{"id":39765,"date":"2024-08-14T05:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T09:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=39765"},"modified":"2024-08-13T21:57:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T01:57:18","slug":"amtrak-work-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-work-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak Work Train"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the last few months Amtrak has been performing heavy maintenance on its electrified Harrisburg Line west of Lancaster, Pa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This has resulted in bus subsititutions for many of the <em>Keystone <\/em>trains Monday-Thursday to allow work crews to repair and replace tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few weeks ago I caught up with one of the work trains that was tied down on the main line. This was a good opportunity to make photographs of the sharp looking GP38-3 diesels that Amtrak assigns to work train service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos were exposed with my Nikon Z6 with 70-200mm lens. These are among the images in consideration for my latest book project that profiles Amtrak locomotives and Rolling Stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"712\" data-attachment-id=\"39767\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-work-train\/amtrak_gp38-3_733_work_train_at_landisville_pa_dsc_1837\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Amtrak_GP38-3_733_work_train_at_Landisville_PA_DSC_1837.jpg?fit=1131%2C1700\" data-orig-size=\"1131,1700\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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