{"id":35537,"date":"2023-02-27T08:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T13:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=35537"},"modified":"2023-02-26T20:37:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T01:37:39","slug":"aem-7-at-niantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/aem-7-at-niantic\/","title":{"rendered":"AEM-7 at Niantic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve been digging through slides from 2010 as part of my epic task to sort, label and file my photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other night I came across a roll exposed 13 years ago on a trip to the old New Haven Railroad Shore Line Route that I made with photographers Tim Doherty and Pat Yough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We finished the day&#8217;s photography at Niantic Beach on the Connecticut coast where I made this view of a westward Amtrak regional train led by AEM-7 919. I like it because it is an unusual trailing photo rather than a more common head-on angle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been searching my slides for a view of AEM-7 915, the representative electric now displayed at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. When I find a suitable image of this now famous preserved electric, I&#8217;ll post it on Tracking the Light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"312\" data-attachment-id=\"35538\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/aem-7-at-niantic\/amtrak_aem-7_919_at_niantic_conn_feb2010_briansolomon2023_203663\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Amtrak_AEM-7_919_at_Niantic_Conn_Feb2010_BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203663.jpg?fit=1700%2C1119\" data-orig-size=\"1700,1119\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9Brian_Solomon&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Amtrak_AEM-7_919_at_Niantic_Conn_Feb2010_BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203663\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Amtrak_AEM-7_919_at_Niantic_Conn_Feb2010_BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203663.jpg?fit=709%2C467\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Amtrak_AEM-7_919_at_Niantic_Conn_Feb2010_BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203663.jpg?fit=474%2C312\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Amtrak_AEM-7_919_at_Niantic_Conn_Feb2010_BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203663.jpg?resize=474%2C312\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Amtrak_AEM-7_919_at_Niantic_Conn_Feb2010_BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203663.jpg?resize=1022%2C673 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Amtrak_AEM-7_919_at_Niantic_Conn_Feb2010_BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203663.jpg?resize=709%2C467 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Amtrak_AEM-7_919_at_Niantic_Conn_Feb2010_BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203663.jpg?resize=205%2C135 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Amtrak_AEM-7_919_at_Niantic_Conn_Feb2010_BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203663.jpg?resize=1536%2C1011 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Amtrak_AEM-7_919_at_Niantic_Conn_Feb2010_BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203663.jpg?w=1700 1700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Amtrak_AEM-7_919_at_Niantic_Conn_Feb2010_BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203663.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Amtrak_AEM-7_919_at_Niantic_Conn_Feb2010_BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203663.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fujichrome Provia 100F exposed with a Canon EOS-3 at Niantic, Connecticut in February 2010.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#2a56b5\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Daily!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made this view of a westward Amtrak regional train led by AEM-7 919. 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