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Topped and Tailed

In modern British railway practice positioned a locomotive at either end of a consist is described as ‘topped and tailed.’

Wednesday evening, Amtrak’s Keystone 649 was running slightly behind the adverstised and featured Siemen ACS-64 electrics at both ends. On the front of the train locomotive 640 led a venerable former Metroliner cab-car.

I’d been tracking 649’s westward progress. It was dusk when we opted to park off Hoover Road near Gap, Pa., to roll by the train. I made these panned photos of the passing train using my Nikon Z7-II with f2.8 70-200mm lens.

Nikon Z7-II with 70-200mm Nikkor Z-series zoom set at 200mm, f2.8 1/50th sec, ISO 1600.
Nikon Z7-II with 70-200mm Nikkor Z-series zoom set at 200mm, f2.8 1/40th sec, ISO 1600.

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