{"id":41492,"date":"2025-04-06T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=41492"},"modified":"2025-04-04T20:47:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T00:47:39","slug":"topped-and-tailed-at-bird-in-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/topped-and-tailed-at-bird-in-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Topped and Tailed at Bird-in-Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On our way back from Gap, we pulled into the old PRR freight house location at Bird-in-Hand, Pa., to roll by Amtrak <em>Keystone 656.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We didn&#8217;t have long to wait when the train raced by with ACS-64s on both ends of the short consist. Number 600-class leader named <em>David Gunn<\/em> was on the leading end; 655 on the trailing end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made these photos using my Lumix LX7 compact digital camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"301\" data-attachment-id=\"41493\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/topped-and-tailed-at-bird-in-hand\/20250401-p1140209-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250401-P1140209-2.jpg?fit=2048%2C1299\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1299\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Leica Vario-Summilux f3.5 1\/1600 sec, ISO200.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"41494\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/topped-and-tailed-at-bird-in-hand\/amtrak_acs_64_655_keystone_656_at_bird-in-hand_pa_brian_solomon_p1140211-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Amtrak_ACS_64_655_Keystone_656_at_Bird-in-Hand_PA_\u00a9Brian_Solomon_P1140211-2.jpg?fit=2048%2C1367\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1367\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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