{"id":9520,"date":"2014-12-22T20:38:36","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T01:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=9520"},"modified":"2014-12-22T20:38:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T01:38:38","slug":"tracking-the-light-special-post-knowledge-corridor-specials-december-22-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-special-post-knowledge-corridor-specials-december-22-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking the Light SPECIAL POST: Knowledge Corridor Specials, December 22, 2014."},"content":{"rendered":"

Amtrak Extra and Pan Am\u2019s Office Cars on the Move.<\/p>\n

8 digital\u00a0photos and more!<\/p>\n

Today, in preparation for the opening of the Knowledge Corridor next week, special trains converged on Greenfield, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

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Amtrak’s special was ahead of schedule departing Holyoke with officials on board. Lumix LX7 photo. (You’ll need to be patient to see the color slide exposed here.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Paul Goewey and I intercepted the northward Amtrak special at Holyoke\u2014where we made use of a location recently opened up by brush clearing in conjunction with work on the line.<\/p>\n

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Amtrak’s special crosses the Deerfield River on the Cheapside Bridge. Back in the day there was a canal harbor near here. Lumix LX7 photo, December 22, 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pan Am’s Office Car train with F-unit at Greenfield, Massachusetts on December 22, 2014. Canon EOS 7D with 200mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A convergence of passenger trains at Greenfield. Soon, Amtrak will call here everyday! Canon EOS 7D with 200mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We followed the train northward.\u00a0Pan Am posed its Office Car train, complete with vintage F-unit at Greenfield.<\/p>\n

Later, we waited patiently at East Deerfield Yard to catch the Pan Am train reversing back. This was my first opportunity to catch one Pan Am F-units on the move.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t the brightest day for photography, but we made the best of it with digital cameras. (And I exposed a few slides for posterity!)<\/p>\n

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Nose to nose at Greenfield. Canon EOS 7D with 200mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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An added bonus were these two Pan Am locomotives at East Deerfield Yard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pan Am’s Office Cars reverse toward East Deerfield in the fading light of evening. Canon EOS 7D with 100mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pan photo of PAR-1 at East Deerfield. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Amtrak Extra and Pan Am\u2019s Office Cars on the Move. 8 digital\u00a0photos and more! Today, in preparation for the opening of the Knowledge Corridor next week, special trains converged on Greenfield, Massachusetts.   Paul Goewey and I intercepted the northward Amtrak special at Holyoke\u2014where we made use of a location recently opened up by brush … Continue reading Tracking the Light SPECIAL POST: Knowledge Corridor Specials, December 22, 2014.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9513,"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":[3786,4537,31,7535,2250,2500,2499,2501],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/PAR_1_w_Amtrak_Test_Train_Greenfield_nose_to_nose_IMG_8979.jpg?fit=800%2C533","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-2ty","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9520"}],"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=9520"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9524,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9520\/revisions\/9524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}