{"id":30148,"date":"2020-11-07T07:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T12:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=30148"},"modified":"2020-11-07T17:47:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T22:47:45","slug":"amtrak-at-150-mph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-at-150-mph\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak at 150 mph!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At Mansfield, Massachusetts, Amtrak’s Acela Express <\/em> trains are allowed up to 150 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other day, Kris Sabbatino and I stopped by the former New Haven Railroad Shoreline Route to witness these high-speed trains in motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We caught Amtrak train number 2167 (Boston -Wash D.C.) approaching maximum speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This gave a short blast before passing the MBTA station platforms, which provided a few seconds advance warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working with my FujiFilm XT1 set for ‘Turbo-flutter’\u2014what I call the fast motor drive ‘continuous high’ setting\u2014I exposed a burst of three digital images as the train raced by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My shutter was set to 1\/2000th of a second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I converted the RAW files using Iridient X-Transformer image conversion software that makes these into DNG files for adjustment by Adobe Lightroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are the three closest images in sequence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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