{"id":8765,"date":"2014-10-31T02:46:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T06:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=8765"},"modified":"2014-10-26T09:05:16","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T13:05:16","slug":"mbta-boston-traction-orange-pccs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/mbta-boston-traction-orange-pccs\/","title":{"rendered":"MBTA-Boston: Traction Orange PCCs."},"content":{"rendered":"

Mattapan-Ashmont Line, October 25, 2014.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It was a clear bright morning and Tim Doherty and I made our annual visit to the Mattapan-Ashmont Red Line extension to photograph the PCC cars. See:\u00a0MBTA Sunday October 27, 2013\u2014Part 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A vintage Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority PCC crosses Central Avenue on October 25, 2014. Exposed with a Lumix LX7.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some of my earliest photographic efforts focused on MBTA PCCs, albeit on the Riverside Line.<\/p>\n

These photographs were exposed digitally. Tim was working with film using a Pentax 6×7 120 roll film camera.<\/p>\n

\"Approaching<\/a>
Approaching Cedar Grove inbound. I tried this angle last year but I wasn’t 100 percent satisfied with my result, so I tried it again. Exposed using a Canon 7D with 100mm lens. I shaded the front lens element using my note book to minimize flare.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Near<\/a>
Near Cedar Grove, the first stop from the Ashmont terminal. A Red Line rapid transit car can be seen in the distance. Canon 7D with 200mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Pausing<\/a>
Pausing for a station stop at Cedar Grove. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"PCC<\/a>
PCC cars benefit from rapid acceleration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"MBTA<\/a>
MBTA displays its heritage at Cedar Grove. October 25, 2014. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Matapan-Ashmont line was one of the earliest examples of a heavy rail to trolley conversion. This had been a New Haven Railroad line and for several years heavy rail freight service lines ran parallel to the trolley line. Today the railroad right of way is a rail trail. The trolley line fly-over crosses the old railroad in the distance. Exposed from the platforms at Butler.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Trolley_Map_P1090909\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Clear<\/a>
Clear blue skies south of Boston. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Lumix<\/a>
Lumix LX7 photo. Contrast adjusted in post processing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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