different ways to photograph it.<\/p>\n

Yet, with familiarity comes the risk of complacency. When a subject becomes so familiar that you stop seeing it in new ways, have you lost the edge? Is finding a new place the best time to make a photo, or at least perceive an opportunity?<\/p>\n

Overbrook is hardly a new place for me, yet it is also one I\u2019ve yet to master.<\/p>\n

\"Rule<\/a>
Rule 290, Restricting, displayed in classic Pennsylvania Railroad fashion using a reverse diagonal row of lights on the second head.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"An<\/a>
An inbound train approaches Overbrook. I was happy to catch a train with a restricting aspect displayed on the opposite signal. Canon EOS 7D photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Minutes<\/a>
Minutes later an express train zips through Overbrook on track 2. Notice the signal on the far side of the tracks has cleared to ‘Approach’. Canon EOS 7D photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"One<\/a>
One last view. This outbound express tends to run with a locomotive hauled consist. I positioned myself to feature the locomotive and the tower. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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