{"id":6896,"date":"2014-05-28T14:59:49","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T18:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=6896"},"modified":"2014-05-28T14:59:51","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T18:59:51","slug":"amtraks-carolinian-at-richmond-on-the-way-to-spencer-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtraks-carolinian-at-richmond-on-the-way-to-spencer-part-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak’s Carolinian at Richmond\u2014On the way to Spencer\u2014Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heat Curtailment, Crew Change, and a Trash Train.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hmm, sounds like the chorus to a song. It was cool and damp when Amtrak\u2019s Carolinian departed Trenton a little after 8am this morning (May 28, 2014). Now, its 94 degrees Fahrenheit outside!<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve been traveling at a reduced speed because of the heat. An customer (passenger?) announcement was made in this regard, shortly after we crossed the diamonds at Doswell (historically where the Chesapeake & Ohio crossed the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac).<\/p>\n

There\u2019s lots of CSX freight on the line, if not moving particularly fast.<\/p>\n

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Amtrak’s streamliner-era Budd-baggage car on train 79 at Richmond, Virginia at 1:31 pm May 28, 2014. Lumix LX-7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At Richmond, Staple Mills Station, we stopped for a crew change and a \u2018smoke brake\u2019. (If burning through the pixels with the LX-7 counts as \u2018smoke,\u2019 I\u2019m in.)<\/p>\n

A northward CSX trash train with an AC6000CW was parked near the head-end of Amtrak 79, Carolinian. It was a bit of shock to step out of the air-conditioned Amfleet car and into the heat.<\/p>\n

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Amtrak 79’s crew change at Richmond. Lumix LX-7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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CSX AC6000CW leads an empty trash train bound for The Bronx at Staples Mills Station, Richmond, Virginia. Lumix LX-7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The AC6000CW features a pronounce radiator overhang that helps identify this locomotive. For a number of years these machines were common on the Boston & Albany route. Today, I saw no less than three in Richmond. Exposed on May 28, 2014 with a Lumix LX-7.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Among the features of the Panasonic Lumix LX-7 is a \u2018digital zoom\u2019 which allows for the effect of a much longer lens than offered optically. While this is really simply cropping in on the sensor, it does make photos like this one possible on site. I used the digital zoom as a composition tool, but I made another image the limits of the optical zoom as well. What I like about this long-telephoto angle is the signals to the right and the picket-fence effect of the canopy supports on the left. LX-7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our baggage car belongs to the streamlined era. Appropriate, since we are going to the North Carolina Transportation Museum\u2019s Streamliners at Spencer<\/em> event. Later this year I\u2019ll be writing a book on American railroad\u2019s streamlined era to be published by Voyageur Press!<\/p>\n

More to come!<\/p>\n

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