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Amtrak<\/a> AEM-7 911 on the Northeast Corridor.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

At 11:11 am on November 16, 1992, I made this image of double-headed AEM-7s leading train 169 The Mayflower<\/i> passing the interlocking at South Norwalk on the former New Haven Railroad mainline.<\/p>\n

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Amtrak train 169 led by AEM-7 number 911 at South Norwalk; exposed on Kodachrome<\/a> 25 with a Nikon F3T fitted with a Tokina f5.6 400mm telephoto lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This was a routine event. I don\u2019t recall anything unusual or noteworthy about the train itself. I was playing with a Tokina f5.6 400mm lens I\u2019d recently purchased secondhand. I made this photo with that lens attached to my Nikon F3T on Kodachrome 25.<\/p>\n

My exposure-notes indicate that the lens was at its widest aperture and the camera at 1\/125 of a second. I probably had the camera on my Bogen 3021 tripod as I doubt I would have tried to hand hold the 400mm lens at 1\/125th<\/sup> of second.<\/p>\n

Telephoto lens compression with truss-bridges under the old New Haven catenary makes for a tunnel-like effect, while giving context to the crossovers.<\/p>\n

At that time, Amtrak\u2019s AEM-7s were still in their \u2018as delivered\u2019 condition with their original paint scheme. These powerful little locomotives have been the backbone of Amtrak\u2019s electrified operations for more than three decades. Their day in the sun will soon end; replacements are on their way.<\/p>\n

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