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We were on our evening drive after work. I was watching the ASM.Transitdocs.com app to monitor the progress of east and westward Amtrak Keystone trains. My aim was to catch both 656 eastbound and 651 westbound within a few minutes of each other. As we drove east on Highway 30 passing Bird-in-Hand and Paradise, I noticed that both trains had fallen behind their advertised schedules, so I kept…

The days are getting longer! Yesterday evening, after Kris and I finished our workdays, we drove trackside to Bird-in-Hand, Pa., where I caught Amtrak Keystone 649 running a little behind the advertised on its way to Lancaster and Harrisburg. It was nice to again be able to get sun-on-the-tracks photos in the evenings after work. I made these images using my Nikon Z7-II with 70-200mm Nikkor…

Tuesday morning in Strasburg was cloudy and dull. I made my way over to Leaman Place where Strasburg Rail Road’s line connects with Amtrak’s former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line to Harrisburg. I made these photos of westward and eastward Keystone trains zipping along under wire. The typical operation has an Siemens ACS64 electric at one end and a Budd-built former Metroliner cab control car at…

Haiku Trilogy, The Wreck Of The 188

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/magazine/the-wreck-of-amtrak-188.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0

“The only thing he – ever wanted was to be – in charge of a train”

“If you’re on a hot – track your windshield might get rocked – from an overpass”

“Without Positive – Train Control an engineer – has to be perfect”

Tracking the Light Extra: Amtrak at Trenton, New Jersey—October 19, 2015

Sent from Amtrak 56, the Vermonter. Exposed with my Lumix LX7 this morning at Trenton, New Jersey. Amtrak ACS64 number 632 leads a Keystone train destined for Harrisburg, PA. Amtrak ACS64 number 632 leads a Keystone train destined for Harrisburg, PA. Amtrak Keystone train destined for Harrisburg, PA, departs Trenton on October 19, 2015. Amtrak ACS64 number 648 leads the northward Vermonter (train…