{"id":11237,"date":"2015-06-05T03:26:03","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T07:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=11237"},"modified":"2015-06-05T10:58:10","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T14:58:10","slug":"tracking-the-light-visits-ashland-virginia-june-4-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-visits-ashland-virginia-june-4-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking the Light visits Ashland, Virginia\u2014June 4, 2015."},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019d had a ticket on Amtrak 95 for Main Street in Richmond. However, a call to my old friend Doug Riddell resulted in a change of plan.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve\u00a0known\u00a0Doug for more than 20 years, since I was worked at Pentrex Publishing. Now Doug is retired from Amtrak and living near Ashland.<\/p>\n

Getting off the train in the middle of the street is an experience. Especially when its raining. Doug and I had lunch at the Trackside Grill, a short walk from the station.<\/p>\n

We positioned ourselves along the street near the passenger station to catch Amtrak\u2019s Auto Train, which as I soon learned, still routinely runs with Amtrak\u2019s older 800-Series Genesis diesels.<\/p>\n

\"Amtrak's<\/a>
Amtrak’s Autotrain with a pair of 800-Series Genesis. Fuji X-T1 digital camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Track<\/a>
Track speed down the street is limited to 35 mph during the day. Fuji X-T1 digital camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fuji<\/a>
Fuji X-T1 digital camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Auto train is Amtrak’s longest and heaviest run. Fuji X-T1 digital camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"June<\/a>
June 4, 2015 at 6:05 pm at Ashland, Virginia. Fuji X-T1 digital camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Amtrak<\/a>
Amtrak 125 makes its station stop on Track 3 at Ashland, Virginia. This is one of the relatively new trains destined for Norfolk, Virginia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The weather wasn\u2019t the best, but there was plenty of action on the old RF&P and it was great to see Doug again.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019d had a ticket on Amtrak 95 for Main Street in Richmond. However, a call to my old friend Doug Riddell resulted in a change of plan. I\u2019ve\u00a0known\u00a0Doug for more than 20 years, since I was worked at Pentrex Publishing. Now Doug is retired from Amtrak and living near Ashland. Getting off the train in … Continue reading Tracking the Light visits Ashland, Virginia\u2014June 4, 2015.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[31,2759,2701,409,2692],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Amtrak_125_w_engine_6_at_Ashland_DSCF8410.jpg?fit=820%2C547","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-2Vf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11237"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11237"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11246,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11237\/revisions\/11246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}