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My earlier fortuitous photographic fog-fail was a blessing in disguise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With an hour to spare before the next eastward Keystone, I drove east toward Gap and at the last minute decide to try for Christiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Amtrak’s westward Keystone<\/em> 611 was running late, I figured I’d try to intercept it, and Christiana was a good place to catch morning trains in both directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not long after I arrived at Christiana, the former Metroliner Cab Control car leading 611 came into view, so I made a sequence of it passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I began to wonder, what if the next eastbound train doesn’t have Amtrak 621 (the Crayola Blue ACS-64) in the lead? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then the rail tinged, and a headlight came into view . . . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crayola Blue!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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