{"id":39623,"date":"2024-07-25T06:42:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T10:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=39623"},"modified":"2024-07-25T07:36:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T11:36:49","slug":"653-leading-train-653","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/653-leading-train-653\/","title":{"rendered":"653 Leading Train 653"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I admit this is a bit gooby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday evening at Christiana, I photographed westward Amtrak <em>Keystone<\/em> train 653 running on the Main Line from Philadelphia to Harrisburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amtrak&#8217;s <em>Keystone Service<\/em> trains are assigned operating numbers in the 600-block; even East\/odd West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amtrak&#8217;s Siemens-built ACS-64 electrics were numbered in the 600-block, a series previously occuped by the E60CH electrics and some secondhand GP40-2s <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been watching the <em>Keystones <\/em>glide along over the former PRR Main Line for many years. But yesterday, I was the first time I&#8217;d witnessed a <em>Keystone Service <\/em>train number <em>c<\/em>oincide with the leading locomotive number! 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