{"id":41360,"date":"2025-03-14T06:52:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T10:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=41360"},"modified":"2025-03-13T21:02:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T01:02:53","slug":"westward-pennsylvanian-at-christiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/westward-pennsylvanian-at-christiana\/","title":{"rendered":"Westward Pennsylvanian at Christiana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Amtrak&#8217;s daily westward <em>Pennsylvanian<\/em>, Train 43,<em> <\/em>was running slightly behind the advertised. This was a bonus train, as I was more interested in catching its eastward counterpart, Train 42, which featured P42 108 specially dressed for Amtrak&#8217;s 50th Anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was relieved when Train 43 came into view, and I exposed a series of photos as it passed the old PRR station at Christiana, Pa. 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