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Fading Light on Amtrak’s AEM-7.

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Sunday, November 8, 2015, I learned that an AEM-7 was working Amtrak train 163 from Boston to Washington DC.

A year ago this event wouldn’t have been noteworthy, but now it is. Amtrak’s AEM-7s are getting rare and engine 939 was the only one I saw working on that day. The last I heard there were just ten left in traffic.

Amtrak 939 leads train 163 on the former New Haven Railroad at Green's Farms, Connecticut. Exposed using a FujiFilm X-T1 with 18-35mm zoom lens.
Amtrak 939 leads train 163 on the former New Haven Railroad at Green’s Farms, Connecticut. Exposed using a FujiFilm X-T1 with 18-35mm zoom lens.

My philosophy is that every photo I make of an Amtrak AEM-7 on the move may be the last one.

Nothing lasts forever.

Amtrak 163 races into the evening sun at Green's Farms, CT.
Amtrak 163 races into the evening sun at Green’s Farms, CT.

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