{"id":42988,"date":"2025-12-03T06:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=42988"},"modified":"2025-12-01T21:45:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T02:45:41","slug":"keystone-sunset-at-shelley-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/keystone-sunset-at-shelley-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Keystone Sunset at Shelley Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A textured autumnal sky made for a painted setting. Knowing the light could change in a heartbeat, I checked the progress of Amtrak train 656 (an eastward <em>Keystone<\/em> service).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It had departed Lancaster, Pa.,  and was heading my way. Would the color in the sky hold?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a matter of moments the rails in the distance glistened from the blue-white LED headlights of an ACS-64.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And there it was!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" data-attachment-id=\"42990\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/keystone-sunset-at-shelley-drive\/20251014-amtrak_keystone_656_at_shelley_drive_lancaster_pa_dsc_4933\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251014-Amtrak_Keystone_656_at_Shelley_Drive_Lancaster_Pa_DSC_4933.jpg?fit=2048%2C1361\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1361\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 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