{"id":35273,"date":"2023-01-23T06:43:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=35273"},"modified":"2023-01-23T10:00:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T15:00:58","slug":"amtraks-pennsylvania-at-gap-a-two-camera-six-frame-sequence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtraks-pennsylvania-at-gap-a-two-camera-six-frame-sequence\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak’s Pennsylvania at Gap\u2014A Two-Camera, Six-Frame sequence."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I often work with multiple cameras. Since purchasing my Nikon Z7-II at the end of last year, I now often work with both my Nikon mirrorless cameras in tandem. I’ve fitted my Z-series 70-200mm zoom to my Z6, and a Z-series 24-70mm to the Z7-II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This arrangement gives me the flexibility to make a variety of different angles quickly, swaping back and forth between the two cameras as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to that, I’ll often have my Lumix LX7 at hand and sometimes an older Nikon loaded with film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, I was poised at Gap, Pennsylvania on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line that is now operated by Amtrak. Most of Amtrak’s trains are Keystone <\/em>corridor push-pull sets powered by Siemens-built ACS-64 electric locomotives. An exception is the New York-Pittsburgh Pennsylvanian<\/em> that runs daily and its typically led by a GE-built P42 Genesis diesel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got a tip that the eastward Pennsylvania<\/em>n (train 42) was running with a P42 wearing one of the heritage paint schemes and I was in position to make the most of that train, while waiting on its late-running westward counterpart (train 43). Watching a train tracking ap on my phone, I wondered which train would reach me first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I heard a GE chugging to the east and turned to find train 43 working west led by P42 number 117 . First I made a few images with the Z6 and 70-200mm, then made a few close up photos with the Z7-II and 24-70mm, before making a couple more trailing views with the Z6. I’ve included six of these images here in order of exposure to provide a sense of how I made the most of these cameras in tandem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Z6 with 70-200mm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Z6 with 70-200mm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Z7-II with 24-.70mm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Z7-II with 24-.70mm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Z7-II with 24-.70mm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Z6 with 70-200mm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Minutes after train 43 went by, I spotted train 42 in the distance with the aforementioned heritage-painted locomotive in the lead. Stay tuned for those photos!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I often work with multiple cameras. Since purchasing my Nikon Z7-II at the end of last year, I now often work with both my Nikon mirrorless cameras in tandem. I’ve fitted my Z-series 70-200mm zoom to my Z6, and a Z-series 24-70mm to the Z7-II.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","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":[10,48],"tags":[5028,5883,5728,7448,7535],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Amtrak_P42_117_leading_train_43_Pennsylvania_at_Gap_PA_DSC_6193-1.jpg?fit=1900%2C1469","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-9aV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35273"}],"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=35273"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35286,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35273\/revisions\/35286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}