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Amtrak 650 at Gap

In recent years, many of the lineside signals that once governed train movements on Amtrak’s Harrisburg line have been removed.

The old signal bridge at Gap is now devoid of the Position Light signaling hardware that had controlled train movements since the days of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Last week, I framed up Amtrak Keystone 650 as it passed beneath the old signal bridge. In the lead was a former Metroliner car, now one of Amtrak’s cab control cars. Like the signal bridge, this is a surviving vestige of the late, great Pennsylvania Railroad. And like the signal bridge, this car is a shadow of something greater.

I exposed this view using my FujiFilm XT1 with 16-55mm Fujinon lens. To achieve a low angle, I was working with the camera’s adjustible rear-display panel and held the camera near to the ground to make the most of foreground detail.

A former Metroliner car leads Amtrak Keystone 650 eastbound at Gap, Pa.,
Amtrak Cities Sprinter 639 was situated at the back of the consist.

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