Good morning! I hope everyone had a pleasant Independence Day yesterday, and/or a happy Canada Day on Sunday. I hope the holidays gave you a chance to seek out and photograph a train or two. It was so busy for me yesterday that I forgot it was even a Wednesday, so I am making the thread begin on Thursday.
Last week, I served as a counselor for RailCamp East, which is a week-long program based at the University of Delaware in Newark, DE. One of the sponsors is Amtrak. On Monday of the camp, we head to the Wilmington Training Center to learn about the railroad, how it functions and part of the job of railroaders. In the afternoon, four groups of campers go to the Wilmington Yard to learn about parts of a locomotive. VP of Operations, Chris Jagodzinski walks one of our groups around the P42 unit set aside for us.
There are some rail fanning opportunities, since the Yard is along the busy Northeast Corridor.
The teenagers each had a chance to sit in the engineer's seat, and we caught some trains from this location. One of the Acelas passes us.
... and then again another Acela.
The Northeast Regional electric trains are led by the rather new ACS64 locomotives.
After a day of Amtrak, and dinner, we have an evening of rail fanning from the Newark Historical Society, which is based in the former Pennsylvania Railroad train station.
The easiest trains to photograph are the Septa trains, which reach Newark as their southernmost train station.
With diminishing light, the faster trains come out looking like this. 
A couple of Norfolk Southern freight trains also came out around the time we departed the station location.
This will make a good Halloween photo, since the station looks a bit like a haunted house.
That is my contribution for the week. I hope you have some photos to share with us. Have a great week.
