{"id":7942,"date":"2014-08-25T02:14:56","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T06:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=7942"},"modified":"2014-08-24T04:22:40","modified_gmt":"2014-08-24T08:22:40","slug":"chicago-north-western-at-adams-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/chicago-north-western-at-adams-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago & North Western at Adams, Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Classic Kodachrome, September 23, 1995.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

My intent of this image was to show a simple juxtaposition between C&NW GP9 4153 and the steam-era coaling tower in the distance.<\/p>\n

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Exposed on Kodachrome 25 using a Nikon F3T with f4.0 200mm Nikkon telephoto lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By this late date, steam was four decades gone, and C&NW was already part of the Union Pacific system, having been absorbed just a few months earlier. Yet, despite UP being the operating company; in Adams, Wisconsin things still appeared to be business as usual on old C&NW.<\/p>\n

To put the GP9 and coaling tower in relative perspective, I used my Nikon F3T fitted with a 200mm lens, and found a suitable angle at a distance from both subjects. My aim was to minimize extraneous elements and focus on the railroad interest.<\/p>\n

Since the locomotive was static, I used the opportunity to make photos from a variety of other angles. Some of these photos appeared in my book on EMD F-units published by Specialty Press about 2005.<\/p>\n

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