{"id":9493,"date":"2014-12-27T08:21:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-27T13:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=9493"},"modified":"2014-12-27T09:03:34","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T14:03:34","slug":"palmer-massachusetts-from-amtraks-vermonter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/palmer-massachusetts-from-amtraks-vermonter\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmer, Massachusetts from Amtrak\u2019s Vermonter."},"content":{"rendered":"

Tracking the Light offers four views.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Many times I\u2019ve photographed Amtrak\u2019s Vermonter<\/em> in Palmer; so here\u00a0are\u00a0some recent photographs of Palmer as seen from the train. I thought one last ride on this \u2018temporary routing\u2019 would be in order.<\/p>\n

Keep in mind the Vermonter <\/em>operated via Palmer for just under 20 years; a span of time only slightly less than the famous Burlington-Rio Grande-Western Pacific California Zephyr<\/em> on its run from Chicago to Oakland. The two trains had virtually no commonality except the span of time operated.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The view of the Palmer Diamond looking south from Amtrak train 56 as it arrives in Palmer on December 17, 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"CSX<\/a>
CSX CP83 at Palmer as seen from Amtrak 56 as it used the connection to the New England Central. On the right is the Steaming Tender Restaurant, Palmer’s old Union Station. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A former Southern Pacific SD40T-2 ‘Tunnel Motor’ in Genesee & Wyoming family paint crosses the Palmer diamond as Amtrak 56 glides northward on to the New England Central mainline. Every day for the last 19+ years, Amtrak’s Vermonter has reversed direction at Palmer to go from the east-west former Boston & Albany mainline to the former Central Vermont line. Lumix LX7.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Back<\/a>
Back in the 1990s, I’d never have guessed that a locomotive I’d photographed crossing Donner Pass would be crossing the Palmer diamonds! When the Vermonter began its operation in 1995, SP was still a railroad (as was Santa Fe, Burlington Northern, Chicago & North Western, Illinois Central, Wisconsin Central Limited, and many others swept away by merger).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Amtrak's<\/a>
Amtrak’s southward Vermonter, train 55, photographed at Palmer on December 19, 2014. Soon this train will be taking a more direct route over the ‘Knowledge Corridor’ via Holyoke, Northampton and Greenfield. Lumix LX7<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Vermonter<\/em>\u2019s route via Palmer and Amherst is in its final days. See the following previous posts for details:<\/p>\n

Tracking the Light Special Post: Vermonter to Amherst\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Vermonter at Three Rivers.<\/a><\/p>\n

Knowledge Corridor Test Train\u2014December 19, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tracking the Light offers four views. Many times I\u2019ve photographed Amtrak\u2019s Vermonter in Palmer; so here\u00a0are\u00a0some recent photographs of Palmer as seen from the train. I thought one last ride on this \u2018temporary routing\u2019 would be in order. Keep in mind the Vermonter operated via Palmer for just under 20 years; a span of time … Continue reading Palmer, Massachusetts from Amtrak\u2019s Vermonter.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-2t7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9493"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9493"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9551,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9493\/revisions\/9551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}