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Amtrak’s Keystone at Gap, Pennsylvania.

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A mid-afternoon Amtrak Keystone train from Harrisburg, works the old Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line at Gap, Pennsylvania.

Today’s ACS64 ‘Cities Sprinter’ electrics are to Amtrak what the 1930s-1940s era GG1s were to the Pennsylvania Railroad.

ACS64 660 leads Keystone service number 670 eastward at Gap. (Engine number versus train number).

Note my framing of the locomotive between the two catenary poles, leaving room for the farm in the distance and the tree at the far right.

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Unexpected Bonus: Amtrak Test Train with New Cities Sprinter.

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I arrived at Branford, Connecticut the other morning in time for a flurry of westward trains.

In the mix was brand new Amtrak ACS-64 Cities Sprinter 660 on test train with a pair of old Amfleet cars.

Amtrak 660 rolls west at Branford, Connecticut. Exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1; file enhanced with Lightroom.
Amtrak 660 rolls west at Branford, Connecticut. Exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1; file enhanced with Lightroom.
Amtrak 660 rolls west at Branford, Connecticut. Exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1; file enhanced with Lightroom.
Amtrak 660 rolls west at Branford, Connecticut. Exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1; file enhanced with Lightroom.

It’s always cool to get an unexpected bonus when trackside. It’s like finding a prize in the cereal box!

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

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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 fro Harrisburg, PA.
Amtrak ACS64 number 632 leads a Keystone train destined for Harrisburg, PA.
Amtrak ACS64 number 632 leads a Keystone train destined fro 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 Keystone train destined for Harrisburg, PA, departs Trenton on October 19, 2015.
Amtrak ACS64 number 648 leads the northward Vermonter (train 56) at Trenton. This post was transmitted from this train.
Amtrak ACS64 number 648 leads the northward Vermonter (train 56) at Trenton. This post was transmitted from this train.

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