{"id":41607,"date":"2025-04-25T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=41607"},"modified":"2025-04-25T08:47:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:47:17","slug":"position-light-signals-at-irishtown-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/position-light-signals-at-irishtown-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Position Light Signals at Irishtown Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The old PRR-style Position Light Signals survive at Irishtown Road in Bird-in-Hand, Pa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using my Nikon Z7-II, I made a cross-lit_Spring evening image of Amtrak <em>Keystone<\/em> 651 racing westward with ACS-64 No. 635 beneath the classic signals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What was once common, now seems like a treat. 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