Although I’ve done so countless times, you don’t need to travel to Vermont to see Amtrak’s Vermonter on the move.

Norfolk Southern has several trains working eastbound on the Port Road, so Kris and I went to Perryville, Maryland, to wait for them. Along the way, we rolled by several Amtrak trains on the Northeast Corridor.

First in the parade was Train 57, the Sunday-schedule Vermonter. Amtrak has erected powerful floodlights along the line to aid track maintenance. With my Nikon Z6-III, I set the ISO to 12,800, which allowed for a shutter speed of 1/640th of a second at f/1.4.

This was the result. More trains followed.

Tracking the Light Examines Railroad Photography!