{"id":5624,"date":"2014-02-07T17:49:59","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T22:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=5624"},"modified":"2014-02-08T09:01:25","modified_gmt":"2014-02-08T14:01:25","slug":"news-flash-amtrak-acs-64-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/news-flash-amtrak-acs-64-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"News Flash: Amtrak ACS-64 Debut."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Today Amtrak number 600 worked train 171 from Boston.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5623\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5623\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/02\/07\/news-flash-amtrak-acs-64-debut\/amtrak_171_acs_64_engine_600_at_milford_1_img_4207\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5623\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5623\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/news-flash-amtrak-acs-64-debut\/amtrak_171_acs_64_engine_600_at_milford_1_img_4207\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Amtrak_171_ACS_64_engine_600_at_Milford_1_IMG_4207.jpg?fit=750%2C500\" data-orig-size=\"750,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1391770568&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;BrianSolomon&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Amtrak_171_ACS_64_engine_600_at_Milford_1_IMG_4207\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Brand new Amtrak electric 600 leads train 171 (Boston to Washington) at Milford, Connecticut at 10:56am February 7, 2014.  Canon 7D with 20mm lens. f4.5 1\/2000th second, ISO 200.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Amtrak_171_ACS_64_engine_600_at_Milford_1_IMG_4207.jpg?fit=709%2C472\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Amtrak_171_ACS_64_engine_600_at_Milford_1_IMG_4207.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5623\" alt=\"Brand new Amtrak electric 600 leads train 171 (Boston to Washington) at Milford, Connecticut at 10:56am February 7, 2014.  Canon 7D with 20mm lens. f4.5 1\/2000th second, ISO 200.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Amtrak_171_ACS_64_engine_600_at_Milford_1_IMG_4207.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Amtrak_171_ACS_64_engine_600_at_Milford_1_IMG_4207.jpg?w=750 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Amtrak_171_ACS_64_engine_600_at_Milford_1_IMG_4207.jpg?resize=205%2C136 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Amtrak_171_ACS_64_engine_600_at_Milford_1_IMG_4207.jpg?resize=709%2C472 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Amtrak_171_ACS_64_engine_600_at_Milford_1_IMG_4207.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brand new Amtrak electric 600 leads train 171 (Boston to Washington) at Milford, Connecticut at 10:56am February 7, 2014. Canon 7D with 20mm lens. f4.5 1\/2000th second, ISO 200.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-1sL\" target=\"_blank\">Click<\/a> to see more photos:<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-1sL\">\u00a0Amtrak Cities Sprinter Revenue Run, February 7, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After several months of testing, new Amtrak ACS-64 &#8216;Cities Sprinter&#8217; 600 made its first revenue run on Amtrak 171 (Boston to Washington).<\/p>\n<p>My dad and I went to Milford, Connecticut on the North East Corridor to catch the new electric.<\/p>\n<p>Snow and sun made for a nearly perfect morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tracking the Light<\/a>\u00a0posts new material\u00a0every\u00a0morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Please spread the word and share\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tracking the Light<\/a>\u00a0with anyone who may enjoy seeing it!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/\">http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; 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Click to see more photos:\u00a0Amtrak Cities Sprinter Revenue Run, February 7, 2014 After several months of testing, new Amtrak ACS-64 &#8216;Cities Sprinter&#8217; 600 made its first revenue run on Amtrak 171 (Boston to Washington). My dad and I went to Milford, Connecticut on the North East &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/news-flash-amtrak-acs-64-debut\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">News Flash: Amtrak ACS-64 Debut.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[10],"tags":[3786,2013,31,2011,2008,678,2007,116,2017,1393,7535,2010,631,2016,2014,2015,636,793,234,2012,200,2009],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Amtrak_171_ACS_64_engine_600_at_Milford_1_IMG_4207.jpg?fit=750%2C500","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-1sI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5624"}],"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=5624"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5641,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5624\/revisions\/5641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}