{"id":8542,"date":"2014-10-10T02:17:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T06:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=8542"},"modified":"2014-10-02T03:37:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T07:37:51","slug":"canadian-pacific-40-foot-boxcars-on-the-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/canadian-pacific-40-foot-boxcars-on-the-roll\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Pacific 40-foot Boxcars on the Roll."},"content":{"rendered":"

A Fading Glimpse at an Old Standard.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

For decades the 40-foot box car was the standard North American freight vehicle. These ubiquitous cars were part of the railway furniture, and largely ignored by photographers.<\/p>\n

Yet, by the mid-1980s the old 40-foot car was rapidly disappearing. I\u2019d been alerted to this change by my late friend Bob Buck, who urged me to make photograph them.<\/p>\n

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Canadian Pacific 40-ft boxcars roll through Rochester, New York in November 1986. Exposed on black & white film using a Canon A1 with 50mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I spotted this matched set of Canadian Pacific 40-foot cars on the move in a Conrail freight at Rochester, I exposed a few 35mm black & white photos, documenting their passage through the scene.<\/p>\n

Today, keep your eye out for change. The 50-foot boxcar is now in the same position as the 40-foot car was in the 1980s, and are rapidly meeting dates with scrappers.<\/p>\n

Of course, the amazing thing about reviewing my photos of 1980s freight trains is the complete lack of graffiti, save for the occasional traditional chalk tagging.<\/p>\n

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