{"id":8029,"date":"2014-09-04T02:55:55","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T06:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=8029"},"modified":"2014-08-28T04:02:30","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T08:02:30","slug":"skyline-view-with-a-skytop-lounge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/skyline-view-with-a-skytop-lounge\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyline View with a Skytop Lounge."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0As Seen from A Chicago Rooftop.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It was June 22, 2004, when Marshall Beecher organized a visit for the two of us to photograph from a rooftop opposite A2 tower in Chicago.<\/p>\n

This busy plant is where the former Chicago & North Western line from C&NW station crosses the old Pennsylvania Railroad Panhandle\/Milwaukee Road route from Union Station.<\/p>\n

Our visit was timed to coincide with the passage of Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 261 with a passenger excursions. At the back of the train was one of Milwaukee\u2019s unusual Skytop lounge observation cars.<\/p>\n

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Exposed on Fujichrome Velvia100 using a Nikon F3 fitted with 24mm lens. Exposure calculated with a Minolta MarkIV hand-held light meter. A variation of this image appeared in the book Milwaukee Road\u2019s Hiawatha<\/a> authored by John Gruber and me and published by Voyageur Press.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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After the steam excursion was gone, we decided to make the best of the vantage point and spent several hours photographing Metra and Amtrak.<\/p>\n

Thanks Marshall!<\/p>\n

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