Sprinting across the Susquehanna
The sun has set over the broad Susquehanna River at Havre de Grace, Maryland as Siemens ACS-64 electric locomotive No.622 makes light work of speeding this Amtrak Northeast Regional train on its way to New York.
The "Sprinters" are now the standard power on the high-speed Northeast Corridor, pulling all trains except the premium service Acela Express trips, which are run with European-designed tilt-trainsets powered at both ends. The Sprinters replaced Amtrak's AEM-7 (*) locomotives, which had been the backbone power on the Corridor since the early '80s.
I was in Havre de Grace on this day in June 2016 to capture some of the last trips of the AEM-7s, including the
"Farewell to the AEM-7" fan trip, as well as the then-new ACS-64's on this long and impressive span, built in 1906.
©2019 Steve Ember
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Summer Afternoon on the Susquehanna
Steve Ember
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| Sections | Subjects: Railway Voyage: Mid-Atlantics Subjects: Documentary & Journalism |
| Dossier | Trains-North America |
| Vu de | 19 756 |
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| APN | Canon EOS 40D |
| Objectif | --- |
| Ouverture | 5.6 |
| Temps de pose | 1/100 |
| Focale | 80.0 mm |
| ISO | 1000 |
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Greg GE 30/05/2019 15:59
It is interesting how you manage to isolate the train from the rest of the scenery ! Susquehanna is a name I haven't hear in many, many years... it brought back childhood memories from a one year stay not that far away in Pennsylvania. Using google maps and street view, I managed to see the colonial-style house in which we lived 1990/91, back when many trees were clad in "yellow ribbons" and the Cincinnati Reds won the world series. Cheers, GregoryHans-Gerd Hacker 24/05/2019 19:37
That's really interesting. The Locomotive looks sharp an the car looks like in motion...a nice effect.Regards HG
Adele D. Oliver 23/05/2019 3:16
great with your focus on the Amtrak and blurredbridges, beautiful evening ambience !!!
warm regards,
Adele