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In the Ink of Night Something Blue Blurs By

Kris wanted to go for an evening drive.

Amtrak Keystone 653 from Philadelphia was running behind the advertised. I figured we could drive against it and catch it passing Gap, Pa.

We arrived with a few minutes to spare. I had time to set up my 3Pod Tripod and framed up a scene with a tree by the former PRR Main Line.

I exposed a couple of test photos to check exposure and focus.

Before long, I heard the squeel of steel wheels on steel rails. I made this series of time exposures. To my surprise, Amtrak ACS-64 621 wearing the Crayola-blue advertising livery was working the back of the consist.

Wow! That was neat! Trailing, eh? Hmmmm.

It did little for the photos, except add an ever so slightly blue tint to the second image in the sequence. But, I knew what I’d be after the following morning! Stay tuned . . .

When we spied the blue ACS-64, Kris smiled and said to me, ‘You’re welcome!”
Wow that really was cool, even if didn’t mean much in the photo, just a fleeting hint of blue.

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