{"id":7674,"date":"2014-08-06T02:05:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T06:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=7674"},"modified":"2014-08-06T08:36:45","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T12:36:45","slug":"view-from-the-cab-in-the-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/view-from-the-cab-in-the-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"View from the Cab in the Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adirondack Scenic Railroad\u2014July 2004.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

When I was growing up there were always stacks of old TRAINS Magazines piled around the house. I\u2019d page through issues from the 1950s and 1960s and soak in the black & white photo stories and short essays by editor David P. Morgan.<\/p>\n

In July 2004, I was working on a book on Electro-Motive Division F-unit diesels for Specialty Press and organized a cab ride on the Adirondack Scenic Railroad from Utica to Thendara, New York.<\/p>\n

It was an especially damp day. At times, torrential rain reduced visibility to an ephemeral blurred view like some\u00a0pictorialist tapestry. The speedometer registered\u00a010mph, the wheel slip light was flashing as the windshield wipers banged back and forth. \u00a0Each passing mile was a new view for me, as I anticipated every bend in the tracks.\u00a0Yet expert eyes and\u00a0steady hand on the throttle keep us moving safely over the road.<\/p>\n

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I exposed this forward view from former Alaska F7A 1508 near Remsen, New York using my Nikon F3T loaded with black & white film. Although this photo didn\u2019t appear in the book, it reminds me of those old TRAINS magazine stories that recited the drama of every railroading with black & white photos and illuminating prose.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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