{"id":41205,"date":"2025-02-22T08:02:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T13:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=41205"},"modified":"2025-02-22T08:02:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T13:02:03","slug":"yesterday-evening-at-bird-in-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/yesterday-evening-at-bird-in-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday Evening at Bird-in-Hand."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The days are getting longer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday evening, after Kris and I finished our workdays, we drove trackside to Bird-in-Hand, Pa.,  where I caught Amtrak <em>Keystone <\/em>649 running a little behind the advertised on its way to Lancaster and Harrisburg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was nice to again be able to get sun-on-the-tracks photos in the evenings after work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made these images using my Nikon Z7-II with 70-200mm Nikkor Z-series Zoom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img 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