{"id":947,"date":"2012-12-25T07:58:42","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T07:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=947"},"modified":"2012-12-25T13:41:56","modified_gmt":"2012-12-25T13:41:56","slug":"christmas-day-1982-warren-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/christmas-day-1982-warren-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Day 1982; Warren, Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_948\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-948\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2012\/12\/25\/christmas-day-1982-warren-massachusetts\/amtrak_448_warren_ma_xmas_day_1982_mod1_brian-solomon-092517brian-solomon\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-948\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"948\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/christmas-day-1982-warren-massachusetts\/amtrak_448_warren_ma_xmas_day_1982_mod1_brian-solomon-092517brian-solomon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Amtrak_448_Warren_MA_Xmas_Day_1982_MOD1_Brian-Solomon-092517\u00a9Brian-Solomon.jpg?fit=800%2C555\" data-orig-size=\"800,555\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Amtrak_448_Warren_MA_Xmas_Day_1982_MOD1_Brian Solomon 092517\u00a9Brian Solomon\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Lake Shore Limited at Warren, Massachusetts Christmas Day&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;On this Christmas Day 1982, after a ritual of opening presents, my father, Richard Jay Solomon, brought my brother and I trackside to watch trains. Before Amtrak\u2019s eastward Lake Shore Limited passed Warren, a set of Conrail GP40-2s rolled west on what was then a double track railway. As it was a holiday, Tucker\u2019s Hobbies (Warren\u2019s primary attraction) was closed for business. Leica IIIA with f2.0 Summitar and Kodachrome 64 film; scan adjusted in Photoshop to balance color and modify exposure.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Amtrak_448_Warren_MA_Xmas_Day_1982_MOD1_Brian-Solomon-092517\u00a9Brian-Solomon.jpg?fit=505%2C351\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Amtrak_448_Warren_MA_Xmas_Day_1982_MOD1_Brian-Solomon-092517\u00a9Brian-Solomon.jpg?fit=474%2C329\" class=\"size-full wp-image-948\" alt=\"Amtrak Christmas Day\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Amtrak_448_Warren_MA_Xmas_Day_1982_MOD1_Brian-Solomon-092517\u00a9Brian-Solomon.jpg?resize=474%2C329\" width=\"474\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Amtrak_448_Warren_MA_Xmas_Day_1982_MOD1_Brian-Solomon-092517\u00a9Brian-Solomon.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Amtrak_448_Warren_MA_Xmas_Day_1982_MOD1_Brian-Solomon-092517\u00a9Brian-Solomon.jpg?resize=205%2C142 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Amtrak_448_Warren_MA_Xmas_Day_1982_MOD1_Brian-Solomon-092517\u00a9Brian-Solomon.jpg?resize=505%2C351 505w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Amtrak_448_Warren_MA_Xmas_Day_1982_MOD1_Brian-Solomon-092517\u00a9Brian-Solomon.jpg?resize=432%2C300 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On this Christmas Day 1982, after a ritual of opening presents, my father, Richard Jay Solomon, brought my brother and me trackside to watch trains. 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