{"id":21562,"date":"2018-07-08T09:56:05","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T13:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=21562"},"modified":"2018-07-08T12:53:11","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T16:53:11","slug":"amtrak-157-four-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-157-four-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak 157\u2014Four Photos."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Train 157 is Amtrak\u2019s Sunday-only Springfield, Massachusetts to Norfolk, Virginia run.<\/p>\n<p>Refurbished Amfleet offer a comfortable classic ride.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_on_Amtrak_157_P1750703.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21563\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-157-four-photos\/amfleet_on_amtrak_157_p1750703\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_on_Amtrak_157_P1750703.jpg?fit=3462%2C2310\" data-orig-size=\"3462,2310\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1530449433&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Amfleet_on_Amtrak_157_P1750703\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_on_Amtrak_157_P1750703.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_on_Amtrak_157_P1750703.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21563\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_on_Amtrak_157_P1750703.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_on_Amtrak_157_P1750703.jpg?w=3462 3462w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_on_Amtrak_157_P1750703.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_on_Amtrak_157_P1750703.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_on_Amtrak_157_P1750703.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_on_Amtrak_157_P1750703.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_on_Amtrak_157_P1750703.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21564\" style=\"width: 3462px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_diner_on_Amtrak_157_P1750706.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21564\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-157-four-photos\/amfleet_diner_on_amtrak_157_p1750706\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_diner_on_Amtrak_157_P1750706.jpg?fit=3462%2C2310\" data-orig-size=\"3462,2310\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1530449747&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Amfleet_diner_on_Amtrak_157_P1750706\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Amfleet diner.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_diner_on_Amtrak_157_P1750706.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_diner_on_Amtrak_157_P1750706.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21564\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_diner_on_Amtrak_157_P1750706.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_diner_on_Amtrak_157_P1750706.jpg?w=3462 3462w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_diner_on_Amtrak_157_P1750706.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_diner_on_Amtrak_157_P1750706.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_diner_on_Amtrak_157_P1750706.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_diner_on_Amtrak_157_P1750706.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_diner_on_Amtrak_157_P1750706.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amfleet diner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21565\" style=\"width: 3462px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amtrak_ACS_64s_at_New_Haven_P1750709.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21565\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-157-four-photos\/amtrak_acs_64s_at_new_haven_p1750709\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amtrak_ACS_64s_at_New_Haven_P1750709.jpg?fit=3462%2C2310\" data-orig-size=\"3462,2310\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1530451519&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;17.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Amtrak_ACS_64s_at_New_Haven_P1750709\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amtrak_ACS_64s_at_New_Haven_P1750709.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amtrak_ACS_64s_at_New_Haven_P1750709.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21565\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amtrak_ACS_64s_at_New_Haven_P1750709.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amtrak_ACS_64s_at_New_Haven_P1750709.jpg?w=3462 3462w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amtrak_ACS_64s_at_New_Haven_P1750709.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amtrak_ACS_64s_at_New_Haven_P1750709.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amtrak_ACS_64s_at_New_Haven_P1750709.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amtrak_ACS_64s_at_New_Haven_P1750709.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amtrak_ACS_64s_at_New_Haven_P1750709.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At New Haven, Amtrak 157 paused to change from a diesel to an electric locomotive. I used the opportunity to make a few photos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21566\" style=\"width: 3462px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/New_York_City_viewed_from_Hell_Gate_Bridge_P1750718.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21566\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-157-four-photos\/new_york_city_viewed_from_hell_gate_bridge_p1750718\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/New_York_City_viewed_from_Hell_Gate_Bridge_P1750718.jpg?fit=3462%2C2310\" data-orig-size=\"3462,2310\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1530459523&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;8.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New_York_City_viewed_from_Hell_Gate_Bridge_P1750718\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The New York skyline as viewed from the Hell Gate bridge.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/New_York_City_viewed_from_Hell_Gate_Bridge_P1750718.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/New_York_City_viewed_from_Hell_Gate_Bridge_P1750718.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21566\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/New_York_City_viewed_from_Hell_Gate_Bridge_P1750718.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/New_York_City_viewed_from_Hell_Gate_Bridge_P1750718.jpg?w=3462 3462w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/New_York_City_viewed_from_Hell_Gate_Bridge_P1750718.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/New_York_City_viewed_from_Hell_Gate_Bridge_P1750718.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/New_York_City_viewed_from_Hell_Gate_Bridge_P1750718.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/New_York_City_viewed_from_Hell_Gate_Bridge_P1750718.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/New_York_City_viewed_from_Hell_Gate_Bridge_P1750718.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The New York skyline as viewed from the Hell Gate bridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On my trip,I traveled only as far as New York Penn-Station and made these photos with my Lumix LX-7. Here the train is both transport and subject.<\/p>\n<p>The lightweight Lumix is an ideal camera for urban imaging. Its small size, innocuous appearance and ease of use makes it a perfect travel camera.<\/p>\n<p>It has an extremely sharp Leica lens, simultaneously exposes RAW and JPG file formats, offers manual aperture control among a variety of exposure adjustments.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s largest drawback is the lack of a long telephoto zoom.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Daily.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Train 157 is Amtrak\u2019s Sunday-only Springfield, Massachusetts to Norfolk, Virginia run. Refurbished Amfleet offer a comfortable classic ride. On my trip,I traveled only as far as New York Penn-Station and made these photos with my Lumix LX-7. Here the train is both transport and subject. The lightweight Lumix is an ideal camera for urban imaging. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-157-four-photos\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Amtrak 157\u2014Four Photos.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21564,"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":[31,38,2367,219],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Amfleet_diner_on_Amtrak_157_P1750706.jpg?fit=3462%2C2310","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5BM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21562"}],"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=21562"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21568,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21562\/revisions\/21568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}