{"id":9663,"date":"2015-01-16T02:40:27","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T07:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=9663"},"modified":"2015-01-12T11:31:02","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T16:31:02","slug":"electric-611-branford-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/electric-611-branford-connecticut\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric 611, Branford, Connecticut."},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s something catchy about certain engine numbers. Norfolk & Western\u2019s streamlined J-Class 4-8-4 611 is world famous.<\/p>\n

A few months back I featured Chicago Metra\u2019s 611, which is an EMD F40C diesel-electric.<\/p>\n

So how about an electric with the number 611. Here\u2019s one of Amtrak\u2019s shiny new Siemens-built ACS-64 electrics, number 611, with train 161 at Branford, Connecticut.<\/p>\n

It was noon at the Shore Line East station on January 10, 2015 when I exposed a rapid sequence of this modern locomotive.<\/p>\n

\"Amtrak<\/a>
Amtrak 611 leads train 161 westbound at Branford, Connecticut on January 10, 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The tricky part of making the photo was selecting the correct exposure for the window of sun between the overhead bridge and the platform. The sun was bright, but lighting from the side. I made several test photos before the train burst into the scene.<\/p>\n

Exposed with a Canon EOS 7D with 200mm lens; f4.5 1\/1000th<\/sup> of a second, ISO 200.<\/p>\n

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\"Trailing<\/a>
Trailing view of 161 at Branford, CT. 200mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s something catchy about certain engine numbers. Norfolk & Western\u2019s streamlined J-Class 4-8-4 611 is world famous. A few months back I featured Chicago Metra\u2019s 611, which is an EMD F40C diesel-electric. So how about an electric with the number 611. Here\u2019s one of Amtrak\u2019s shiny new Siemens-built ACS-64 electrics, number 611, with train 161 … Continue reading Electric 611, Branford, Connecticut.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9661,"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":[10,48],"tags":[4537,2205,2013,31],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Amtrak-611_w_train_161-Branford_MOD1_CT_IMG_9380.jpg?fit=800%2C1200","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-2vR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9663"}],"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=9663"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9669,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9663\/revisions\/9669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}