{"id":41704,"date":"2025-05-12T06:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=41704"},"modified":"2025-05-12T08:14:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T12:14:57","slug":"closing-the-gap-near-christiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/closing-the-gap-near-christiana\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing the Gap near Christiana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We were on our evening drive after work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was watching the ASM.Transitdocs.com<\/a> app to monitor the progress of east and westward Amtrak Keystone<\/em> trains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My aim was to catch both 656 eastbound and 651 westbound within a few minutes of each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we drove east on Highway 30 passing Bird-in-Hand and Paradise, I noticed that both trains had fallen behind their advertised schedules, so I kept pushing east.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially, I was aiming for Gap, Pa., but at the last minute continued to Christiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I arrived in time to set up at the old PRR freight house that the Lancaster Chapter NRHS has set up as a viewing platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moments after I arrived, train 656 came into view. Westward 651 was delayed about about ten minutes, but with a total elapsed time of only 12 minutes, I’d caught both trains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Train 651 had a bonus; this was led by Amtrak ACS-64 670, the highest in the series. This engine has been a bit elusive for me. Although I photographed it on film a couple of days earlier, this sequence at Christiana represents my first satisfying digital photos of the locomotive. A small victory in the bigger picture, but these days I’ll take it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Amtrak Keystone<\/em> 656 passes Christiana, Pa., led by a former Metroliner cab control car.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Trailing view of Amtrak Keystone<\/em> 656 at Christiana, Pa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Amtrak ACS-64 670 leads Keystone <\/em>651 westbound at Christiana. I’d been watching this train’s westward progress on the ASM.Trainsit.docs ap.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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These photos were exposed using my FujiFilm XT1 with 16-55mm lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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