{"id":43866,"date":"2026-03-22T06:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T10:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=43866"},"modified":"2026-03-21T22:49:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T02:49:50","slug":"nextgen-acela-at-1-4000th-of-a-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/nextgen-acela-at-1-4000th-of-a-second\/","title":{"rendered":"NextGen Acela at 1\/4000th of a Second"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I realize I\u2019m a bit late off the mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last Friday, I finally captured my first action photos of Amtrak\u2019s NextGen Acela <\/em>on the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wanted to photograph this high-speed train at full speed as it passed a landmark structure, so I set up an elevated vantage point across from the old Pennsylvania Railroad station in Newark, Delaware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the blue-white headlights of Acela<\/em> service 2108 came into view, I was ready with my Z6. I set the motor drive to \u201cH*\u201d for a rapid sequence of images and dialed the shutter speed to 1\/4000 of a second to freeze the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I fired off a burst as the sleek new high-speed train blitzed past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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