{"id":16336,"date":"2016-08-03T05:21:40","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T09:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=16336"},"modified":"2016-08-02T11:33:37","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T15:33:37","slug":"new-kinkisharyo-cars-on-the-los-angeles-gold-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/new-kinkisharyo-cars-on-the-los-angeles-gold-line\/","title":{"rendered":"New Kinkisharyo Cars on the Los Angeles Gold Line."},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week (July 2016) I went for a spin on some brand new Kinkisharyo model P3010 light rail cars on the Los Angeles Gold Line extension to East LA.<\/p>\n

Although the cars read \u2018Test Train\u2019 in the destination board, they were in fact running in revenue service. The automated station announcements hadn\u2019t been activated, so instead a real live employee was calling out the stops.<\/p>\n

The cars were shiny and still had that \u2018new car\u2019 aroma.<\/p>\n

Pretty neat.<\/p>\n

I made these photographs with my Lumix LX7<\/p>\n

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A pair of new Kinkisharyo cars approach the Gold Line station at Little Tokyo. Although it reads ‘Test Train’ in the destination board, I was still able to board the cars and take a spin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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For interior views such as this one, I use the ‘+1\/3’ exposure override feature in combination with the ‘A’ setting on my Lumix LX7. This helps compensate for the outside light streaming through the windows. In post processing, I made adjustments for contrast that help even the scene.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Clean and shiny.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Test train at Atlantic, the new terminal for the Gold Line in East LA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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LA Metro Rail advertisement on the side of the car.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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New cars accelerate away from the platform at LA Union Station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

See the Business Wire<\/a> for more about the cars.<\/p>\n

[http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20160305005014\/en\/Kinkisharyo-Light-Rail-Vehicles-Roll-Revenue-Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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