{"id":39090,"date":"2024-05-15T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=39090"},"modified":"2024-05-13T21:17:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T01:17:28","slug":"working-the-curve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/working-the-curve\/","title":{"rendered":"Working the Curve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The reverse curves on the old Main Line at Gap, Pennsylvania offer endless photo opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amtrak <em>Keystone<\/em> train 649 is a regular subject for me in the afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple of weeks back, I suspected that train 649 would be worked by ACS-64 no. 642, which specially painted for American Veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I surmised this correctly, however, the locomotive was working the back of the train rather than in the lead  (as I would have preferred for photography).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That said, Amtrak doesn&#8217;t operate its trains 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