{"id":42609,"date":"2025-08-31T06:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T10:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=42609"},"modified":"2025-08-30T21:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T01:25:14","slug":"bird-in-hand-blue-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/bird-in-hand-blue-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird-in-Hand Blue Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the days get shorter, the window of light is closing on Bird-in-Hand as a choice afternoon\/evening location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kris and I had gone for ice cream in Leola, and on our way home we diverted to Bird-in-Hand to roll by Amtrak Keystone<\/em> 656, where I’d envisioned a trailing view of the train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a remarkably short wait, the rails began to sing. I gazed west in anticipation and spotted . . . a blue locomotive in the lead!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was Amtrak ACS-64 621 advertising Crayola Crayons! (Again). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wasn’t expecting that! You never know what surprise will come around the bend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’d set my Nikon Z7-II for a 1\/2500th of second, and I needed the shutter speed to stop the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And there’s my trailing view! Ha!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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