Yesterday on TTL, I featured Superliners and Searchlights at Sunset on the old Burlington. For today’s photo, I decided for a modern view of an ACS-64 passing a Color Position Light on the former Pennsylvania Railroad along Jefferson Drive at Greenfield in Lancaster, Pa.

More than 30 years separated the two images.

To make the most of the modern image, I processed the Nikon NEF RAW file using DxO PureRaw, converting it to a DNG format which I then edited for color, contrast and exposure in Adobe LightRoom. This digital processing allowed me to make the most of image, including the brilliant green lights in the signal.

My only regret with the modern photo is that I wish I’d released the shutter a split second sooner so that the front of the locomotive didn’t intersect with the signal post. Small complaint. I’ll go back an try again!

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