{"id":5527,"date":"2014-02-02T04:55:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T09:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=5527"},"modified":"2014-02-02T09:52:41","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T14:52:41","slug":"daily-post-amtrak-heritage-p40-at-west-warren-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-amtrak-heritage-p40-at-west-warren-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"DAILY POST: Amtrak Heritage P40 at West Warren, Massachusetts!"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLight! Camera! Action!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Here we have an instance where everything came together nicely.<\/p>\n

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Amtrak 449 at West Warren, Massachusetts, 2:03pm January 24, 2014. Canon EOS 7D fitted with a 40mm pancake lens exposed at ISO 200 f5.6 1\/1000th of a second. Camera RAW file converted to a Jpeg in Adobe Photoshop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Friday January 24, 2014, I\u2019d got word that Amtrak\u2019s heritage locomotive number 822 was working the westward Lake Shore Limited, train 449<\/p>\n

This was the second time in a ten-day span that I\u2019d be alerted to a heritage locomotive on this run. As noted in my January 18, 2014 post<\/a>, Amtrak\u2019s Lake Shore Limited<\/a>, the weather wasn\u2019t cooperative on my previous attempt at catching an Amtrak heritage locomotive.<\/p>\n

By contrast on January 24th it was clear but very cold. I opted to make the photo at West Warren, where it\u2019s nice and open and there\u2019s a distinctive landscape.<\/p>\n

Normally, Amtrak 449 passes East Brookfield at 1:30pm, and Palmer about 1:50pm. West Warren is roughly halfway between them, so I aimed to be there no later than 1:35pm<\/p>\n

As it happened, 449 was delayed on Charlton Hill and passed more than 15 minutes later than I\u2019d anticipated. Other than resulting in my nose getting a bit cold, this delay produced little effect on the photograph.<\/p>\n

I opted for a traditional angle because I wanted to feature the locomotive as the primary subject this scenic setting. I picked a spot on the road bridge over the Quaboag River where I could make a view that included the old mills and waterfall, as well as a side view as the train got closer.<\/p>\n

Working with my Canon EOS 7D fitted with a 40mm pancake lens, I set the motor drive to its fastest setting, and exposed three bursts of images as the train rolled east on CSXT\u2019s former Boston & Albany mainline.<\/p>\n

Since the camera\u2019s buffer will quickly become saturated when making multiple photos in rapid succession, I was careful to wait until the train was nearly where I wanted it in each of the three sets.<\/p>\n

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This tighter view offers a clean perspective on the equipment. I was aiming to feature both the heritage painted locomotive and the ancient baggage car. Word to the wise; get the old baggage cars while you can, they won’t be around forever.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Have you had luck catching Amtrak’s heritage locomotives? \u00a0Do you have a favorite? Let me know! There’s a venue for comments on this blog, scroll down.<\/p>\n

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