{"id":44165,"date":"2026-05-02T06:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=44165"},"modified":"2026-04-30T22:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T02:18:14","slug":"keystones-pass-at-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/keystones-pass-at-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"Keystones Pass at Speed!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the early evening, Amtrak Keystone trains 651 and 656 are scheduled to stop at Parkesburg just a few minutes apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been aiming to catch a meet between these trains for more than two years. Often, however, one train runs a little behind schedule, and they pass at different times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other evening, the stars aligned. Both trains were delayed. I was in position at Christiana, Pa., and they passed right in front of me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made this rapid-fire image sequence using my Nikon Z7 II with a 70\u2013200mm lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catching both trains in the sunlight required strategic use of the camera\u2019s ‘motor drive’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tracking the Light Explores Railroad Photography!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The other evening, the stars aligned. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6060,10,6108,48],"tags":[5028,7446,5073],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Amtrak_651_passes_656_at_Christiana_PA_\u00a9BrianSolomon_DSC_7347.jpg?fit=2048%2C1425","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-bul","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44165"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44165"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44171,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44165\/revisions\/44171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}