{"id":5627,"date":"2014-02-08T05:41:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T10:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=5627"},"modified":"2014-02-07T19:20:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-08T00:20:33","slug":"daily-post-amtrak-cities-sprinter-revenue-run-february-7-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-amtrak-cities-sprinter-revenue-run-february-7-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Post: Amtrak Cities Sprinter Revenue Run, February 7, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Photos of Amtrak\u2019s Latest.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday (February 7, 2014), after several months of testing, Amtrak\u2019s new ACS-64 Siemens built \u2018Cities Sprinter\u2019 locomotive 600 made its first revenue run on Amtrak train 171 (Boston to Washington).<\/p>\n

My dad and I went to Milford, Connecticut on the North East Corridor to catch the new electric. Pop made some B&W photos with his Leica M3 from the east end of the platform. I worked the curve at the west end with my Canons.<\/p>\n

I popped off a couple of slides with the EOS 3 with a 100mm telephoto, and exposed two bursts of digital images using the Canon 7D with 20mm lens.<\/p>\n

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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
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Canon EOS 7D with 20mm lens. Amtrak ACS 64 number 600.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon EOS 7D with 20mm lens. Amtrak ACS 64 number 600.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Canon EOS 7D with 20mm lens. Amtrak ACS 64 number 600.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By the way the 20mm on the 7D has a field of view equal to about a 35mm lens on a traditional 35mm film camera.<\/p>\n

The new electric sure looked nice! I\u2019ll be keen to see the B&W photos and slides when they are processed.<\/p>\n

After 171 passed, I made a few photos of a Metro-North local, then Pop and I went over to inspect the recently opened Metro-North station at West Haven, where we made a few photos of passing trains.<\/p>\n

Did you get to see Amtrak\u2019s latest electric?<\/p>\n

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