{"id":15989,"date":"2016-07-13T05:07:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T09:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=15989"},"modified":"2016-07-13T09:43:35","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T13:43:35","slug":"amtrak-51-the-cardinal-views-from-the-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-51-the-cardinal-views-from-the-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak 51, the Cardinal; views from the train."},"content":{"rendered":"

I boarded Amtrak’s Cardinal, train 51, at Trenton.<\/p>\n

A little more than 28 hours later, having traveled through 10 states plus the District of Columbia, I arrived in Chicago, where I had 45 minutes to walk to my next train.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed the seemingly endless panorama, but was happy to get some fresh air upon arrival.<\/p>\n

Here are some views from my journey exposed with my Lumix LX7.<\/p>\n

\"Amtrak
Amtrak 51 arrives on Platform 4 at Trenton, New Jersey. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Amfleet
Amfleet 2 to Chicago!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Philadelphia
Philadelphia Zoo at Zoo Junction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"30th
30th Street Philadelphia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Wilmington,
Wilmington, Delaware.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"I
I thought I saw a ghost!
Here’s one of Amtrak’s AEM-7s working out its final miles on Maryland MARC at Baltimore.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"I've
I’ve had bad luck catching Amtrak’s ACS-64 642 painted in a special livery for America’s Veterans. Here it is at Ivy City in Washington D.C. One of these days I’ll get it on the move!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"K-tower
K-tower Washington Union Station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"I
I got a bit of air at Washington D.C. while 51 exchanged its electric for a diesel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Amtrak's
Amtrak’s logo represent tracks on a rolling landscape.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Here's
Here’s my car on the platform at Washington Union Station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Manasass,
Manasass, Virginia.13 months ago I was here to see Norfolk & Western J-Class steam locomotive 611.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rural,
Rural Virginia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A
A view at Gorduonsville, Virginia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"This
This preserved Chesapeake & Ohio GP7 was on display at Clifton Forge, Virginia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"CSX
CSX GE diesel at Clifton Forge. I saw quite a few freights on the move on the old C&O route. More than I expected include several unit coal trains.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Cardinal-view-C&O_CSX_Virginia_P1480951\"<\/p>\n

\"In
In West Virginia I saw considerable evidence of recent floods.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hinton,
Hinton, West Virginia-one of several small towns still served by the train.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hinton,
Hinton, West Virginia. We were here for at least ten minutes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Old
Old C&O signal tower west of Hinton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rolling
Rolling along the New River Gorge. I used a relatively slow shutter speed to capture the effect of motion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Work
Work trains to help repair flood damage. Train 51 was blocked at several locations as repairs were still underway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fixer
Fixer upper, West Virginia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Upon
Upon leaving Alexandria all the way to Chicago my train was fully occupied. I was surprised at the large numbers traveling to and from intermediate stations. I’d guess 50 or so got on in Cincinnati when we stopped at about 2:30 Am. Why not run a day train?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sunset
Sunset in the New River Gorge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Black
Black tea at sunrise crossing the Indiana corn fields.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Monon,
Monon, Indiana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Chicago.\"
Chicago.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Crossing
Crossing 21st Street Bridge, Chicago.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cardinal's
Cardinal’s Chicago passengers at Union Station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I boarded Amtrak’s Cardinal, train 51, at Trenton. A little more than 28 hours later, having traveled through 10 states plus the District of Columbia, I arrived in Chicago, where I had 45 minutes to walk to my next train. I enjoyed the seemingly endless panorama, but was happy to get some fresh air upon … Continue reading Amtrak 51, the Cardinal; views from the train.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15983,"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":[3786,31,3658,3660,3657,3659,434],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Cardinal-view-CO_GP7_Clifton_Forge_Virginia_mod_P1480948.jpg?fit=2448%2C1634","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-49T","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15989"}],"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=15989"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16020,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15989\/revisions\/16020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}