{"id":6488,"date":"2014-05-01T03:02:52","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T07:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=6488"},"modified":"2014-04-25T11:05:31","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T15:05:31","slug":"little-falls-new-york-conrail-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/little-falls-new-york-conrail-local\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Falls, New York\u2014Conrail Local"},"content":{"rendered":"

January 3, 1989.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The old New York Central Mohawk Division is an enigmatic stretch of railroad. It\u2019s very old. It has lots of history. It passes through some stunning scenery. It carries lots of traffic. And it can be really difficult to photograph.<\/p>\n

Access to the line is limited, elevation is often in the wrong places, and trains seem to run in the wrong direction or at the wrong times. Or, following holidays, it seems that trains are absent altogether. Yet, when driving the New York State<\/a> Thruway, it seems that every time you look across at the tracks there\u2019s a train racing along.<\/p>\n

On this day, I was driving west under sunny skies. I joined the Mohawk at Amsterdam, New York where I found\u00a0Conrail B23-7 1999 working a local freight\u2014hard out of the morning sun. A blanket of lake effect snow covered the ground. Hmm.<\/p>\n

Very little else was moving, but I caught one of Amtrak\u2019s Empire Corridor trains at Fonda. Then took my time to explore locations.<\/p>\n

At Little Falls, I again caught up with this Conrail B23-7. At the time it was the booby prize, but I\u2019m glad I took the time to make photographs.<\/p>\n

\"Conrail\u2019s<\/a>
Conrail\u2019s General Electric-built B23-7 1999 works sidings along the old New York Central Mohawk Division at Little Falls, New York<\/a> on January 3, 1989. I exposed this Kodachrome slide using my Leica M2 with 50mm Summicron lens. A layer of high cloud had dampened the sun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ten years later, Conrail faded into history. My dad and I made photographs along the Mohawk on Conrail\u2019s final day.<\/p>\n

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